Mandelbulb point cloud created with three.js/react-three-fiber. Ported from Processing code by Daniel Shiffman of The Coding Train: https://thecodingtrain.com/CodingChallenges/168-mandelbulb.html

This utilises a web worker to do the heavy lifting of the point generation on a separate thread without locking up the UI. This means we can show a nice loading animation whilst the points are generated and send messages to regenerate the point coordinates.

mandelbulb web worker code: https://github.com/jhrtn/mandelbulb-three-r3f/blob/dev/src/lib/points-worker.ts

3d/interface code: https://github.com/jhrtn/mandelbulb-three-r3f/blob/dev/src/App.tsx

try it: https://mandelbulb-three-r3f.vercel.app/

Much of what I know about custom points shaders in three.js comes from this livestream by Yuri Aritukh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLh12Aav3hs&t=2158s