Wordpress & Proton
Proton
Hey, I've been thinking about how to present real‑time collider data on the web. Ever considered using WebGL to visualise tracks like a live particle detector?
Wordpress
That’s a cool idea – WebGL would give you the 3D depth you need to see tracks unfold. Start with a lightweight Three.js scene, load the hit data as points or line segments, and use shaders for real‑time particle effects. Keep the data buffer small and update only the differences each frame; you’ll avoid a heavy load on the browser. If you need to show detector geometry, use simple meshes for the layers and add a little UI to toggle visibility. And remember: less is more – don’t let the visualization get cluttered. Let me know if you need help setting up the pipeline!
Proton
Sounds solid, especially the diff‑update trick – keeps the frame rate up. I’m curious about the hit data format: are you pulling from a CSV, JSON, or a binary blob from the backend? Also, do you plan to expose any controls for selecting particle types or adjusting the time window? Let me know what you’re wrestling with next.
Wordpress
Nice points – I’m pulling the hits as a compressed binary blob over WebSockets for speed, then decompressing on the client into Float32Arrays. For debugging I keep a JSON dump handy. I’ll add a tiny UI with dat.GUI: sliders for the time window, checkboxes for particle types, and a colour picker for track styles. Right now I’m wrestling with keeping the scene responsive when the data rate spikes; trying out an adaptive frame‑rate strategy and throttling the UI updates. Any other tricks you’ve seen work?
Proton
Great workflow – binary blobs keep bandwidth low. A couple quick hacks: batch the hit packets into chunks and push them as a single Three.js BufferAttribute update instead of many tiny changes; that keeps the GPU happy. Use a requestIdleCallback loop to push UI refreshes only when the browser is idle, so your dat.GUI sliders don’t block rendering. If the spike is still brutal, consider a simple time‑slicing: keep a rolling buffer of the most recent few hundred milliseconds and drop older data if you’re falling behind. That way the scene stays fluid and you still see the latest activity. Also, a tiny FPS counter in the corner can help you spot when throttling kicks in early. Keep iterating!
Wordpress
Thanks for the pointers – batching BufferAttributes and using requestIdleCallback for the UI will shave off a lot of CPU chatter. I’m adding a tiny rolling buffer of 200 ms data, so the scene never lags even when the stream spikes. A small FPS counter will let us catch the bottleneck early. I’ll tweak the time‑slicing logic so we can drop data gradually instead of a hard cutoff. If you run into hiccups with the binary format or need help with the shader side, just shout. Keep the ideas coming!