[WebGL] Particle Sea - Unity 5 Experiment

Hi everybody,

Inspired by http://i-remember.fr/en three.js application I decided to reproduce this in Unity 5 with WebGL export.

Here is what I managed to create (WebGL Player). Feel free to play with sliders


I'm getting 20 FPS with maxed out settings (62500 animated particles) on Macbook Pro 2014 but it's pretty fluid. The same results on Nvidia Shield tablet with K1 chip (Yes, works on android too).

To do:
-optimization
-option to disable post-process effects (Vignetting, Chromatic Aberration, Bloom)
-random particles distribution instead of fixed one
-ability to change colors and gradient
-more noise options (voronoi, simplex)

Let me know what do you think about that. I'm planning to release it for free and as an Android animated wallpaper.

 

That is awesome

Finer steps in the sliders would be nice. So far it feels like sliding only a bit changes too much already.

 

Thanks!

I'm thinking about implementing logarithmic scale instead of linear.

 

Getting 55 fps (Windows, Chrome, i5 4460, GTX 970) on normal Settings.
All Maxed 5fps

 

Weird, 15 FPS only on my PC. Intel Xeon E3-1226 with 280X.

 

22.5fps... why no fullscreen option?

 

There is fullscreen button on the bottom next to "Particle Sea" label, outside of WebGL player but it doesn't work for me too. Surprisingly it works on my friend's iMac 5K.

 

A little late to the party but I thought I'd chime in as well.
60 fps (Windows 7, Firefox, Intel i7 3930 duel 3.20, Quatro 4000) on normal Settings.
All Maxed 26fps

The full screen button worked for me without any noticeable fps drop.

 

I had everything maxed out on a GTX 760 Mini and AMD FX-6300 (3.5GHz) and it ran at 45-ish idle and around 25-32 when rendering, its great just needs some optimization before using it for anything other than simulations.

 

Hi guys,
Thanks for feedback, I'll keep improving this project in my spare time. Here is what I achieved in this update:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69335113/ParticleSea/ParticleSea_WEBGL_1.1/index.html

In my opinion it looks now a lot better, I changed PostPro effects, added film grain, vignetting etc.
I also managed to improve performance a bit, now I'm having 30 stable FPS on my Macbook Pro.

Whats next I would like to implement:
-camera control
-color changing
-random particles distrubition

 

Meanwhile I also decided to create tutorial how to create such effect: http://unreferencedinstance.com/tutorial-particle-sea-in-unity3d/