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CSS 3D & Perspective

Phantom Polytope

Glowing sage-green tesseract rotates through itself via dual perspective projection; edges glow hotter by 4D depth. Pointer/click boosts speed.

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When to use it

Dark-theme hero backgrounds, math/generative-art showcases, sci-fi or cosmic aesthetic sections needing ambient depth.

When not to

Light backgrounds (hardcoded dark canvas). Contexts needing legible text overlays or strict reduced-motion compliance.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change glow to warm amber: set the fixed green channel from 210 to 190, raise the red coefficient base from 140 to 200, then slow base speed from 0.012 to 0.007. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • base rotation speed (t += 0.012)
  • rotation plane speeds (0.31, 0.23, 0.17, 0.27)
  • perspective distances (wd=2.4, dd=3.2)
  • edge glow color (strokeStyle RGB formula)
  • pointer boost cap (Math.min(boost+0.5, 3))
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • DPR-aware canvas sizing
  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • reduced-motion static frame guard
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Reduced-motion renders only a single static frame — no fallback animation
  • Background hardcoded (#1B1E1A) — must edit both CSS and ctx.fillStyle to retheme
  • No aria semantics on canvas element

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