Data-oriented Three.js Integrations

A library to help integrate Three.js with data-oriented design structures.

Features

Supported Three.js data structures so far:

Vector2	Quaternion
Vector3	Matrix3
Vector4	Matrix4

Structure of Arrays Example

import assert from 'assert'
import { proxifyVector3 } from '@webecs/dod-three'
import * as THREE from 'three'

const n = 100
const PositionSoA = {
  x: Float32Array(n),
  y: Float32Array(n),
  z: Float32Array(n),
}


const id = 0
const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(
  new THREE.BoxGeometry( 200, 200, 200 ),
  new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { wireframe: true } )
)

proxifyVector3(mesh.position, PositionSoA, id)

mesh.position.x = 1
mesh.position.y = 2
mesh.position.z = 3

assert(PositionSoA.x[id] === 1) // true
assert(PositionSoA.y[id] === 2) // true
assert(PositionSoA.z[id] === 3) // true

PositionSoA.x[id] = 4
PositionSoA.y[id] = 5
PositionSoA.z[id] = 6

assert(mesh.position.x === 4) // true
assert(mesh.position.y === 5) // true
assert(mesh.position.z === 6) // true

Array of Arrays Example

import assert from 'assert'
import { proxifyVector3 } from '@webecs/dod-three'
import * as THREE from 'three'

const n = 100
const stride = 3
const PositionAoA = Array(n)
  .fill(new Float32Array(n*stride))
  .map((store,i) => store.subarray(i*stride, i*stride+stride))

const id = 0
const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(
  new THREE.BoxGeometry( 200, 200, 200 ),
  new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { wireframe: true } )
)

proxifyVector3(mesh.position, PositionAoA[id])

mesh.position.x = 1
mesh.position.y = 2
mesh.position.z = 3

assert(PositionAoA[id][0] === 1) // true
assert(PositionAoA[id][1] === 2) // true
assert(PositionAoA[id][2] === 3) // true

PositionAoA[id][0] = 4
PositionAoA[id][1] = 5
PositionAoA[id][2] = 6

assert(mesh.position.x === 4) // true
assert(mesh.position.y === 5) // true
assert(mesh.position.z === 6) // true