# Fibonacci Orbital Flux: a 2,800-point interactive sphere in Three.js

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/fibonacci-orbital-flux-a-2-800-point-interactive-sphere-in-three-js/95013>\
**Category:** Showcase\
**Created:** [October 5, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/fibonacci-orbital-flux-a-2-800-point-interactive-sphere-in-three-js/95013 "2026-10-05T05:28:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ausdata](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/ausdata/32/72983_2.png) [@Ausdata](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Ausdata)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/fibonacci-orbital-flux-a-2-800-point-interactive-sphere-in-three-js/95013/1 "2026-10-05T05:28:15Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’d like to share **Fibonacci Orbital Flux** , an interactive 3D experiment exploring how a Fibonacci sphere can respond to touch and sound.

The scene arranges 2,800 points across a spherical lattice using the golden-angle spiral. Move the pointer to create a magnetic drift across the field, drag to rotate the sphere, or activate the audio control to explore its orbital resonance.

To keep the sphere’s rotation continuous across axes, I use **quaternion-based global arcball rotation**. This helps avoid the gimbal-lock limitations associated with relying on Euler angles alone, while preserving the smooth follow-through after a drag.

**Live demo:** [https://www.austensor.com/page3](https://www.austensor.com/page3)

Built with Three.js and React Three Fiber, the experiment combines a Fibonacci point distribution with real-time cursor distortion and critically damped motion.

It’s part of **Austensor** , a collection of computational art experiments inspired by mathematics and geometry. The project has received **[Orpetron SOTD](https://orpetron.com/sites/austensor-computational-art/)** and **[theFWA 80](https://thefwa.com/cases/austensor-ai-webgl-art)**.

I tested the experience on an AMD Ryzen 5 7600 desktop with 32 GB RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (8 GB). Lighthouse Performance reached **100/100**.

 ![a03](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/threejs/original/3X/6/b/6beb0bf4f25a1ce9e9866e4e530464ca45147aa6.png)

I’d be glad to hear what you think of the interaction and the way the sphere responds.

Regards

Will

[Ausdata Science](https://www.ausdata.ai/en)