examples/webgl_gpgpu_water.html

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			<a href="https://threejs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three.js</a> - <span id="waterSize"></span> webgl gpgpu water<br/>
			Move mouse to disturb water.<br>
			Press mouse button to orbit around. 'W' key toggles wireframe.
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		<!-- This is the 'compute shader' for the water heightmap: -->
		<script id="heightmapFragmentShader" type="x-shader/x-fragment">

			#include <common>

			uniform vec2 mousePos;
			uniform float mouseSize;
			uniform float viscosityConstant;
			uniform float heightCompensation;

			void main()	{

				vec2 cellSize = 1.0 / resolution.xy;

				vec2 uv = gl_FragCoord.xy * cellSize;

				// heightmapValue.x == height from previous frame
				// heightmapValue.y == height from penultimate frame
				// heightmapValue.z, heightmapValue.w not used
				vec4 heightmapValue = texture2D( heightmap, uv );

				// Get neighbours
				vec4 north = texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( 0.0, cellSize.y ) );
				vec4 south = texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( 0.0, - cellSize.y ) );
				vec4 east = texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( cellSize.x, 0.0 ) );
				vec4 west = texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( - cellSize.x, 0.0 ) );

				// https://web.archive.org/web/20080618181901/http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/graphics/x_water.htm

				float newHeight = ( ( north.x + south.x + east.x + west.x ) * 0.5 - heightmapValue.y ) * viscosityConstant;

				// Mouse influence
				float mousePhase = clamp( length( ( uv - vec2( 0.5 ) ) * BOUNDS - vec2( mousePos.x, - mousePos.y ) ) * PI / mouseSize, 0.0, PI );
				newHeight += ( cos( mousePhase ) + 1.0 ) * 0.28;

				heightmapValue.y = heightmapValue.x;
				heightmapValue.x = newHeight;

				gl_FragColor = heightmapValue;

			}

		</script>

		<!-- This is just a smoothing 'compute shader' for using manually: -->
		<script id="smoothFragmentShader" type="x-shader/x-fragment">

			uniform sampler2D smoothTexture;

			void main()	{

				vec2 cellSize = 1.0 / resolution.xy;

				vec2 uv = gl_FragCoord.xy * cellSize;

				// Computes the mean of texel and 4 neighbours
				vec4 textureValue = texture2D( smoothTexture, uv );
				textureValue += texture2D( smoothTexture, uv + vec2( 0.0, cellSize.y ) );
				textureValue += texture2D( smoothTexture, uv + vec2( 0.0, - cellSize.y ) );
				textureValue += texture2D( smoothTexture, uv + vec2( cellSize.x, 0.0 ) );
				textureValue += texture2D( smoothTexture, uv + vec2( - cellSize.x, 0.0 ) );

				textureValue /= 5.0;

				gl_FragColor = textureValue;

			}

		</script>

		<!-- This is a 'compute shader' to read the current level and normal of water at a point -->
		<!-- It is used with a variable of size 1x1 -->
		<script id="readWaterLevelFragmentShader" type="x-shader/x-fragment">

			uniform vec2 point1;

			uniform sampler2D levelTexture;

			// Integer to float conversion from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17981163/webgl-read-pixels-from-floating-point-render-target

			float shift_right( float v, float amt ) {

				v = floor( v ) + 0.5;
				return floor( v / exp2( amt ) );

			}

			float shift_left( float v, float amt ) {

				return floor( v * exp2( amt ) + 0.5 );

			}

			float mask_last( float v, float bits ) {

				return mod( v, shift_left( 1.0, bits ) );

			}

			float extract_bits( float num, float from, float to ) {

				from = floor( from + 0.5 ); to = floor( to + 0.5 );
				return mask_last( shift_right( num, from ), to - from );

