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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What if you could save and reload your changes made in any #threejs project (local or remotewith Needle Inspector? Or apply them to your local project? Changes in Needle Inspector become persistent.

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Needle Inspector got a dedicated performance panel! #threejs #webdev #webgpu #webgl

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

TSL constants can now be edited + fixed some texture preview colorspace inconsisencies across WebGL and WebGPU three.js versions. needle.click/inspector #threejs #needle #rendering #webdev @needletools.bsky.social

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Working on more #threejs rendering debug features. needle.click/inspector @needletools.bsky.social

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Exciting new inspector features coming: - TSL graph ui - docking and tabs - workspaces, synced with your chrome profile - FastHDR environments @needletools.bsky.social #threejs #webdev #webgl

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Big Needle Inspector Update 📡 > You can now step into ANY property and inspect it! 🧐 # Everything updates live & edits are undoable # Completely free: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/needl... #threejs #webdev #debugging

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

More MaterialX fun — real-time shadows and animated displacement now work in the web export. Transparency too! docs.needle.tools/materialx #rendering #threejs #materialx #needle @needletools.bsky.social #webdev #shaders #nodegraph #shadergraph #unity

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Playing with the #materialx rhino is fun! We love our new ShaderGraph export feature! docs.needle.tools/materialx #threejs #webdev @needletools.bsky.social #rendering

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Needle Engine 5 brought a massive #MaterialX leap: — Full lights & shadows (point, spot, directional) — Displacement mapping — Automatic transparency detection docs.needle.tools/materials #threejs #webdev #rendering #shadergraph

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Needle Inspector jumped from 3K to 8K users in a few days 🥳 Happy with the progress and positive reviews. If anyone reading this has feedback or feature requests please let me know. @needletools.bsky.social #threejs #webdev #devtools

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

WebXR on iOS with Needle Engine is now available in beta! Try it here now: appclip.needle.tools #threejs #webxr #webdev

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Started adding Blender-style groups to Needle Inspector #threejs #webdev

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Working quick inspection modes for sections of your three.js scene. A first version is now available in Needle Inspector: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/needl... @needletools.bsky.social #threejs #webdev #webgl

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Improving Needle Inspector UX Install for free: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/needl... #threejs

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Thank you 😊 Install: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/Needl... #threejs

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

💚 Install here: fwd.needle.tools/needle-three... #threejs

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Lovely feedback 💚 chromewebstore.google.com/detail/needl...

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I'm excited to share the first version of the Needle Inspector for three.js! We're looking forward to your feedback, ideas and of course bugreports. Let us know what you think, what you're missing and what you use it for! 🔬 Launch video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFq... @threejs.org

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Needle Inspector for three.js— Chrome Extension (works with R3F, Threlte, AFrame, Needle Engine...)

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Flying through the new shopify website and playing around #threejs @threejs.org @needletools.bsky.social

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Playing around in @bruno-simon.bsky.social's new crazy portfolio - so many cute ideas! Using our in-dev #threejs chrome extension to explore objects, inspect properties and materials and much more. #webdev @threejs.org

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Tester feedback to the three.js chrome extension #threejs #tool #webdev #inspector

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The @threejs.org chrome extension is making lots of progress. #threejs #webgl #webdev #r3f #needle Some recent videos:

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Working on inspection and editing tools for #threejs (Needle Engine, R3F, vanilla, Spline, model-viewer). Early screenshots below, UI has already improved :) Everything is undo-able and is/will be AI compatible. #webdev

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Needle Engine 4.10 is available! Demo page: scrollytelling-bike-z23hmxb2gnu5a.needle.run Project files: github.com/needle-engin... Release: github.com/needle-tools... #threejs #webdev

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Needle Engine Scrollytelling Bike Demo

Demo for Scrollfollow and ViewBox Components in Needle Engine 4.10. Visit https://needle.tools to get started

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I'm very excited for this to land in Needle Engine. It makes responsive timeline animations super easy and artist friendly. You can visually setup view-boxes + control animation based on HTML elements on screen. We still have some work to do until it's ready but it's already very promising! #three

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

New sample and components in Needle Engine 4.9: engine.needle.tools/samples/scro... #threejs #webdev #webdesign #animation

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Awesome to see our three example-PRs land in Three.js 180 💚🙏 - Animation Pointer threejs.org/examples/web... - glTF progressive threejs.org/examples/web... - FastHDR threejs.org/examples/web... @needletools.bsky.social

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three.js webgl - animation - keyframes

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Just a moment of nostalgia github.com/needle-tools...

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Fast-HDR environments are now available For @threejs.org, Needle Engine and react-three-fiber → www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_w3... → cloud.needle.tools/hdris

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10x faster than EXR for everyone using three.js — FastHDR vs EXR Comparison

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Some recent paintings... Last one (the frog) just finishing up. All #gouache. I'm glad i started doing this again - to process feelings or to calm down.

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Meet Rondo - a tool to design round shapes and objects in the browser in realtime. rondo.needle.run #threejs #webgl

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

New tutorial is live: Advanced Materials with three.js and Unity - Clearcoat and Sheen youtu.be/TIxmFPPs3-Q?... @threejs.org #webdev

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

New side project: needle.tv #oss github repo weekly updates as shortform audio

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

We made a couple tutorial videos today about next-gen materials in @threejs.org and Needle Engine ✨ Video coming soon! #rendering #webdev #webgl #3dweb

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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Upcoming Needle Engine brings sweet performance improvements for scenes using #postprocessing Currently out in alpha but tests are going well! @threejs.org #webgl #rendering @needletools.bsky.social

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