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TLDR

An interactive 3D web visualization imagining a physical control panel for the Kimi K3 AI model, built with Three.js.

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  root((Kimi K3 Surface))
    What it does
      3D control panel concept
      Procedural Three.js
      Fan made visualization
    Tech stack
      JavaScript
      Three.js
      Vite
    Use cases
      Explore AI capability concept
      Study Three.js techniques
      Reuse rendering patterns
    Audience
      Developers
      Three.js learners
    Notes
      Not official Moonshot AI
      Runs in browser

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Explore an interactive 3D concept design of AI model capabilities as physical controls.

USE CASE 2

Study procedural Three.js techniques for building complex hardware-style scenes.

USE CASE 3

Reuse the demand-driven rendering and performance profile pattern in another Three.js project.

USE CASE 4

Listen to the exposed input event API to drive custom UI or demos.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptThree.jsViteNode.jsHTMLCSS

How does it compare?

gokayfem/kimi-micro00kaku/gallery-slider-block0xkinno/vellum
Stars00
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Last pushed2021-05-19
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasyhard
Complexity2/52/54/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Requires Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+ to install dependencies and run the Vite dev server.

In plain English

Kimi K3 Control Surface is a browser based 3D visualization built with Three.js, a JavaScript library for rendering 3D graphics on the web. It is an independent fan made project that imagines what a physical hardware control panel for Moonshot AI's Kimi model might look like, built entirely from procedural code rather than imported 3D model files. The interface represents various Kimi K3 capabilities as physical style controls you can interact with, such as a memory gate feature called KDA, a routing mechanism called AttnRes, an expert selection system, support for very long context windows, native image understanding, and a coding agent workflow. On top of these, there are command buttons for actions like Run, Commit, Retry, Expand Context, Voice Prompt, and Open Kimi. You can interact with the model using rotary dials, a joystick, touch input, a virtual camera, and by exploding the assembly apart into its individual pieces, using either a mouse or keyboard. Visually, the scene includes five preset camera angles, smooth transitions between an assembled and exploded view, and materials meant to look like transparent plastic, anodized metal, and circuit board. For performance, it offers three rendering quality profiles named Eco, Balanced, and Studio, automatically choosing the lighter Eco mode on mobile or lower powered devices, and it only renders new frames when something actually changes instead of running constantly. Developers can hook into what the user does through a browser event that reports which control was touched and how. To run the project yourself, you need a recent version of Node.js, then install dependencies and start a local development server, or build an optimized static version for hosting elsewhere. The author is clear that Kimi and Moonshot AI names belong to their respective owners and that this is an unofficial visualization study.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me run this Three.js project locally with npm install and npm run dev.
Prompt 2
Explain how the demand-driven rendering and Eco performance profile work here.
Prompt 3
Show me how to listen to the kimi:input browser event this project publishes.
Prompt 4
Walk me through the exploded assembly view and camera presets in the code.

Frequently asked questions

What is kimi-micro?

An interactive 3D web visualization imagining a physical control panel for the Kimi K3 AI model, built with Three.js.

What language is kimi-micro written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, Three.js, Vite.

How hard is kimi-micro to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is kimi-micro for?

Mainly developer.

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