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Particle sphere

A rotating sphere of about 2500 depth-sized, depth-faded points; drag to rotate with inertia, arrow keys rotate, Home resets.

What it is for

Landing hero visual or connect page centrepiece (fills its parent; sphere fits the smaller side).

Use it

1 · site.json
"effects": { "components": ["particle-sphere"] }
or on the command line
node ~/.claude/skills/sitewright/scripts/scaffold.mjs --config site.json --out ./my-site --components particle-sphere
2 · import it
import { ParticleSphere } from '@/components/fx/ui';

Files

  • components/fx/ui/ParticleSphere.tsx
  • components/fx/ui/_t1.ts
  • ui-particle-sphere.css styles

Source

Original to Sitewright. MIT licensed.

Credits and licences: third-party notices.

Accessibility

  • Keyboard. Components in the kit are written to be reached and used with the keyboard. Try it: press Tab inside the preview.
  • Reduced motion. With prefers-reduced-motion on, animation settles to its finished state at once.
  • Touch. Pointer-follow effects are skipped on touch screens; controls stay finger-sized.