/* Adapted for preetham.org from the WebGL/ASCII black-hole renderer at stevensarmi.com. */ (() => { const ROOT_ID = "pk-black-hole"; const GLYPHS = " .,:;-=+*#%@|/\\0<>"; const FONT_STACK = 'ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", "Courier New", monospace'; const reducedMotion = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)"); const vertexShader = `#version 300 es precision highp float; out vec2 vUv; void main() { vec2 pos; if (gl_VertexID == 0) pos = vec2(-1.0, -1.0); else if (gl_VertexID == 1) pos = vec2(3.0, -1.0); else pos = vec2(-1.0, 3.0); vUv = 0.5 * (pos + 1.0); gl_Position = vec4(pos, 0.0, 1.0); }`; const raytraceShader = `#version 300 es precision highp float; precision highp int; out vec4 outColor; uniform vec2 uResolution; uniform vec3 uCamPos; uniform vec3 uCamRight; uniform vec3 uCamUp; uniform vec3 uCamForward; uniform float uTanHalfFov; uniform float uAspect; uniform float uRs; uniform float uStepSize; uniform float uEscapeRadius; uniform int uMaxSteps; uniform float uDiskR1; uniform float uDiskR2; uniform int uNumObjects; uniform vec4 uObjPosRadius[16]; uniform vec4 uObjColor[16]; struct Ray { float x; float y; float z; float r; float theta; float phi; float dr; float dtheta; float dphi; float E; float L; }; Ray initRay(vec3 pos, vec3 dir) { Ray ray; ray.x = pos.x; ray.y = pos.y; ray.z = pos.z; ray.r = length(pos); float zOverR = ray.r > 0.0 ? pos.z / ray.r : 0.0; ray.theta = acos(clamp(zOverR, -1.0, 1.0)); ray.phi = atan(pos.y, pos.x); float sinTheta = max(sin(ray.theta), 1e-6); float cosTheta = cos(ray.theta); float sinPhi = sin(ray.phi); float cosPhi = cos(ray.phi); float dx = dir.x; float dy = dir.y; float dz = dir.z; ray.dr = sinTheta * cosPhi * dx + sinTheta * sinPhi * dy + cosTheta * dz; ray.dtheta = (cosTheta * cosPhi * dx + cosTheta * sinPhi * dy - sinTheta * dz) / max(ray.r, 1e-6); ray.dphi = (-sinPhi * dx + cosPhi * dy) / max(ray.r * sinTheta, 1e-6); ray.L = ray.r * ray.r * sinTheta * ray.dphi; float f = 1.0 - uRs / max(ray.r, 1e-6); float dt = sqrt((ray.dr * ray.dr) / max(f, 1e-6) + ray.r * ray.r * (ray.dtheta * ray.dtheta + sinTheta * sinTheta * ray.dphi * ray.dphi)); ray.E = f * dt; return ray; } bool interceptObject(Ray ray, out vec4 objectColor, out vec3 hitCenter) { vec3 point = vec3(ray.x, ray.y, ray.z); for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) { if (i >= uNumObjects) break; vec3 center = uObjPosRadius[i].xyz; if (distance(point, center) <= uObjPosRadius[i].w) { objectColor = uObjColor[i]; hitCenter = center; return true; } } objectColor = vec4(0.0); hitCenter = vec3(0.0); return false; } void geodesicRHS(Ray ray, out vec3 d1, out vec3 d2) { float r = ray.r; float theta = ray.theta; float dr = ray.dr; float dtheta = ray.dtheta; float dphi = ray.dphi; float sinTheta = max(sin(theta), 1e-6); float cosTheta = cos(theta); float f = 1.0 - uRs / max(r, 1e-6); float dt = ray.E / max(f, 1e-6); d1 = vec3(dr, dtheta, dphi); d2.x = -(uRs / (2.0 * r * r)) * f * dt * dt + (uRs / (2.0 * r * r * max(f, 1e-6))) * dr * dr + r * (dtheta * dtheta + sinTheta * sinTheta * dphi * dphi); d2.y = -2.0 * dr * dtheta / max(r, 1e-6) + sinTheta * cosTheta * dphi * dphi; d2.z = -2.0 * dr * dphi / max(r, 1e-6) - 2.0 * cosTheta / sinTheta * dtheta * dphi; } void stepRay(inout Ray ray, float stepSize) { vec3 velocity; vec3 acceleration; geodesicRHS(ray, velocity, acceleration); ray.r += stepSize * velocity.x; ray.theta += stepSize * velocity.y; ray.phi += stepSize * velocity.z; ray.dr += stepSize * acceleration.x; ray.dtheta += stepSize * acceleration.y; ray.dphi += stepSize * acceleration.z; float sinTheta = sin(ray.theta); float cosTheta = cos(ray.theta); float cosPhi = cos(ray.phi); float sinPhi = sin(ray.phi); ray.x = ray.r * sinTheta * cosPhi; ray.y = ray.r * sinTheta * sinPhi; ray.z = ray.r * cosTheta; } bool crossesDisk(vec3 oldPos, vec3 newPos) { float radius = length(vec2(newPos.x, newPos.z)); return oldPos.y * newPos.y < 0.0 && radius >= uDiskR1 && radius <= uDiskR2; } void main() { vec2 frag = gl_FragCoord.xy; float u = (2.0 * frag.x / uResolution.x - 1.0) * uAspect * uTanHalfFov; float v = (1.0 - 2.0 * frag.y / uResolution.y) * uTanHalfFov; vec3 dir = normalize(u * uCamRight - v * uCamUp + uCamForward); Ray ray = initRay(uCamPos, dir); vec3 previous = vec3(ray.x, ray.y, ray.z); bool hitHole = false; bool hitDisk = false; bool hitObject = false; vec4 objectColor = vec4(0.0); vec3 hitCenter = vec3(0.0); int stepIndex = 0; bool stop = false; for (int outer = 0; outer < 2000; ++outer) { for (int inner = 0; inner < 8; ++inner) { if (stepIndex >= uMaxSteps) { stop = true; break; } if (ray.r <= uRs) { hitHole = true; stop = true; break; } stepRay(ray, uStepSize); stepIndex += 1; vec3 current = vec3(ray.x, ray.y, ray.z); if (crossesDisk(previous, current)) { hitDisk = true; stop = true; break; } if (interceptObject(ray, objectColor, hitCenter)) { hitObject = true; stop = true; break; } previous = current; if (ray.r > uEscapeRadius) { stop = true; break; } } if (stop) break; } vec4 color = vec4(0.0); if (hitDisk) { float radial = length(vec3(ray.x, ray.y, ray.z)) / uDiskR2; color = vec4(vec3(1.0, radial, 0.2), radial); } else if (hitHole) { color = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0); } else if (hitObject) { vec3 point = vec3(ray.x, ray.y, ray.z); vec3 normal = normalize(point - hitCenter); vec3 view = normalize(uCamPos - point); float intensity = 0.1 + 0.9 * max(dot(normal, view), 0.0); color = vec4(objectColor.rgb * intensity, objectColor.a); } outColor = color; }`; const blitShader = `#version 300 es precision highp float; in vec2 vUv; out vec4 outColor; uniform sampler2D uTexture; void main() { outColor = texture(uTexture, vUv); }`; const gridVertexShader = `#version 300 es precision highp float; layout(location = 0) in vec3 aPos; uniform mat4 uViewProj; void main() { gl_Position = uViewProj * vec4(aPos, 1.0); }`; const gridFragmentShader = `#version 300 es precision highp float; out vec4 outColor; void main() { outColor = vec4(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.7); }`; const compileShader = (gl, type, source) => { const shader = gl.createShader(type); if (!shader) throw new Error("Unable to create shader"); gl.shaderSource(shader, source); gl.compileShader(shader); if (!gl.getShaderParameter(shader, gl.COMPILE_STATUS)) { const message = gl.getShaderInfoLog(shader) || "Shader compilation failed"; gl.deleteShader(shader); throw new Error(message); } return shader; }; const createProgram = (gl, vertex, fragment) => { const program = gl.createProgram(); const vertexObject = compileShader(gl, gl.VERTEX_SHADER, vertex); const fragmentObject = compileShader(gl, gl.FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragment); if (!program) throw new Error("Unable to create WebGL program"); gl.attachShader(program, vertexObject); gl.attachShader(program, fragmentObject); gl.linkProgram(program); gl.deleteShader(vertexObject); gl.deleteShader(fragmentObject); if (!gl.getProgramParameter(program, gl.LINK_STATUS)) { const message = gl.getProgramInfoLog(program) || "Program link failed"; gl.deleteProgram(program); throw new Error(message); } return program; }; const normalize = (out, x, y, z) => { const length = Math.hypot(x, y, z) || 1; out[0] = x / length; out[1] = y / length; out[2] = z / length; }; const cross = (out, ax, ay, az, bx, by, bz) => { out[0] = ay * bz - az * by; out[1] = az * bx - ax * bz; out[2] = ax * by - ay * bx; }; const mount = () => { if (document.getElementById(ROOT_ID)) return; const root = document.createElement("div"); const sourceCanvas = document.createElement("canvas"); const asciiCanvas = document.createElement("canvas"); root.id = ROOT_ID; root.