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CLUSTER INTERACTIVE-PHYSICS-RAY · 12 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-29

Interactive optics education sims

This cluster comprises interactive web apps and physics labs that simulate ray and wave optics for educational settings, covering lenses, mirrors, prisms, and light behavior. The dated history is too thin—only two dated entries exist before the index start—so its entry timeline shape cannot be determined. Co-opt leads on traction with 2 stars, while prismatic and optics_playground show no stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUN 2025: 1JUL 2025: 1AUG 2026: 6SEP 2026: 3OCT 2026: 1
JUN 2025OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 6 hobby · 1 open source · 5 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 12 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01co-opt2★1 moliveai-builthobbyWeb application for collaboratively designing optical systems and simulating light ray paths in real time.
  2. 02prismatic0★17 dayslivehobbyInteractive optics simulator that lets users arrange light sources, prisms, lenses, and mirrors and observe refraction, reflection, and dispersion.
  3. 03optiLab0★17 days—hobbyBrowser-based virtual laboratory that simulates the Newton's Rings experiment with optical alignment, microscope readings, and live regression plotting for physics students.
  4. 04360-beam-spin0★3 days—ai-builthobbyWeb app that shows a light beam rotating 360 degrees around a central object in the browser.
  5. 05optics_playground0★18 days—hobbyInteractive web app that lets students explore ray and wave optics through adjustable lens, mirror, and aberration simulations for a university physics course.
  6. 06Optique-Licence0★1 mo—Interactive web application for simulating Fourier optics, signal processing, and time-frequency analysis for physics education.
  7. 07Light-theory0★1 mo—Interactive physics lab that teaches children light refraction and lens behavior through real-time ray tracing and simulations.
  8. 08Opticverse-3D0★1 mo—AR/VR simulation that demonstrates reflection and refraction of light for educational purposes.
  9. 09ray-diagram-explorer0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyInteractive web app that simulates ray diagrams for curved mirrors and thin lenses for physics education, with presets and touch controls.
  10. 10Lightwave Explorer0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceSimulation application that models nonlinear optics and ultrashort laser pulse propagation with a graphical interface for students and researchers.
  11. 11Aperture Academy - Learn Camera Aperture Interactively0★unknownliveai-builtInteractive learning app that teaches camera aperture, depth of field, and exposure through simulations and quizzes for beginners.
  12. 12The Eye0★unknownliveWeb app that explains how the human eye works with interactive content.

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