			}

			vec4 encode_float( float val ) {
				if ( val == 0.0 ) return vec4( 0, 0, 0, 0 );
				float sign = val > 0.0 ? 0.0 : 1.0;
				val = abs( val );
				float exponent = floor( log2( val ) );
				float biased_exponent = exponent + 127.0;
				float fraction = ( ( val / exp2( exponent ) ) - 1.0 ) * 8388608.0;
				float t = biased_exponent / 2.0;
				float last_bit_of_biased_exponent = fract( t ) * 2.0;
				float remaining_bits_of_biased_exponent = floor( t );
				float byte4 = extract_bits( fraction, 0.0, 8.0 ) / 255.0;
				float byte3 = extract_bits( fraction, 8.0, 16.0 ) / 255.0;
				float byte2 = ( last_bit_of_biased_exponent * 128.0 + extract_bits( fraction, 16.0, 23.0 ) ) / 255.0;
				float byte1 = ( sign * 128.0 + remaining_bits_of_biased_exponent ) / 255.0;
				return vec4( byte4, byte3, byte2, byte1 );
			}

			void main()	{

				vec2 cellSize = 1.0 / resolution.xy;

				float waterLevel = texture2D( levelTexture, point1 ).x;

				vec2 normal = vec2(
					( texture2D( levelTexture, point1 + vec2( - cellSize.x, 0 ) ).x - texture2D( levelTexture, point1 + vec2( cellSize.x, 0 ) ).x ) * WIDTH / BOUNDS,
					( texture2D( levelTexture, point1 + vec2( 0, - cellSize.y ) ).x - texture2D( levelTexture, point1 + vec2( 0, cellSize.y ) ).x ) * WIDTH / BOUNDS );

				if ( gl_FragCoord.x < 1.5 ) {

					gl_FragColor = encode_float( waterLevel );

				} else if ( gl_FragCoord.x < 2.5 ) {

					gl_FragColor = encode_float( normal.x );

				} else if ( gl_FragCoord.x < 3.5 ) {

					gl_FragColor = encode_float( normal.y );

				} else {

					gl_FragColor = encode_float( 0.0 );

				}

			}

		</script>

		<!-- This is the water visualization shader, copied from the THREE.MeshPhongMaterial and modified: -->
		<script id="waterVertexShader" type="x-shader/x-vertex">

			uniform sampler2D heightmap;

			#define PHONG

			varying vec3 vViewPosition;

			#ifndef FLAT_SHADED

				varying vec3 vNormal;

			#endif

			#include <common>
			#include <uv_pars_vertex>
			#include <uv2_pars_vertex>
			#include <displacementmap_pars_vertex>
			#include <envmap_pars_vertex>
			#include <color_pars_vertex>
			#include <morphtarget_pars_vertex>
			#include <skinning_pars_vertex>
			#include <shadowmap_pars_vertex>
			#include <logdepthbuf_pars_vertex>
			#include <clipping_planes_pars_vertex>

			void main() {

				vec2 cellSize = vec2( 1.0 / WIDTH, 1.0 / WIDTH );

				#include <uv_vertex>
				#include <uv2_vertex>
				#include <color_vertex>

				// # include <beginnormal_vertex>
				// Compute normal from heightmap
				vec3 objectNormal = vec3(
					( texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( - cellSize.x, 0 ) ).x - texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( cellSize.x, 0 ) ).x ) * WIDTH / BOUNDS,
					( texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( 0, - cellSize.y ) ).x - texture2D( heightmap, uv + vec2( 0, cellSize.y ) ).x ) * WIDTH / BOUNDS,
					1.0 );
				//<beginnormal_vertex>

				#include <morphnormal_vertex>
				#include <skinbase_vertex>
				#include <skinnormal_vertex>
				#include <defaultnormal_vertex>

			#ifndef FLAT_SHADED // Normal computed with derivatives when FLAT_SHADED

				vNormal = normalize( transformedNormal );

			#endif

				//# include <begin_vertex>
				float heightValue = texture2D( heightmap, uv ).x;
				vec3 transformed = vec3( position.x, position.y, heightValue );
				//<begin_vertex>

