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Relativistic Spaceship Simulator (dmytry.github.io)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by TheBaldness@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org
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This dude made a simulation of what it would look like from a spaceship accelerating towards the speed of light. Click in the upper half of the acceleration slider to move forward.

https://dmytry.github.io/space/

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Very cool, but tap target for acceleration is hard for me to hit.

[–] nick@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Works better in the normal mobile browser outside of kemmy. For me.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For me, it only works in Firefox, while both Chrome and the WebView, fail with a WebGL error.

[–] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

It is a PITA and should really be a slider. The site should also have a reset button.