Center of the universe

center-of-the-universe.markdown

Center of the universe

Everything moves, but the center is still

A Pen by Goran Vrban on CodePen.

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index.html

<div id="container"></div>
<img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/planet2.png">

script.js

	var camera, scene, renderer;

			var texture_placeholder,
			isUserInteracting = false,
			onMouseDownMouseX = 0, onMouseDownMouseY = 0,
			lon = 90, onMouseDownLon = 0,
			lat = 0, onMouseDownLat = 0,
			phi = 0, theta = 0,
			target = new THREE.Vector3();

			init();
			animate();

			function init() {

				var container, mesh;

				container = document.getElementById( 'container' );

				camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( 75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 1100 );

				scene = new THREE.Scene();

				texture_placeholder = document.createElement( 'canvas' );
				texture_placeholder.width = 128;
				texture_placeholder.height = 128;

				var context = texture_placeholder.getContext( '2d' );
				context.fillStyle = 'rgb( 200, 200, 200 )';
				context.fillRect( 0, 0, texture_placeholder.width, texture_placeholder.height );

				var materials = [

					loadTexture( 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/space4.jpg' ), // right
					loadTexture( 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/space2.jpg' ), // left
					loadTexture( 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/space1.jpg' ), // top
					loadTexture( 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/space6.jpg' ), // bottom
					loadTexture( 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/space3.jpg' ), // back
					loadTexture( 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/space5.jpg' ) // front

				];

				mesh = new THREE.Mesh( new THREE.BoxGeometry( 300, 300, 300, 7, 7, 7 ), new THREE.MultiMaterial( materials ) );
				mesh.scale.x = - 1;
				scene.add( mesh );

				for ( var i = 0, l = mesh.geometry.vertices.length; i < l; i ++ ) {

					var vertex = mesh.geometry.vertices[ i ];

					vertex.normalize();
					vertex.multiplyScalar( 550 );

				}

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

				document.addEventListener( 'mousedown', onDocumentMouseDown, false );
				document.addEventListener( 'mousemove', onDocumentMouseMove, false );
				document.addEventListener( 'mouseup', onDocumentMouseUp, false );
				//document.addEventListener( 'wheel', onDocumentMouseWheel, false );

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

				//

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

			}

			function onWindowResize() {

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

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

			}

			function loadTexture( path ) {

				var texture = new THREE.Texture( texture_placeholder );
				var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { map: texture, overdraw: 0.5 } );

				var image = new Image();
				image.onload = function () {

					texture.image = this;
					texture.needsUpdate = true;

				};
				image.src = path;

				return material;

			}

			function onDocumentMouseDown( event ) {

				event.preventDefault();

				isUserInteracting = true;

				onPointerDownPointerX = event.clientX;
				onPointerDownPointerY = event.clientY;

				onPointerDownLon = lon;
				onPointerDownLat = lat;

			}

			function onDocumentMouseMove( event ) {

				if ( isUserInteracting === true ) {

					lon = ( onPointerDownPointerX - event.clientX ) * 0.1 + onPointerDownLon;
					lat = ( event.clientY - onPointerDownPointerY ) * 0.1 + onPointerDownLat;

				}
			}

			function onDocumentMouseUp( event ) {

				isUserInteracting = false;

			}

		//	function onDocumentMouseWheel( event ) {

			//	camera.fov += event.deltaY * 0.05;
			//	camera.updateProjectionMatrix();

		//	}

			function onDocumentTouchStart( event ) {

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

					event.preventDefault();

					onPointerDownPointerX = event.touches[ 0 ].pageX;
					onPointerDownPointerY = event.touches[ 0 ].pageY;

					onPointerDownLon = lon;
					onPointerDownLat = lat;

				}

			}

			function onDocumentTouchMove( event ) {

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

					event.preventDefault();

					lon = ( onPointerDownPointerX - event.touches[0].pageX ) * 0.1 + onPointerDownLon;
					lat = ( event.touches[0].pageY - onPointerDownPointerY ) * 0.1 + onPointerDownLat;

				}

			}

			function animate() {

				requestAnimationFrame( animate );
				update();

			}

			function update() {

				if ( isUserInteracting === false ) {

					lon += 0.1;

				}

				lat = Math.max( - 85, Math.min( 85, lat ) );
				phi = THREE.Math.degToRad( 90 - lat );
				theta = THREE.Math.degToRad( lon );

				target.x = 500 * Math.sin( phi ) * Math.cos( theta );
				target.y = 500 * Math.cos( phi );
				target.z = 500 * Math.sin( phi ) * Math.sin( theta );

				camera.position.copy( target ).negate();
				camera.lookAt( target );

				renderer.render( scene, camera );

			}

scripts

<script src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/three.js"></script>
<script src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/CanvasRenderer.js"></script>
<script src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/1037366/Projector.js"></script>

style.css

html, body {margin:0; overflow:hidden;}
img {
    width: 8vw;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    margin: auto;
}