Galaxium: An Experimental WebGPU Space Explorer

Galaxium is a project designed to let users explore the universe in 3D using the power of WebGPU.

🛠 Technical Status & Known Issues

Currently, there is a specific bug regarding how the application handles asset requests. Specifically, the system is misrouting data fetches for texture files.

Issue: Pages are resolving data fetches like data/foo.ktx2 to the root /data/ directory rather than the intended object directory.

Path Resolution Comparison

Logic Flow

Implementation Detail

The current resolution logic behaves as follows:

// Current problematic resolution
const fetchPath = (file) => `/data/${file}`; 

// Desired resolution
const fetchPathFixed = (file) => `/obj/data/${file}`;

Development Roadmap

• Implement WebGPU rendering
• Fix .ktx2 path resolution
• Expand 3D universe assets

Spatial Calculations

To navigate this 3D space, the engine calculates the distance $d$ between two cosmic points using: $d = \sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2 + (y_2-y_1)^2 + (z_2-z_1)^2}$

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Galaxium — Explore the Universe in 3D