Experiment to move a large number of characters using BOID simulation

[cx20]

I tried using a Compute Shader to see if I could animate glTF models in a BOID simulation.
The first approach uses instancing, and the second approach uses Thin Instances.
It seems that using Thin Instances allows more models to be displayed.
I created these samples with help from Claude.

• Sample displaying 1,000 Ducks using instancing
  https://playground.babylonjs.com/?webgpu#3URR7V#433
  

  

• Sample displaying 5,000 Ducks using Thin Instances
  https://playground.babylonjs.com/?webgpu#3URR7V#438
  

  

[Deltakosh]

This deserves a tweet @PirateJC

[regna]

Mindblowing

[cx20]

This is a different version. I tried having fish swim in an aquarium.

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