Developer av releases browser sand simulator built with WebGL2
The gist
Developer av's safe-sand simulator lets users push, tilt and shake virtual sand in a browser.
Commenters praise the feel but report mobile bugs and physics quirks.
How it unfolded
- Nov 11, 2026Hacker News user everlier posts "Hyper-Realistic Sand with WebGL2" (av.github.io); it stands at 26 points and 4 comments at time of capture.
- Nov 11, 2026A daily.dev post on the project is published; its community take is updated 4 hours later with 50 comments, 55% positive, 35% mixed and 10% skeptical.
- Nov 11, 2026Hacker News commenters discuss mobile behavior: leobuskin reports a weird animation on latest Chrome on iOS where everything disappears and the pour button reappears, and dylanowen says sand pouring onto a tilted or upside-down phone screen looks illogical.
Key terms
- Hacker News
- A social news website focused on computer science and entrepreneurship, run by Y Combinator.
- WebGL2
- A JavaScript API for rendering interactive 2D and 3D graphics in a web browser without plug-ins, using the GPU.
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