A stylized, interactive, fully 3D scientific reconstruction of the Chicxulub impact: the impactor’s approach, atmospheric entry, contact, wave propagation, impact night and winter, and the recovery of life through the present day.
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- Orbital and ground-level views rendered by a procedural Three.js engine.
- 20 moments across 8 chapters, from T − 30 days to T + 66 Ma.
- Guided storytelling or free exploration.
- Three observers with distinct causal clocks.
- Feel, Understand, and Verify interpretation lenses.
- Low, central, and high climate scenarios.
- Procedural audio, comfort mode, and keyboard/touch navigation.
- Integrated methodology, uncertainty labels, and primary sources.
- English and French interface, with English as the default.
The globe, biomes, and phenomena are stylized scientific visualizations. This project is neither a georeferenced paleomap nor a real-time hydrocode or climate model.
This project was created as an experiment to test GPT-5.6-Sol Ultra with parallel subagents and see what kind of complete 3D experience that setup could produce.
The full build took approximately 1 hour 50 minutes: 1 hour 44 minutes for the original experience, followed by about 6 minutes to add the complete English/French localization.
Requirements: Node.js >=22.13.0.
npm install
npm run dev
npm run lint
npm test
npm run buildThe site uses vinext/Cloudflare Sites, React 19, and Three.js. D1/R2 bindings remain disabled in .openai/hosting.json.