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true"); sourceCanvas.className = "pk-black-hole-source"; asciiCanvas.className = "pk-black-hole-ascii"; root.append(sourceCanvas, asciiCanvas); document.body.prepend(root); const gl = sourceCanvas.getContext("webgl2", { alpha: false, antialias: false, depth: false, stencil: false, preserveDrawingBuffer: false, }); const ascii = asciiCanvas.getContext("2d", { alpha: false }); const samplerCanvas = document.createElement("canvas"); const sampler = samplerCanvas.getContext("2d", { willReadFrequently: true }); if (!gl || !ascii || !sampler) { root.remove(); return; } let rayProgram; let blitProgram; let gridProgram; try { rayProgram = createProgram(gl, vertexShader, raytraceShader); blitProgram = createProgram(gl, vertexShader, blitShader); gridProgram = createProgram(gl, gridVertexShader, gridFragmentShader); } catch (error) { console.warn("Black-hole renderer unavailable:", error); root.remove(); return; } const fullscreenVao = gl.createVertexArray(); gl.bindVertexArray(fullscreenVao); const gridVertices = new Float32Array(2028); let vertexOffset = 0; for (let row = 0; row <= 25; row += 1) { for (let column = 0; column <= 25; column += 1) { const x = (column - 12.5) * 1e10; const z = (row - 12.5) * 1e10; const radius = Math.hypot(x, z); const y = radius > 1.269e10 ? 2 * Math.sqrt(1.269e10 * (radius - 1.269e10)) - 3e10 : 2 * 1.269e10 - 3e10; gridVertices.set([x, y, z], vertexOffset); vertexOffset += 3; } } const gridIndices = new Uint16Array(2500); let indexOffset = 0; for (let row = 0; row < 25; row += 1) { for (let column = 0; column < 25; column += 1) { const index = row * 26 + column; gridIndices.set([index, index + 1, index, index + 26], indexOffset); indexOffset += 4; } } const gridVao = gl.createVertexArray(); const gridVbo = gl.createBuffer(); const gridEbo = gl.createBuffer(); gl.bindVertexArray(gridVao); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, gridVbo); gl.bufferData(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, gridVertices, gl.STATIC_DRAW); gl.enableVertexAttribArray(0); gl.vertexAttribPointer(0, 3, gl.FLOAT, false, 12, 0); gl.bindBuffer(gl.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, gridEbo); gl.bufferData(gl.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, gridIndices, gl.STATIC_DRAW); const texture = gl.createTexture(); const framebuffer = gl.createFramebuffer(); const internalWidth = 130; const internalHeight = 98; gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, texture); gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA8, internalWidth, internalHeight, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, null); gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, gl.LINEAR); gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, gl.LINEAR); gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_WRAP_S, gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE); gl.texParameteri(gl.TEXTURE_2D, gl.TEXTURE_WRAP_T, gl.CLAMP_TO_EDGE); gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, framebuffer); gl.framebufferTexture2D(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, gl.COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, gl.TEXTURE_2D, texture, 0); gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, null); const uniform = (program, name) => gl.getUniformLocation(program, name); const rayUniforms = { resolution: uniform(rayProgram, "uResolution"), camPos: uniform(rayProgram, "uCamPos"), camRight: uniform(rayProgram, "uCamRight"), camUp: uniform(rayProgram, "uCamUp"), camForward: uniform(rayProgram, "uCamForward"), tanHalfFov: uniform(rayProgram, "uTanHalfFov"), aspect: uniform(rayProgram, "uAspect"), rs: uniform(rayProgram, "uRs"), stepSize: uniform(rayProgram, "uStepSize"), escapeRadius: uniform(rayProgram, "uEscapeRadius"), maxSteps: uniform(rayProgram, "uMaxSteps"), diskR1: uniform(rayProgram, "uDiskR1"), diskR2: uniform(rayProgram, "uDiskR2"), numObjects: uniform(rayProgram, "uNumObjects"), objectPositions: uniform(rayProgram, "uObjPosRadius[0]"), objectColors: uniform(rayProgram, "uObjColor[0]"), }; const blitTexture = uniform(blitProgram, "uTexture"); const gridViewProjection = uniform(gridProgram, "uViewProj"); const objectPositions = new Float32Array(64); const objectColors = new Float32Array(64); objectPositions.set([4e11, 0, 0, 4e10], 0); objectColors.set([1, 1, 0, 1], 0); objectPositions.set([0, 0, 4e11, 4e10], 