				#include <morphtarget_vertex>
				#include <skinning_vertex>
				#include <displacementmap_vertex>
				#include <project_vertex>
				#include <logdepthbuf_vertex>
				#include <clipping_planes_vertex>

				vViewPosition = - mvPosition.xyz;

				#include <worldpos_vertex>
				#include <envmap_vertex>
				#include <shadowmap_vertex>

			}

		</script>

		<script type="module">

			import * as THREE from '../build/three.module.js';

			import Stats from './jsm/libs/stats.module.js';
			import { GUI } from './jsm/libs/dat.gui.module.js';

			import { OrbitControls } from './jsm/controls/OrbitControls.js';
			import { GPUComputationRenderer } from './jsm/misc/GPUComputationRenderer.js';
			import { SimplexNoise } from './jsm/math/SimplexNoise.js';

			// Texture width for simulation
			var WIDTH = 128;

			// Water size in system units
			var BOUNDS = 512;
			var BOUNDS_HALF = BOUNDS * 0.5;

			var container, stats;
			var camera, scene, renderer;
			var mouseMoved = false;
			var mouseCoords = new THREE.Vector2();
			var raycaster = new THREE.Raycaster();

			var waterMesh;
			var meshRay;
			var gpuCompute;
			var heightmapVariable;
			var waterUniforms;
			var smoothShader;
			var readWaterLevelShader;
			var readWaterLevelRenderTarget;
			var readWaterLevelImage;
			var waterNormal = new THREE.Vector3();

			var NUM_SPHERES = 5;
			var spheres = [];
			var spheresEnabled = true;

			var simplex = new SimplexNoise();

			init();
			animate();

			function init() {

				container = document.createElement( 'div' );
				document.body.appendChild( container );

				camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 3000 );
				camera.position.set( 0, 200, 350 );

				scene = new THREE.Scene();

				var sun = new THREE.DirectionalLight( 0xFFFFFF, 1.0 );
				sun.position.set( 300, 400, 175 );
				scene.add( sun );

				var sun2 = new THREE.DirectionalLight( 0x40A040, 0.6 );
				sun2.position.set( - 100, 350, - 200 );
				scene.add( sun2 );

				renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
				renderer.setPixelRatio( window.devicePixelRatio );
				renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );
				container.appendChild( renderer.domElement );

				var controls = new OrbitControls( camera, renderer.domElement );
				controls.minDistance = 100;
				controls.maxDistance = 1000;

				stats = new Stats();
				container.appendChild( stats.dom );

				document.addEventListener( 'mousemove', onDocumentMouseMove, false );
				document.addEventListener( 'touchstart', onDocumentTouchStart, false );
				document.addEventListener( 'touchmove', onDocumentTouchMove, false );

				document.addEventListener( 'keydown', function ( event ) {

					// W Pressed: Toggle wireframe
					if ( event.keyCode === 87 ) {

						waterMesh.material.wireframe = ! waterMesh.material.wireframe;
						waterMesh.material.needsUpdate = true;

					}

				}, false );

				window.addEventListener( 'resize', onWindowResize, false );


				var gui = new GUI();

				var effectController = {
					mouseSize: 20.0,
					viscosity: 0.98,
					spheresEnabled: spheresEnabled
				};

				var valuesChanger = function () {

					heightmapVariable.material.uniforms[ "mouseSize" ].value = effectController.mouseSize;
					heightmapVariable.material.uniforms[ "viscosityConstant" ].value = effectController.viscosity;
					spheresEnabled = effectController.spheresEnabled;
					for ( var i = 0; i < NUM_SPHERES; i ++ ) {

						if ( spheres[ i ] ) {

							spheres[ i ].visible = spheresEnabled;

