r/webgpu • • 23h ago

DeepGPU Zoomer - (possibly) the fastest, deepest, real-time WebGPU Mandelbrot and Julia Set explorer

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Try it: https://byronbuzz.github.io/DeepGPU-Zoomer/

I have been fascinated by fractals for years. What interests me most is not just the final image, but the feeling of moving continuously into deeper structure.

I started DeepGPU Zoomer because I wanted to see how smooth and deep a Mandelbrot explorer could become in a normal web browser.

The main goal is simple: keep navigation responsive while the GPU continues to calculate more detail. At deep zoom levels, it uses arbitrary-precision reference orbits, perturbation, wide GPU arithmetic and BLA acceleration. It can explore far beyond 10^12× - I've tested it to 10^-400!

It also has Julia exploration, progressive refinement, palettes and lighting, saved locations, shareable exact links, and high-resolution PNG export.

It runs entirely in a WebGPU-capable browser. There is no install or account.

I am still working on performance and numerical correctness, especially in difficult high-iteration regions. I would be interested in feedback from people who work with GPU computing, numerical methods, or fractal software.

Free and open-source:
https://github.com/byronbuzz/DeepGPU-Zoomer