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Marcel Wiessler

@marwi.bsky.social
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Building Needle Engine, Inspector, Cloud, Mirror and many other tools for devs & designers. needle.tools cloud.needle.tools github.com/marwie github.com/needle-tools github.com/needle-mirror

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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
Renderpass timings are coming next! #threejs #webdev #webgpu #webgl
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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
And new: Any AnimationMixer in your scene AND any running action can be inspected and debugged as well!
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Texture inspection
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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 · 28/03/2026
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
10K 🙌 @needletools.bsky.social #threejs #webdev #devtools
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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
Get the extension here (It's free!): fwd.needle.tools/needle-three...
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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
#r3f
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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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 · 23/11/2025
Trying out a code view #threejs #webdev
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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 · 24/09/2025
Progress #threejs @needletools.bsky.social
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Still wip but getting closer #threejs
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
@needletools.bsky.social #threejs
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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 · 28/08/2025
Just a moment of nostalgia github.com/needle-tools...
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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 · 06/08/2025
And here's unthrottled + disc caching
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
In the video everything is throttled to 4G + disabled caching
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
THIS is why you want progressive #gltf loading #threejs #webgl #webdev #madewithneedle
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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 · 02/08/2025
Happy weekend #threejs #webgl #madewithneedle
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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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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Needle supporting ShaderGraph to three.js is coming For Needle Engine, vanilla three AND react-three-fiber #needle #threejs #r3f #webgl #unity3d #shadergraph
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Marcel Wiessler @marwi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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