8 Amazing Javascript Experiments of Physic and Gravity Simulation

Written by Kevin Liew on 11 May 2010
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Introduction

In this list I have gathered 8 examples/experiments that apply physics and gravity to demonstrate the power of Javascript. Few years back, all of these experiments must be done using Java or Flash, I don't think we can implement this using Javascript because of the standard and browsers.

A lot of stunning examples in this list, personally, I like the Cloth Simulation a lot, I just can't believe it's built with Javascript.

  • Cloth Simulation

    This amazing javascript experiment demonstrate the power of javascript. Few years back, this wasn't achievable and I think you only can do it with Java or flash. Pretty impressive and the creator uses javascript physics library called Processing.
  • Random Arboretum

    Yet another physic experiment that uses the javascript physic library called Processing. Everytime you click on it, it will generate a radom branch. Look at the way it shakes and move, it's really nice.
  • Box2DJS

    Box2D is an open source physics engine written primarily for games. As the name suggests, Box2D is a purely 2D engine. BOX2DJS is a Javascript port of BOX2D.
  • Ball Pool

    Start by shaking the browser, then create new balls (click on empty space), move some others (drag) and reset the screen (double click). Stunning gravity and physic demonstration!
  • Google Gravity

    What will happen when we put gravity on every single elements in Google's homepage?
  • Wavy Scrollbars

    A very creative use of scrollbar to simulate wave effect. Best view with chrome, firefox is a bit laggy.
  • Waterfall

    Balls falling on an hidden random terrain. This experiment is using physic simulation trought the library box2djs.
  • physicSketch

    When you draw something on a canvas, it starts moving under the Newtonian law.
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24 comments
Mehdi Mousavi 14 years ago
Absolutely coooool....
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web firenze 14 years ago
very funny javascript ;-)
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Lars 14 years ago
really exciting examples!
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Brian Melancon 14 years ago
FYI, Processing is a programming language based on Java, not Javascript. The first two examples are nice physics demos, but are examples of Processing.
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Sumeet Chawla 14 years ago
Really cool experiments. You should have tried to build some game out of these :P
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Maeshiro 14 years ago
The first two examples use java applets not javascript, unfortunately ...
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kevin Admin 14 years ago
arr... didnt realize the first two were made with Java...! sorry for that :p
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vinit pratap singh 14 years ago
nice one.. love it... like it
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mohit 14 years ago

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Vinh Khoa 14 years ago
The cloth one is awesome, but the google gravity made me literally laughing! It's so funny to see google "fail" although it never will :-)
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JavaScript Countdown Timer 14 years ago
that's all cool & great js simulations, thank you very much for sharing.

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bubbles 14 years ago
nice one.
love it.
like it.
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samson 13 years ago
Nice and awesome roundup, it shows the next level of design..
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