We touch screens all day, but we rarely see them react like real matter. Seeing a search bar act like a block of wood floating in water reminds us that code can be playful. It breaks the fourth wall of the internet.
Let’s grab our virtual floaties and dive into what this is, who Mr. Doob is, and why this internet easter egg refuses to sink. First, you have to know the name: Mr. Doob (aka Ricardo Cabello). He is a legendary Spanish web developer and creative coder. While most of us were trying to get our HTML marquees to blink, Mr. Doob was mastering Three.js —a JavaScript library that makes 3D animation possible in a browser. google gravity pool mr doob
As Mr. Doob’s experiments evolved, so did the physics. The "Pool" version is a natural (and very wet) evolution of the original idea. Instead of just falling into a black void or bouncing on a hard floor, the interface elements drop into a . We touch screens all day, but we rarely