# \#billboards

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## ["lookat" / "billboard" vertex shader for InstancedMesh instances?](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/lookat-billboard-vertex-shader-for-instancedmesh-instances/86227)

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**Author:** [@torrent](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/torrent)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/lookat-billboard-vertex-shader-for-instancedmesh-instances/86227 "2025-08-16T23:54:41Z")

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I have a large InstancedMesh object with many simple geometry instances. I would like to write a vertex shader in TSL that makes each instance always face the camera, like billboard sprites do. The following TSL node wo…

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## [How to implement a horizontal billboard?](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-implement-a-horizontal-billboard/33331)

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**Author:** [@tallyho](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/tallyho)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/how-to-implement-a-horizontal-billboard/33331 "2022-01-07T06:26:12Z")

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How can I implement a horizontal billboard? (faces towards the camera only when moving the camera horizontally.) I read Sprite and found that there was no option to do so. I read the source code, but I couldn’t unders…