Aether
Aether is a C++ project for building a simple real-time 3D rigid body physics simulation with OpenGL visualization.
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Description
Aether
Aether is a C++ project for building a simple real time 3D rigid body physics simulation with OpenGL visualization.
This project is being developed for FOSS 2026.
The goal is to implement core physics concepts from scratch and keep the architecture clean and modular.
Current Scope
Rigid body simulation
Gravity
Collision detection and response
Friction
Spring constraints
Rope (distance constraints)
Real-time 3D rendering
Issues & PRs Board
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feat: implemented Vec3 class and basic CLI timestop loop
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fix: moved rigidbody and collision implementations from header files
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feat: centralized the integration part in PhysicsWorld handling updat…
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Feat/openglsetup
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feat: implemented general collider and spherical collider
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feat: handeled collision between sphere and sphere
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Feature/boxcollider
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feat: implemented detection and resolution of sphere and box collision
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feat: implemented map to handle func calls for collision resolution
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feat: added window with body rendering as dots in real time
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chore: added a simple stress test to debug
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feat: friction done
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fix: improve physics stability with fixed timestep and rigidbody vali…
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Feat: added 3d movement WASD
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feat: added pause button using imgui
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added fps and frametime
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Chore/centralizing constants
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feat: added unique restitution coeff and friction coeff to each rigid…
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feat: rendering shapes for bodies and axes
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checkpoint: saving a stable checkpoint because breaking changes are to be implemented in near futurre
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contactfeat
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Feat/contact mechanism
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feature: added mouse rotation
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feat: implemented friction and tweaked config constant
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feat:bodyid
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feat:added ramp shape and its properties
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feat: added ramp to sphere collision
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Featforce
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feat: rendering ramp
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chore: added mit-license and updated the readme.md
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feat: added testcases for different scenerios
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Feat/warmstart
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Feat/ ramp ramp contact
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feat: implemented the base strcuture for contact manifolds
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feat: implemented the base strcuture for contact manifolds
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feat: implemented the base strcuture for contact manifolds
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Featmanifold
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Feat/body menu UI
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Manifoldcheck
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Manifoldcheck
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Feature/ramp manifold
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feat:added manifolds for ramps
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box-box multimanifold
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feat: improvements and restructure
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fix: fixed naming convention id assignment order
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checkpoint: second save to main
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Revert "checkpoint: second save to main"
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Revert "fix: fixed naming convention id assignment order"
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Revert "feat: improvements and restructure"
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Rampramp manifold
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Feat/improvements
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Fix/residual vel
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Featrotationstart
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Featrotationstart
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feat: implemented distance based constraints ie ropes,rod,spring
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feat: added shaders
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fix: fixed the issue where the body id was corrupted and causing cons…
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Feat/manifold fix
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feat/rotationstep
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Feat/rotationstep
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Feat/manifold fix
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feat: rendering extended for rope, rod and spring
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feat: rendering the rotation