A parametric fractal visualization of time. Nested helices at every scale — each zoom level reveals the next layer of coils.
Level 0 — Year helix — One revolution per year. Color encodes month.
Level 1 — Quarters (×4) — 4 coils per year.
Level 2 — Weeks (×13) — 13 coils per quarter.
Level 3 — Days (×7) — 7 coils per week.
Level 4 — Hours (×24) — 24 coils per day.
Level 5 — 6-min (×10) — 10 blocks per hour.
Level 6 — 30-sec (×12) — 12 ticks per 6-min block.
Tap to focus, scroll/pinch to zoom. Use the tune panel to adjust fractal geometry live. Toggle individual levels on/off.
Brightness encodes time of day — midnight is dimmest, noon is brightest, with dawn/dusk transitions between.
Gold ring pulses at the current moment — tracks your position on the helix in real time.
Color encodes the month:
Drag to orbit the camera around the helix.
Scroll to zoom in and out.
The view auto-rotates gently until you first interact.
Rendered with WebGPU. No frameworks, no build step, no backend. Parametric fractal — each level's geometry is derived from orbitRatio and tubeFrac, tunable in real time.
7 LOD levels with smooth crossfade. Level 0 always loaded; deeper levels generated on-demand around the selected point. Click breadcrumbs to jump between zoom levels.
Requires Chrome 113+ or Edge 113+.