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SB-GIMMEL
Pure GLSL 17th-century mechanical ring inside a shader
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Pure GLSL 17th-century mechanical ring inside a shader
7 followers
An interactive digital reconstruction of a rare 17th-century Gimmel wedding ring, engineered entirely within a single fragment shader using mathematical Raymarching. No 3D models (.glb/.obj), no image textures, no external canvas assets. Features fluid kinematic unfolding mechanics, anatomical D-shape comfort-fit gold profiles, and procedural Champlevé enamel monograms rendered at a rock-solid 60 FPS across all modern mobile and desktop viewports.
The Final Lap: Pure Math, No Budgets, and the Art of Craftsmanship
With around 7 hours left in this Product Hunt marathon, time is flying. As the launch enters its final hours, it is the perfect moment to step back, look at how far this build has come, and reflect.
I want to extend a massive, heartfelt thank you to every single one of you. To everyone who logged in, took the model for a spin, tested it on your mobile devices, and left incredibly sharp technical feedback about the 60fps performance and enamel rendering—you became my virtual team for the day.
For me, as an independent solo creator, this launch was the ultimate personal challenge. I don’t have a massive creative agency backing me up. I have zero marketing teams, zero advertising budgets, and no corporate PR push. Everything you see on that screen—from the liquescent D-shape comfort-fit gold profile to the deep, glossy cobalt-blue lines of the Champlevé enamel—was written line-by-line, purely out of raw vector equations inside a single WebGL2 fragment shader.
If a completely unbacked, single-handed project like SB-GIMMEL manages to crack the Top 100 products of the day in the fundraising tier, it will be a historic victory. It will prove that raw individual craftsmanship can still completely out-engineer heavy corporate production pipelines. And the investors currently auditing the application will recognize exactly that raw power of execution.
I am closing the Product Hunt tab now and letting the launch reach its natural finale. Regardless of the final snapshot number, this marathon has proved one definitive thing: the boundary between old-world physical luxury and pure digital art is officially dead. I will absolutely continue to reconstruct complex, tactile objects of the real world inside virtual spaces, honing and perfecting my craftsmanship with every single pixel.
If you haven’t had a chance to hit that upvote arrow yet, there are just a few hours left to support independent engineering and leave your mark on the SB-GIMMEL story. The live link is right in my profile.
See you in the next build. You all are incredible. ⚜️🚀
The unfolding animation is genuinely mesmerizing, and the fact that everything comes from a single shader is wild. Runs perfectly smooth on my phone too.
@bilalsimb Thank you so much! Making that kinematic unfolding movement look mesmerizing while keeping the math light enough to run perfectly smooth on phones was a tight balance to strike. Really appreciate you testing it out on mobile! ⚜️