AFTERBURN

A cinematic, interactive Three.js rocket launch experience with live telemetry.

Description

An interactive 3D rocket launch simulation featuring a countdown, ignition sequence, live telemetry, and multiple camera modes. Developed using Three.js, it includes features like cinematic views, tracking cameras, and replay functionality, designed to feel like a directed aerospace film.

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Why this is interesting: A highly impressive demonstration of generating a complex, multi-functional interactive 3D scene with UI and physics…
Attributed to: @karankendre
Built with: Step 5 Preview Atria Dawn Preview Hy4 preview dots3-note Preview
Tags: #simulation #threejs #aerospace #interactive

Discovered: X
First posted: X · Sep 21, 2026
Listed: Added 11d ago
Build: Strong
Models: Strong

Prompt

Build a complete, cinematic, interactive Three.js rocket-launch experience called “AFTERBURN”.

The result should feel like a carefully directed aerospace launch film that I can control in real time. Make the actual 3D scene the centerpiece, filling the browser window.

CREATIVE DIRECTION

A fictional heavy-lift rocket stands at a coastal launch complex just before sunrise. The atmosphere is dark blue, with a thin orange glow along the ocean horizon. Floodlights illuminate the launch tower. Small clouds of cold vapor escape from the rocket.

The opening camera sits low to the ground, looking upward from a three-quarter angle. The rocket should feel enormous. Use foreground structures, realistic proportions, atmospheric haze, and distant terrain to establish scale.

Color palette: midnight blue, warm sunrise amber, off-white rocket surfaces, charcoal metal, and restrained

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AFTERBURN

A cinematic, interactive Three.js rocket launch experience with live telemetry.

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Description

Descriptions, tags, and model credits may be AI-generated or inferred from public sources and can be incomplete or wrong. Learn more.

Details

Why this is interesting: A highly impressive demonstration of generating a complex, multi-functional interactive 3D scene with UI and physics…
Attributed to: @karankendre
Built with: Step 5 Preview Atria Dawn Preview Hy4 preview dots3-note Preview
Tags: #simulation #threejs #aerospace #interactive

Discovered: X
First posted: X · Sep 21, 2026
Listed: Added 11d ago
Build: Strong
Models: Strong

Prompt

Build a complete, cinematic, interactive Three.js rocket-launch experience called “AFTERBURN”.

The result should feel like a carefully directed aerospace launch film that I can control in real time. Make the actual 3D scene the centerpiece, filling the browser window.

CREATIVE DIRECTION

A fictional heavy-lift rocket stands at a coastal launch complex just before sunrise. The atmosphere is dark blue, with a thin orange glow along the ocean horizon. Floodlights illuminate the launch tower. Small clouds of cold vapor escape from the rocket.

The opening camera sits low to the ground, looking upward from a three-quarter angle. The rocket should feel enormous. Use foreground structures, realistic proportions, atmospheric haze, and distant terrain to establish scale.

Color palette: midnight blue, warm sunrise amber, off-white rocket surfaces, charcoal metal, and restrained

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AFTERBURN

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