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feat: enhance globe animation and add grid line rotation
Abhishek-Punhani Dec 23, 2025
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43 changes: 31 additions & 12 deletions frontend/src/components/login/NetworkGlobe.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ interface CentralNodeChild extends THREE.Object3D {
const NetworkGlobe = ({ isLoaded = true }: NetworkGlobeProps) => {
const { t } = useTranslation();
const globeRef = useRef<THREE.Mesh>(null);
const gridLinesRef = useRef<THREE.Group>(null);
const centralNodeRef = useRef<THREE.Group>(null);
const dataFlowsRef = useRef<THREE.Group>(null);
const rotatingContentRef = useRef<THREE.Group>(null);
const frameCount = useRef(0);

// Track document visibility to pause rendering when tab/page is not active
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -231,16 +233,17 @@ const NetworkGlobe = ({ isLoaded = true }: NetworkGlobeProps) => {

// Increment frame counter
frameCount.current += 1;
const time = state.clock.getElapsedTime();

// Update animation progress for reveal effect - only when loading
if (isLoaded && animationProgress < 1) {
setAnimationProgress(Math.min(animationProgress + 0.01, 1));
}

// Rotate the globe slowly - limit updates for better performance
if (globeRef.current && frameCount.current % 2 === 0) {
globeRef.current.rotation.y = state.clock.getElapsedTime() * 0.05;
globeRef.current.rotation.x = Math.sin(state.clock.getElapsedTime() * 0.2) * 0.02;
globeRef.current.rotation.y = time * 0.05;
globeRef.current.rotation.x = Math.sin(time * 0.15) * 0.04;
globeRef.current.rotation.z = Math.cos(time * 0.08) * 0.015;

// Update material opacity
if (globeMaterial.opacity !== 0.08 * animationProgress) {
Expand All @@ -252,12 +255,18 @@ const NetworkGlobe = ({ isLoaded = true }: NetworkGlobeProps) => {
globeRef.current.scale.setScalar(scale);
}

// Rotate grid lines to match globe rotation with same slow speed
if (gridLinesRef.current && frameCount.current % 2 === 0) {
gridLinesRef.current.rotation.y = time * 0.05;
gridLinesRef.current.rotation.x = Math.sin(time * 0.15) * 0.04;
gridLinesRef.current.rotation.z = Math.cos(time * 0.08) * 0.015;
}

// Animate central node - less frequently
if (centralNodeRef.current && frameCount.current % 3 === 0) {
centralNodeRef.current.rotation.y = state.clock.getElapsedTime() * 0.2;
centralNodeRef.current.scale.setScalar(
(1 + Math.sin(state.clock.getElapsedTime() * 1.5) * 0.05) * animationProgress
);
centralNodeRef.current.rotation.y = time * 0.15;
centralNodeRef.current.rotation.x = Math.sin(time * 0.2) * 0.05;
centralNodeRef.current.scale.setScalar((1 + Math.sin(time * 1.5) * 0.05) * animationProgress);

// Fade in the central node with throttled updates
centralNodeRef.current.children.forEach((child: CentralNodeChild) => {
Expand All @@ -271,6 +280,13 @@ const NetworkGlobe = ({ isLoaded = true }: NetworkGlobeProps) => {
});
}

// Rotate the cluster group around the central node - same frequency as central node
if (rotatingContentRef.current && frameCount.current % 3 === 0) {
rotatingContentRef.current.rotation.y = time * 0.05; // Match globe speed
rotatingContentRef.current.rotation.x = Math.sin(time * 0.15) * 0.04;
rotatingContentRef.current.rotation.z = Math.cos(time * 0.08) * 0.015;
}

// Animate data flows - only every 3 frames
if (dataFlowsRef.current && frameCount.current % 3 === 0) {
dataFlowsRef.current.children.forEach((flow: FlowChild, i) => {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -299,7 +315,7 @@ const NetworkGlobe = ({ isLoaded = true }: NetworkGlobeProps) => {
</Sphere>

{/* Grid lines for the globe - optimized with shared geometry */}
<group rotation={[0, 0, 0]}>
<group ref={gridLinesRef} rotation={[0, 0, 0]}>
{Array.from({ length: 4 }).map((_, idx) => (
<Torus
key={`h-${idx}`}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -335,10 +351,13 @@ const NetworkGlobe = ({ isLoaded = true }: NetworkGlobeProps) => {
<LogoElement animate={isLoaded && isDocumentVisible} />
</group>

{/* Clusters of nodes */}
{clusters.map((cluster, idx) => (
<Cluster key={idx} {...cluster} isActive={isDocumentVisible} />
))}
{/* Rotating cluster group */}
<group ref={rotatingContentRef}>
{/* Clusters of nodes */}
{clusters.map((cluster, idx) => (
<Cluster key={idx} {...cluster} isActive={isDocumentVisible} />
))}
</group>

{/* Data flow connections - use reduced detail and memoized materials */}
<group ref={dataFlowsRef}>
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