4); objectColors.set([1, 0, 0, 1], 4); const camera = { position: new Float32Array(3), right: new Float32Array(3), up: new Float32Array(3), forward: new Float32Array(3), tanHalfFov: Math.tan(Math.PI / 6), aspect: 1, }; const temporaryA = new Float32Array(3); const temporaryB = new Float32Array(3); let azimuth = 1.661461; const baseElevation = 1.452789; let pointerAzimuth = 0; let pointerElevation = 0; let targetPointerAzimuth = 0; let targetPointerElevation = 0; const cameraRadius = 1.35e11; let viewportWidth = 1; let viewportHeight = 1; let columns = 1; let rows = 1; let cellWidth = 1; let cellHeight = 1; let animationFrame = 0; let lastFrame = 0; const updateCamera = () => { const cameraAzimuth = azimuth + pointerAzimuth; const cameraElevation = baseElevation + pointerElevation; const sinElevation = Math.sin(cameraElevation); const x = cameraRadius * sinElevation * Math.cos(cameraAzimuth); const y = cameraRadius * Math.cos(cameraElevation); const z = cameraRadius * sinElevation * Math.sin(cameraAzimuth); camera.position.set([x, y, z]); normalize(camera.forward, -x, -y, -z); cross(temporaryA, camera.forward[0], camera.forward[1], camera.forward[2], 0, 1, 0); normalize(camera.right, temporaryA[0], temporaryA[1], temporaryA[2]); cross(temporaryB, camera.right[0], camera.right[1], camera.right[2], camera.forward[0], camera.forward[1], camera.forward[2]); normalize(camera.up, temporaryB[0], temporaryB[1], temporaryB[2]); }; const resize = () => { viewportWidth = window.innerWidth; viewportHeight = window.innerHeight; const dpr = Math.min(window.devicePixelRatio || 1, 2); sourceCanvas.width = Math.max(1, Math.round(viewportWidth * dpr)); sourceCanvas.height = Math.max(1, Math.round(viewportHeight * dpr)); asciiCanvas.width = Math.max(1, Math.round(viewportWidth * dpr)); asciiCanvas.height = Math.max(1, Math.round(viewportHeight * dpr)); camera.aspect = viewportWidth / Math.max(viewportHeight, 1); columns = Math.max(24, Math.min(160, Math.floor(viewportWidth / 6))); rows = Math.max(14, Math.min(90, Math.floor(viewportHeight / 10))); cellWidth = viewportWidth / columns; cellHeight = viewportHeight / rows; const fontSize = Math.max(4, Math.min(28, Math.floor(Math.min(cellHeight / 1.15, cellWidth / 0.6) * 0.72))); ascii.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0); ascii.textBaseline = "top"; ascii.font = `${fontSize}px ${FONT_STACK}`; samplerCanvas.width = columns; samplerCanvas.height = rows; sampler.imageSmoothingEnabled = true; }; const viewProjection = new Float32Array(16); const renderWebGL = () => { const maxSteps = 2500; gl.bindVertexArray(fullscreenVao); gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, framebuffer); gl.viewport(0, 0, internalWidth, internalHeight); gl.useProgram(rayProgram); gl.uniform2f(rayUniforms.resolution, internalWidth, internalHeight); gl.uniform3fv(rayUniforms.camPos, camera.position); gl.uniform3fv(rayUniforms.camRight, camera.right); gl.uniform3fv(rayUniforms.camUp, camera.up); gl.uniform3fv(rayUniforms.camForward, camera.forward); gl.uniform1f(rayUniforms.tanHalfFov, camera.tanHalfFov); gl.uniform1f(rayUniforms.aspect, camera.aspect); gl.uniform1f(rayUniforms.rs, 1.269e10); gl.uniform1f(rayUniforms.stepSize, 6e11 / maxSteps); gl.uniform1f(rayUniforms.escapeRadius, 1e30); gl.uniform1i(rayUniforms.maxSteps, maxSteps); gl.uniform1f(rayUniforms.diskR1, 2.7918e10); gl.uniform1f(rayUniforms.diskR2, 6.5988e10); gl.uniform1i(rayUniforms.numObjects, 2); gl.uniform4fv(rayUniforms.objectPositions, objectPositions); gl.uniform4fv(rayUniforms.objectColors, objectColors); gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, 3); gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, null); gl.viewport(0, 0, sourceCanvas.width, sourceCanvas.height); gl.clearColor(0, 0, 0, 1); gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); gl.enable(gl.BLEND); gl.blendFunc(gl.SRC_ALPHA, gl.