@needle-tools/engine
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Needle Engine is a web-based runtime for 3D apps. It runs on your machine for development with great integrations into editors like Unity or Blender - and can be deployed onto any device! It is flexible, extensible and networking and XR are built-in.
Needle Engine is a web engine for high quality 3D applications with performance in mind.
Built on three.js and the glTF standard, Needle Engine delivers flexible, extensible web experiences with built-in collaboration and XR support.
🏓 Changelog • 📑 Documentation • 🧠 Sample Scenes • 💎 Showcase
🎮 Development Experience
🌐 Web & XR Ready
⚡ Performance Optimized
🎬 Animation & Effects
Powerful integrations for Unity and Blender allow artists and developers to collaborate and manage web applications inside battle-tested 3d editors. Needle Engine integrations allow you to use editor features for exporting models, author materials, animate and sequence animations, bake lightmaps and more.
Quick Start with npm:
npm install @needle-tools/engine
Or use our Editor Integrations: Follow the Getting Started Guide to download and install Needle Engine with Unity or Blender.
Explore Examples: Try our interactive samples to see what's possible ⚡
Available under commercial and educational licenses
| Preview | Example | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Scrollytelling Bike Example | Timeline Animation using ScrollFollow, ViewBox and FocusRect | Project on Github |
 | See-Through Walls | See-Through component sample | |
 | Cursor Follow | Cursor Follow sample | |
 | Animate Anything | Interactive animation system | Code on Stackblitz • three.js Example |
 | Postprocessing Effects | Custom magnifier effect with post-processing | Code on Stackblitz |
 | Camera Focus DIV 1 | Responsive layout with camera focus | Code on Stackblitz |
 | Camera Focus DIV 2 | Click-to-move camera focus example | Code on Stackblitz |
 | FastHDR Loading | 10x faster than EXR, non-blocking, 95% less GPU memory | Code on Stackblitz • Learn more |
 | Scrollytelling Example | Scroll, physics and cursor interaction: a playful 3D interactive scrollytelling website | Included in Samples Package |
| AR Restaurant | Interactive AR restaurant experience | Code on Github | |
| Custom Loading Overlay | Wait for LODs with custom loading states | Code on Stackblitz | |
| React Shopping Cart | E-commerce integration with React | Code on Stackblitz |
👋 More examples on samples.needle.tools, docs.needle.tools and in the Needle Engine Stackblitz Collection
FAQs
Needle Engine is a web-based runtime for 3D apps. It runs on your machine for development with great integrations into editors like Unity or Blender - and can be deployed onto any device! It is flexible, extensible and networking and XR are built-in.
The npm package @needle-tools/engine receives a total of 5,660 weekly downloads. As such, @needle-tools/engine popularity was classified as popular.
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