Show HN: Interactive 3D WebGL Globe for real-time daylight cycles

4 pointsposted 14 hours ago
by codechibi

4 Comments

skyberrys

4 hours ago

It's a fun little project! It's satisfying to see the sunrise just happened for me.

koalux

12 hours ago

Cool visualization! It’s satisfying to navigate the 3D globe and see the daylight transitions in real-time. I looked into the project and thanks for sharing the Python code you used for generating the GeoJSON data. Starred on GitHub!

codechibi

5 hours ago

Thanks a lot! I’m really glad you enjoyed the globe, I agree that it’s fun watching in real time. Happy to hear the Python code was helpful too, and I appreciate the GitHub star!

codechibi

13 hours ago

I wanted to visualize global time and daylight cycles in a way that moved beyond the typical 2D map or static list. By using a custom spatial data pipeline and a 3D visualization engine, I built Oclock to render the Earth's day-night interface within a real-time, interactive environment. This is an open-source project, and I’d love for the community to check it out!