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║                                                               ║
║    ✋  Open hand   →   Particles explode outward              ║
║    🤌  Pinch       →   Universe collapses into a singularity  ║
║    ✊  Close fist  →   FIREWORKS detonate across the void     ║
║    🖐️  Move hand   →   Camera gravitates toward your palm     ║
║                                                               ║
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〔 WHAT IS THIS 〕

Handscape-Wavr is a real-time, GPU-accelerated particle universe that responds to your bare hand through a webcam.

No libraries loaded on your machine. No installs. No frameworks. Just one HTML file that turns your hand into a force of nature — pushing, pulling, morphing and exploding 25,000 glowing particles across a cinematic void.

The particles don't just follow your hand. They feel it. Close your fingers and watch the entire field collapse toward your palm like a black hole. Open them and matter scatters across the dark like a supernova.

This is not a demo. This is a window into something that feels alive.

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〔 ARCHITECTURE BREAKDOWN 〕

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        Handscape-Wavr                           │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────────┐    ┌──────────────┐    ┌──────────────────┐  │
│  │   WEBCAM     │───▶│  MEDIAPIPE   │───▶│  HAND LANDMARKS  │  │
│  │  getUserMedia│    │ HandLandmarker    │  21 keypoints     │  │
│  └──────────────┘    └──────────────┘    └────────┬─────────┘  │
│                                                   │             │
│                                          ┌────────▼─────────┐  │
│                                          │  TENSION CALC    │  │
│                                          │  thumb ↔ index   │  │
│                                          │  dist → 0.0-1.0  │  │
│                                          └────────┬─────────┘  │
│                                                   │             │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐         │             │
│  │         THREE.js SCENE               │◀────────┘             │
│  │  ┌──────────┐   ┌────────────────┐   │                       │
│  │  │ 25,000   │   │  GLSL VERTEX   │   │                       │
│  │  │PARTICLES │──▶│    SHADER      │   │                       │
│  │  │BufferGeo │   │  uHandTension  │   │                       │
│  │  └──────────┘   └────────────────┘   │                       │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────┘                       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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〔 SHADER MAGIC 〕

The real brain of Handscape-Wavr lives inside two GLSL shaders — programs that run directly on your GPU for every single particle, every single frame.

Vertex Shader — Where particles go

// Each particle gets pulled toward your hand like gravity
vec3 toHand = uHandPos - pos;
float dist = length(toHand) + 0.001;
pos += normalize(toHand) * (uHandTension * 0.4 / dist);

// Tension = how closed your hand is (0.0 open → 1.0 fist)
// When tension is high, particles RUSH toward your palm

Fragment Shader — How particles glow

// Soft circular glow — no textures needed, pure math
float d = dot(uv, uv);
if (d > 1.0) discard;
float alpha = smoothstep(1.0, 0.0, d);

// Color shifts to hot pink when your hand is tense
vec3 color = mix(baseColor, hot, uHandTension);

🧠 Why this matters: Running this on CPU would be ~3ms per frame. On GPU it's 0.03ms. That's 100x faster — the reason 25,000 particles feel buttery smooth.

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〔 PARTICLE SHAPES 〕

Shape	Formula	Colors	Trigger
🩷 Heart	x = 16sin³(t) parametric curve	#ff4d88 → #ffe699	Button
🌸 Flower	Polar: r = 0.8 + 0.25cos(6t)	#18c0ff → #ff88ff	Button
🪐 Saturn	Ellipsoid body + ring torus	#8ad2ff → #ffcc88	Button
💥 Fireworks	Spherical burst r = rand^0.35	#fff0aa → #ff3399	Close fist ✊

Each shape transition uses linear interpolation (lerp) via the uMorph uniform — particles smoothly flow from their current positions into the new shape rather than snapping.

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〔 HAND TRACKING DEEP DIVE 〕

MediaPipe detects 21 hand landmarks at up to 60fps. Handscape-Wavr uses just 3:

Landmark 0  →  Wrist         (camera position target)
Landmark 4  →  Thumb tip     ┐
Landmark 8  →  Index tip     ┘  distance = tension

Tension formula:

let tension = Math.sqrt(dx*dx + dy*dy + dz*dz);
tension = 1.0 - clamp(tension * 3.0, 0.0, 1.0);
const smoothed = lerp(current, tension, 0.25);

Auto-fireworks trigger:

if (smoothedTension > 0.85 && lastTension < 0.4) {
  setShape("fireworks"); // 💥
}

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〔 GETTING STARTED 〕

# Option 1 — Just open it
open index.html

# Option 2 — Serve locally
npx serve .
# → http://localhost:3000

# Option 3 — GitHub Pages (free hosting)
# Push to GitHub → Settings → Pages → main → Save
# Live at: https://Sunil56224972.github.io/Handscape-Wavr

📸 Allow camera when prompted. Best in Chrome or Edge. Hand tracking runs 100% locally — no data leaves your device.

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〔 TECH STACK 〕

Layer	Technology	Why
🎨 Rendering	Three.js r160 + WebGL	GPU-accelerated 3D scene
✋ Hand Tracking	MediaPipe Tasks Vision 0.10.14	Best-in-class real-time hand AI
⚡ Particles	Custom GLSL Vertex + Fragment Shaders	Raw GPU speed
🎥 Camera	Web APIs getUserMedia	Native browser, no plugins
📦 Dependencies	Zero (CDN only)	Clone and open, nothing to install

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〔 PERFORMANCE 〕

Particles rendered per frame  →  25,000
Target framerate               →  60 FPS
Hand detection latency         →  ~16ms (1 frame)
GPU draw calls per frame       →  1 (single Points mesh)
CPU usage (idle hand)          →  < 5%
Total file size                →  1 HTML file (~12KB)

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〔 FILE STRUCTURE 〕

Handscape-Wavr/
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└── index.html   ← The entire universe. One file. That's it.

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