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); const right = camera.right; const up = camera.up; const forward = camera.forward; const position = camera.position; const view = new Float32Array([ right[0], right[1], right[2], 0, up[0], up[1], up[2], 0, -forward[0], -forward[1], -forward[2], 0, -(right[0] * position[0] + right[1] * position[1] + right[2] * position[2]), -(up[0] * position[0] + up[1] * position[1] + up[2] * position[2]), forward[0] * position[0] + forward[1] * position[1] + forward[2] * position[2], 1, ]); const scale = 1 / camera.tanHalfFov; const range = 1 / (1e9 - 1e14); const projection = new Float32Array([ scale / camera.aspect, 0, 0, 0, 0, scale, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1.00001e14 * range, -1, 0, 0, 2e23 * range, 0, ]); for (let column = 0; column < 4; column += 1) { const a = view[column * 4]; const b = view[column * 4 + 1]; const c = view[column * 4 + 2]; const d = view[column * 4 + 3]; viewProjection[column * 4] = projection[0] * a + projection[4] * b + projection[8] * c + projection[12] * d; viewProjection[column * 4 + 1] = projection[1] * a + projection[5] * b + projection[9] * c + projection[13] * d; viewProjection[column * 4 + 2] = projection[2] * a + projection[6] * b + projection[10] * c + projection[14] * d; viewProjection[column * 4 + 3] = projection[3] * a + projection[7] * b + projection[11] * c + projection[15] * d; } gl.useProgram(gridProgram); gl.uniformMatrix4fv(gridViewProjection, false, viewProjection); gl.bindVertexArray(gridVao); gl.drawElements(gl.LINES, gridIndices.length, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT, 0); gl.bindVertexArray(fullscreenVao); gl.useProgram(blitProgram); gl.activeTexture(gl.TEXTURE0); gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, texture); gl.uniform1i(blitTexture, 0); gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, 3); gl.disable(gl.BLEND); }; const renderAscii = () => { sampler.clearRect(0, 0, columns, rows); sampler.drawImage(sourceCanvas, 0, 0, columns, rows); const pixels = sampler.getImageData(0, 0, columns, rows).data; ascii.clearRect(0, 0, viewportWidth, viewportHeight); ascii.fillStyle = "#000"; ascii.fillRect(0, 0, viewportWidth, viewportHeight); const maxGlyph = GLYPHS.length - 1; for (let row = 0; row < rows; row += 1) { for (let column = 0; column < columns; column += 1) { const offset = (row * columns + column) * 4; const red = pixels[offset]; const green = pixels[offset + 1]; const blue = pixels[offset + 2]; const luminance = (0.2126 * red + 0.7152 * green + 0.0722 * blue) / 255; const glyphIndex = Math.min(maxGlyph, Math.floor(luminance * maxGlyph)); const glyph = GLYPHS[glyphIndex] || " "; if (glyph === " ") continue; const boost = Math.max(0.3, (glyphIndex / maxGlyph) * 1.5 + 0.5); const channel = (value) => Math.max(Math.min(Math.round(value * boost), 255), 60); ascii.fillStyle = `rgba(${channel(red)}, ${channel(green)}, ${channel(blue)}, 0.8)`; ascii.fillText(glyph, column * cellWidth, row * cellHeight); } } }; const animate = (time) => { animationFrame = requestAnimationFrame(animate); if (document.hidden || time - lastFrame < 1000 / 30) return; const delta = lastFrame ? (time - lastFrame) / 1000 : 0; lastFrame = time; if (!reducedMotion.matches) { azimuth += 0.325 * delta; pointerAzimuth += (targetPointerAzimuth - pointerAzimuth) * 0.045; pointerElevation += (targetPointerElevation - pointerElevation) * 0.045; } updateCamera(); renderWebGL(); renderAscii(); }; updateCamera(); resize(); renderWebGL(); renderAscii(); animationFrame = requestAnimationFrame(animate); window.addEventListener("resize", resize, { passive: true }); window.addEventListener("pointermove", (event) => { if (reducedMotion.matches) return; targetPointerAzimuth = (event.clientX / Math.max(window.innerWidth, 1) - 0.5) * 0.24; targetPointerElevation = (event.clientY / Math.max(window.innerHeight, 1) - 0.5) * -0.12; }, { passive: true }); window.addEventListener("pagehide", () => cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrame), { once: true }); }; if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", mount, { once: true }); } else { mount(); } })();

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