						}

					}

				};

				gui.add( effectController, "mouseSize", 1.0, 100.0, 1.0 ).onChange( valuesChanger );
				gui.add( effectController, "viscosity", 0.9, 0.999, 0.001 ).onChange( valuesChanger );
				gui.add( effectController, "spheresEnabled", 0, 1, 1 ).onChange( valuesChanger );
				var buttonSmooth = {
					smoothWater: function () {

						smoothWater();

					}
				};
				gui.add( buttonSmooth, 'smoothWater' );


				initWater();

				createSpheres();

				valuesChanger();

			}


			function initWater() {

				var materialColor = 0x0040C0;

				var geometry = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry( BOUNDS, BOUNDS, WIDTH - 1, WIDTH - 1 );

				// material: make a THREE.ShaderMaterial clone of THREE.MeshPhongMaterial, with customized vertex shader
				var material = new THREE.ShaderMaterial( {
					uniforms: THREE.UniformsUtils.merge( [
						THREE.ShaderLib[ 'phong' ].uniforms,
						{
							"heightmap": { value: null }
						}
					] ),
					vertexShader: document.getElementById( 'waterVertexShader' ).textContent,
					fragmentShader: THREE.ShaderChunk[ 'meshphong_frag' ]

				} );

				material.lights = true;

				// Material attributes from THREE.MeshPhongMaterial
				material.color = new THREE.Color( materialColor );
				material.specular = new THREE.Color( 0x111111 );
				material.shininess = 50;

				// Sets the uniforms with the material values
				material.uniforms[ "diffuse" ].value = material.color;
				material.uniforms[ "specular" ].value = material.specular;
				material.uniforms[ "shininess" ].value = Math.max( material.shininess, 1e-4 );
				material.uniforms[ "opacity" ].value = material.opacity;

				// Defines
				material.defines.WIDTH = WIDTH.toFixed( 1 );
				material.defines.BOUNDS = BOUNDS.toFixed( 1 );

				waterUniforms = material.uniforms;

				waterMesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
				waterMesh.rotation.x = - Math.PI / 2;
				waterMesh.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
				waterMesh.updateMatrix();

				scene.add( waterMesh );

				// THREE.Mesh just for mouse raycasting
				var geometryRay = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry( BOUNDS, BOUNDS, 1, 1 );
				meshRay = new THREE.Mesh( geometryRay, new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { color: 0xFFFFFF, visible: false } ) );
				meshRay.rotation.x = - Math.PI / 2;
				meshRay.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
				meshRay.updateMatrix();
				scene.add( meshRay );


				// Creates the gpu computation class and sets it up

				gpuCompute = new GPUComputationRenderer( WIDTH, WIDTH, renderer );

				if ( isSafari() ) {

					gpuCompute.setDataType( THREE.HalfFloatType );

				}

				var heightmap0 = gpuCompute.createTexture();

				fillTexture( heightmap0 );

				heightmapVariable = gpuCompute.addVariable( "heightmap", document.getElementById( 'heightmapFragmentShader' ).textContent, heightmap0 );

				gpuCompute.setVariableDependencies( heightmapVariable, [ heightmapVariable ] );

				heightmapVariable.material.uniforms[ "mousePos" ] = { value: new THREE.Vector2( 10000, 10000 ) };
				heightmapVariable.material.uniforms[ "mouseSize" ] = { value: 20.0 };
				heightmapVariable.material.uniforms[ "viscosityConstant" ] = { value: 0.98 };
				heightmapVariable.material.uniforms[ "heightCompensation" ] = { value: 0 };
				heightmapVariable.material.defines.BOUNDS = BOUNDS.toFixed( 1 );

				var error = gpuCompute.init();
				if ( error !== null ) {

				    console.error( error );

				}

				// Create compute shader to smooth the water surface and velocity
				smoothShader = gpuCompute.createShaderMaterial( document.getElementById( 'smoothFragmentShader' ).textContent, { smoothTexture: { value: null } } );

