Attractor Playground

A playground for chaotic attractors driven by real-world data. Mix any dataset with any attractor and see what patterns fall out.

What Are Chaotic Attractors?

Chaotic attractors are systems where a tiny change in the starting point sends you somewhere completely different. They never quite repeat and you can't predict them for long, yet they trace out beautiful, structured shapes in phase space.

The Attractor Zoo (26 Systems)

Classic: Lorenz (butterfly), Rössler (spiral), Chua (double scroll from electronics)
Lorenz Family: Chen, Lü (bridge system), Burke-Shaw
Multi-Wing: Four-Wing, Dadras (tri-scroll), Dequan-Li (complex), Rucklidge, Tsucs (three-scroll)
Geometric: Aizawa (torus knot), Thomas (cyclical), Halvorsen (tetrahedral), Newton-Leipnik
Physics: Nosé-Hoover (molecular dynamics), Shimizu-Morioka (laser), Rabinovich-Fabrikant (plasma)
Simple: Sprott (minimal), Genesio-Tesi, Arneodo, Bouali (wing)
Iterative Maps: Clifford (fractal), De Jong (classic), Pickover (gnarled)

Data Sources (17 Types)

Environmental: Climate, Weather, Ocean, Tides, Solar
Financial: Economic, Stocks, Crypto
Physical: Seismic, Orbital, Traffic, Power Grid
Biological: Heart Rate/ECG, Brain Waves/EEG, Pandemic
Digital: Wikipedia Trends, Live Audio

How It Works

Real-world data drives the chaos parameters of whichever attractor you pick. Every dataset-and-attractor pairing ships with hand-tuned defaults, so it looks good the moment you load it.

Keyboard Controls

• Space — Play/pause animation
• R — Random combination
• Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z) — Undo last change
• F — Toggle fullscreen
• Escape — Close this dialog
• Arrow keys — Rotate view (when canvas focused)

Mouse/Touch Controls

• Drag to rotate the 3D view
• Shift+Drag or Right-click drag to pan
• Scroll to zoom in/out
• Touch: 1-finger rotate, 2-finger pan/zoom

Links

lukesteuber.com | dr.eamer.dev

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