Building an Infinite Loom: Unravelling Images into Threads with Three.js

An experimental Three.js demo transforms images into flowing ribbons, weaving them together and unraveling them as they move across the screen, using separate geometry for each thread.

Codrops

4 min read

In this edition

Stories from Saturday, 5 September 2026

UX & Thinking

UX Collective

Thinking

Reading and writing are interfaces. And AI can reduce their friction.

Reading and writing function as interfaces, and artificial intelligence offers the potential to decrease friction within these fundamental human interactions.

AI is making development faster. But where did the work go?

AI accelerates specific development stages, but the article questions where the displaced work goes within the broader product development ecosystem.

JudgmentKit

JudgmentKit is a new layer for AI-generated user interfaces, guiding AI to build the correct interface for a user's work by defining necessary activities and decisions before component composition.

What Minority Report got wrong about AI (so far)

Minority Report's depiction of AI, while influential, has not yet materialized in reality, prompting a reevaluation of its futuristic predictions.

3 Sept

Codrops

Inspo

More Three.js Speakers, More Ideas from Paris

Three.js Conference speakers will present on interactive storytelling, real-time 3D games, and using Three.js scenes and Gaussian splats as training data for generative video models.

3 Sept10 min read

Codrops

Inspo

Breaking the Frame: Building a Real-Time Datamosh Effect with Three.js

A real-time datamosh effect can be built using Three.js by employing shaders and techniques inspired by video codecs, transforming scene transitions into unpredictable visual distortions.

2 Sept9 min read

Design Tools

Unwinding the great tech power grab

Movements like Neo-Luddism and Permacomputing are emerging to reclaim power over technology, addressing how it has atrophied civic engagement and democratic accountability.

Sidebar.io

11 min read