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Moiré Interference

Overlapping concentric ring patterns creating hypnotic emergent moiré interference in blue-violet and teal.

What is Moiré Interference?

Moiré Interference is a free WebGL web effect in the TappyPrism library. Overlapping concentric ring patterns creating hypnotic emergent moiré interference in blue-violet and teal. It is rendered on the GPU by a fragment shader, so it costs almost nothing on the CPU and works well as a full-screen background. It ships as a single self-contained HTML file (moire-interference.html) with zero dependencies — no npm package, no framework, no build step. It exposes 2 live parameters — Ring Density, Drift Speed — adjustable in the browser or at runtime.

Parameters

ParameterKeyRangeDefault
Ring DensityRING_DENSITY0.3 – 21
Drift SpeedDRIFT_SPEED0.1 – 1.50.5

How to add Moiré Interference to your page

  1. Download the standalone file moire-interference.html and copy its source into your project.
  2. Or embed it as a background iframe:
    <iframe src="https://prism.tappypotato.com/fx/moire-interference.html" style="position:fixed;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;z-index:-1" title="Moiré Interference"></iframe>
  3. Tune it at runtime with postMessage:
    iframe.contentWindow.postMessage({ type: 'param', name: 'RING_DENSITY', value: 1 }, '*');

Frequently asked questions

What is Moiré Interference?

Moiré Interference is a free WebGL web effect in the TappyPrism library. Overlapping concentric ring patterns creating hypnotic emergent moiré interference in blue-violet and teal. It is rendered on the GPU by a fragment shader, so it costs almost nothing on the CPU and works well as a full-screen background. It ships as a single self-contained HTML file (moire-interference.html) with zero dependencies — no npm package, no framework, no build step. It exposes 2 live parameters — Ring Density, Drift Speed — adjustable in the browser or at runtime.

How do I add Moiré Interference to my website?

Download the standalone file at https://prism.tappypotato.com/fx/moire-interference.html and copy its source into your page, or embed it as a background iframe: <iframe src="https://prism.tappypotato.com/fx/moire-interference.html" style="position:fixed;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;z-index:-1" title="Moiré Interference"></iframe>. Tune it live with postMessage, e.g. iframe.contentWindow.postMessage({ type: 'param', name: 'RING_DENSITY', value: 1 }, '*').