Newton.js
Physics on the web
Hunter Loftis
April 2014
Physics will soon become an integral, expected part of the common User Experience.
... built by amateurs like you and me.
(don't be afraid, it's not that hard!)
Common interfaces have been chasing game interfaces for decades.
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
Google Maps Web (2014)
Portable Touch
Nintendo DS (touch) (2004) - iPod Touch (2007)
Playful Drag-and-Drop
Baldies (1996) - Google Maps (2014)
Parallax Scrolling
Moon Patrol (1986) - Costa Coffee (2014)
Menus with Full Video Backgrounds
Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) - Positive Advertising (2014)
Today:
If you want to preview the user interface of tomorrow, look to the games of today.
Newton.js
- Particle-based
- Soft bodies
- Verlet integrator
- Iterative solver
-
Time accumulator
Demos
How it works
- Define particles as { position, lastPosition }
- Simulate:
- Apply forces (position += force)
-
Integrate (position += position - lastPosition)
- Loop N times:
- Constrain (if (isInvalid(position) correct(position))
That's really it!
What's next?
Newton.js
By hunterloftis
