Inspired by SoarXiv · Perfect for a personal-site “Projects Gallery” · Entirely GPT-generated
demo_compressed.mov
Create this scene in your github page!
A bite-sized clone of SoarXiv’s 3-D “paper universe”, pared down to ~15 items and deployable with nothing but static files. Use it to showcase research papers, portfolio projects, milestones—anything that has a title and short description.
git clone https://github.com/yourname/my-paper-galaxy.git
cd my-paper-galaxy
# dependencies needed only for the build step
pip install sentence-transformers umap-learn numpy
# generate 3-D coordinates (≃1 s for 15 items)
python build.py
# serve the folder (required—browsers block file:// XHR)
python -m http.server 8080
# open http://localhost:8080- Edit papers.json (add / remove / tweak fields).
- Run python build.py → regenerates galaxy.json.
- Commit & push—GitHub Pages, Vercel, Netlify, etc. redeploy automatically.
Stage Tool Reason Text → Embedding SentenceTransformer("all-MiniLM-L6-v2") Tiny, fast, runs offline Embedding → 3-D UMAP(n_components=3) Preserves local structure, good for small sets Rendering Vanilla Three.js ES-modules Zero runtime transpilation, no React/Babel Picking / Tooltip Raycaster + tiny HTML overlay Minimal GPU workload
Everything—including this README—was generated by GPT.
papers.json # editable metadata source build.py # embedding + UMAP script → galaxy.json galaxy.json # autogenerated point cloud index.html # one-page Three.js viewer
Any static host works:
- GitHub Pages — push to main or gh-pages.
- Vercel / Netlify / Cloudflare Pages — drop the folder, no build step needed.
- Embed on your homepage via
<iframe>or direct link.
- Swap papers for project cards to create a visual projects gallery.
- Use it as a timeline—plot milestones as spheres along a notional time axis.
- Replace spheres with thumbnails or custom shaders for richer visuals.
MIT. Attribution to SoarXiv is appreciated. Enjoy your GPT-crafted mini-universe!