NASA-AMMOS / NASA-AMMOS/3DTilesRendererJS

Raycasting: Try to remove unnecessary new object / array creation

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Description

Specifically with first hit. See here.

New arrays and objects are created every frame to sort and iterate over

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Research direction

Start at src/three/raycastTraverse.js around line 57 and inspect the first-hit path, especially the arrays and objects created for sorting and iteration. Verify the raycasting behavior remains unchanged while confirming that unnecessary per-frame allocations in this path are removed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, three.js
Domain
computer-graphics, performance
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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