				// Create compute shader to read water level
				readWaterLevelShader = gpuCompute.createShaderMaterial( document.getElementById( 'readWaterLevelFragmentShader' ).textContent, {
					point1: { value: new THREE.Vector2() },
					levelTexture: { value: null }
				} );
				readWaterLevelShader.defines.WIDTH = WIDTH.toFixed( 1 );
				readWaterLevelShader.defines.BOUNDS = BOUNDS.toFixed( 1 );

				// Create a 4x1 pixel image and a render target (Uint8, 4 channels, 1 byte per channel) to read water height and orientation
				readWaterLevelImage = new Uint8Array( 4 * 1 * 4 );

				readWaterLevelRenderTarget = new THREE.WebGLRenderTarget( 4, 1, {
					wrapS: THREE.ClampToEdgeWrapping,
					wrapT: THREE.ClampToEdgeWrapping,
					minFilter: THREE.NearestFilter,
					magFilter: THREE.NearestFilter,
					format: THREE.RGBAFormat,
					type: THREE.UnsignedByteType,
					stencilBuffer: false,
					depthBuffer: false
				} );

			}

			function isSafari() {

				return !! navigator.userAgent.match( /Safari/i ) && ! navigator.userAgent.match( /Chrome/i );

			}

			function fillTexture( texture ) {

				var waterMaxHeight = 10;

				function noise( x, y ) {

					var multR = waterMaxHeight;
					var mult = 0.025;
					var r = 0;
					for ( var i = 0; i < 15; i ++ ) {

						r += multR * simplex.noise( x * mult, y * mult );
						multR *= 0.53 + 0.025 * i;
						mult *= 1.25;

					}

					return r;

				}

				var pixels = texture.image.data;

				var p = 0;
				for ( var j = 0; j < WIDTH; j ++ ) {

					for ( var i = 0; i < WIDTH; i ++ ) {

						var x = i * 128 / WIDTH;
						var y = j * 128 / WIDTH;

						pixels[ p + 0 ] = noise( x, y );
						pixels[ p + 1 ] = pixels[ p + 0 ];
						pixels[ p + 2 ] = 0;
						pixels[ p + 3 ] = 1;

						p += 4;

					}

				}

			}

			function smoothWater() {

				var currentRenderTarget = gpuCompute.getCurrentRenderTarget( heightmapVariable );
				var alternateRenderTarget = gpuCompute.getAlternateRenderTarget( heightmapVariable );

				for ( var i = 0; i < 10; i ++ ) {

					smoothShader.uniforms[ "smoothTexture" ].value = currentRenderTarget.texture;
					gpuCompute.doRenderTarget( smoothShader, alternateRenderTarget );

					smoothShader.uniforms[ "smoothTexture" ].value = alternateRenderTarget.texture;
					gpuCompute.doRenderTarget( smoothShader, currentRenderTarget );

				}

			}

			function createSpheres() {

				var sphereTemplate = new THREE.Mesh( new THREE.SphereBufferGeometry( 4, 24, 12 ), new THREE.MeshPhongMaterial( { color: 0xFFFF00 } ) );

				for ( var i = 0; i < NUM_SPHERES; i ++ ) {

					var sphere = sphereTemplate;
					if ( i < NUM_SPHERES - 1 ) {

						sphere = sphereTemplate.clone();

					}

					sphere.position.x = ( Math.random() - 0.5 ) * BOUNDS * 0.7;
					sphere.position.z = ( Math.random() - 0.5 ) * BOUNDS * 0.7;

					sphere.userData.velocity = new THREE.Vector3();

					scene.add( sphere );

					spheres[ i ] = sphere;

				}

			}

			function sphereDynamics() {

				var currentRenderTarget = gpuCompute.getCurrentRenderTarget( heightmapVariable );

				readWaterLevelShader.uniforms[ "levelTexture" ].value = currentRenderTarget.texture;

				for ( var i = 0; i < NUM_SPHERES; i ++ ) {

					var sphere = spheres[ i ];

					if ( sphere ) {

						// Read water level and orientation
						var u = 0.5 * sphere.position.x / BOUNDS_HALF + 0.5;
						var v = 1 - ( 0.5 * sphere.position.z / BOUNDS_HALF + 0.5 );
						readWaterLevelShader.uniforms[ "point1" ].value.set( u, v );
						gpuCompute.doRenderTarget( readWaterLevelShader, readWaterLevelRenderTarget );

						renderer.readRenderTargetPixels( readWaterLevelRenderTarget, 0, 0, 4, 1, readWaterLevelImage );
						var pixels = new Float32Array( readWaterLevelImage.buffer );

						// Get orientation
						waterNormal.set( pixels[ 1 ], 0, - pixels[ 2 ] );

						var pos = sphere.position;

						// Set height
						pos.y = pixels[ 0 ];

						// Move sphere
						waterNormal.multiplyScalar( 0.1 );
						sphere.userData.velocity.add( waterNormal );
						sphere.userData.velocity.multiplyScalar( 0.998 );
						pos.add( sphere.userData.velocity );

						if ( pos.x < - BOUNDS_HALF ) {

							pos.x = - BOUNDS_HALF + 0.001;
							sphere.userData.velocity.x *= - 0.3;

						} else if ( pos.x > BOUNDS_HALF ) {

							pos.x = BOUNDS_HALF - 0.001;
							sphere.userData.velocity.x *= - 0.3;

						}

						if ( pos.z < - BOUNDS_HALF ) {

							pos.z = - BOUNDS_HALF + 0.001;
							sphere.userData.velocity.z *= - 0.3;

						} else if ( pos.z > BOUNDS_HALF ) {

							pos.z = BOUNDS_HALF - 0.001;
							sphere.userData.velocity.z *= - 0.3;

						}

					}

				}

			}

			function onWindowResize() {

				camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
				camera.updateProjectionMatrix();

				renderer.setSize( window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight );

			}

			function setMouseCoords( x, y ) {

				mouseCoords.set( ( x / renderer.domElement.clientWidth ) * 2 - 1, - ( y / renderer.domElement.clientHeight ) * 2 + 1 );
				mouseMoved = true;

			}

			function onDocumentMouseMove( event ) {

				setMouseCoords( event.clientX, event.clientY );

			}

			function onDocumentTouchStart( event ) {

				if ( event.touches.length === 1 ) {

					event.preventDefault();

					setMouseCoords( event.touches[ 0 ].pageX, event.touches[ 0 ].pageY );


				}

			}

			function onDocumentTouchMove( event ) {

				if ( event.touches.length === 1 ) {

					event.preventDefault();

					setMouseCoords( event.touches[ 0 ].pageX, event.touches[ 0 ].pageY );


				}

			}

			function animate() {

				requestAnimationFrame( animate );

				render();
				stats.update();

			}

			function render() {

				// Set uniforms: mouse interaction
				var uniforms = heightmapVariable.material.uniforms;
				if ( mouseMoved ) {

					raycaster.setFromCamera( mouseCoords, camera );

					var intersects = raycaster.intersectObject( meshRay );

					if ( intersects.length > 0 ) {

					    var point = intersects[ 0 ].point;
					    uniforms[ "mousePos" ].value.set( point.x, point.z );

					} else {

					    uniforms[ "mousePos" ].value.set( 10000, 10000 );

					}

					mouseMoved = false;

				} else {

					uniforms[ "mousePos" ].value.set( 10000, 10000 );

				}

				// Do the gpu computation
				gpuCompute.compute();

				if ( spheresEnabled ) {

					sphereDynamics();

				}

				// Get compute output in custom uniform
				waterUniforms[ "heightmap" ].value = gpuCompute.getCurrentRenderTarget( heightmapVariable ).texture;

				// Render
				renderer.render( scene, camera );

			}

		</script>
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