3D Scatter Plot Using three.js

This is a 3D scatter plot rendered using webGL using on mobile phone accelerometer data. You can change view by rotating cube using the mouse. At present there's no relationship between the colours of the particles.

The visualisation uses the fantastic threejs library for the 3D and hooks into webGL. The example presented here is heavily based on the threejs scatter plot example. I've also used d3.js for some of convenience functions to import the data, scale the data and set up the ranges for the axis's.

<html>

<head>
    <script src="three.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
    <style type="text/css">
    body {
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0px;
    }
    #container {
        width:960px;
        height:500px;
    }
    </style>

</head>

<body>

<script>
    // <!--

function createTextCanvas(text, color, font, size) {
        size = size || 16;
        var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
        var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
        var fontStr = (size + 'px ') + (font || 'Arial');
        ctx.font = fontStr;
        var w = ctx.measureText(text).width;
        var h = Math.ceil(size);
        canvas.width = w;
        canvas.height = h;
        ctx.font = fontStr;
        ctx.fillStyle = color || 'black';
        ctx.fillText(text, 0, Math.ceil(size * 0.8));
        return canvas;
    }

function createText2D(text, color, font, size, segW, segH) {
        var canvas = createTextCanvas(text, color, font, size);
        var plane = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(canvas.width, canvas.height, segW, segH);
        var tex = new THREE.Texture(canvas);
        tex.needsUpdate = true;
        var planeMat = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
            map: tex,
            color: 0xffffff,
            transparent: true
        });
        var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(plane, planeMat);
        mesh.scale.set(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
        mesh.doubleSided = true;
        return mesh;
    }

// from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5623838/rgb-to-hex-and-hex-to-rgb
    function hexToRgb(hex) { //TODO rewrite with vector output
        var result = /^#?([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})([a-f\d]{2})$/i.exec(hex);
        return result ? {
            r: parseInt(result[1], 16),
            g: parseInt(result[2], 16),
            b: parseInt(result[3], 16)
        } : null;
    }

var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
        antialias: true
    });
    var w = 960;
    var h = 500;
    renderer.setSize(w, h);
    document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);

renderer.setClearColorHex(0xEEEEEE, 1.0);

var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(45, w / h, 1, 10000);
    camera.position.z = 200;
    camera.position.x = -100;
    camera.position.y = 100;

var scene = new THREE.Scene();

var scatterPlot = new THREE.Object3D();
    scene.add(scatterPlot);

scatterPlot.rotation.y = 0;

function v(x, y, z) {
        return new THREE.Vector3(x, y, z);
    }

var unfiltered = [],
        lowPass = [],
        highPass = [];

var format = d3.format("+.3f");

var data = d3.csv("defaultData.csv", function (d) {
        
        d.forEach(function (d,i) {
            unfiltered[i] = {
                x: +d.x,
                y: +d.y,
                z: +d.z
            };
            lowPass[i] = {
                x: +d.lp_x,
                y: +d.lp_y,
                z: +d.lp_z
            };
            highPass[i] = {
                x: +d.hp_x,
                y: +d.hp_y,
                z: +d.hp_z
            }
        })

var vpts = {
        xMax: xExent[1],
        xCen: (xExent[1] + xExent[0]) / 2,
        xMin: xExent[0],
        yMax: yExent[1],
        yCen: (yExent[1] + yExent[0]) / 2,
        yMin: yExent[0],
        zMax: zExent[1],
        zCen: (zExent[1] + zExent[0]) / 2,
        zMin: zExent[0]
    }

var colour = d3.scale.category20c();

var xScale = d3.scale.linear()
                  .domain(xExent)
                  .range([-50,50]);
    var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
                  .domain(yExent)
                  .range([-50,50]);                  
    var zScale = d3.scale.linear()
                  .domain(zExent)
                  .range([-50,50]);

var lineGeo = new THREE.Geometry();
    lineGeo.vertices.push(
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zCen)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zCen)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zCen)), v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zCen)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMax)), v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMin)),

v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMax)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax)),

v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMax)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMin)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zCen)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zCen)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zCen)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zCen)),

v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax)), v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMax)),

v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax)), v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zCen)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zCen)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zCen)), v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zCen)),

v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax)),

v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMin), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xMax), yScale(vpts.yCen), zScale(vpts.zMax)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMax), zScale(vpts.zMin)),
        v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMin)), v(xScale(vpts.xCen), yScale(vpts.yMin), zScale(vpts.zMax))

);
    var lineMat = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({
        color: 0x000000,
        lineWidth: 1
    });
    var line = new THREE.Line(lineGeo, lineMat);
    line.type = THREE.Lines;
    scatterPlot.add(line);

var titleX = createText2D('-X');
    titleX.position.x = xScale(vpts.xMin) - 12,
    titleX.position.y = 5;
    scatterPlot.add(titleX);

var valueX = createText2D(format(xExent[0]));
    valueX.position.x = xScale(vpts.xMin) - 12,
    valueX.position.y = -5;
    scatterPlot.add(valueX);

var titleX = createText2D('X');
    titleX.position.x = xScale(vpts.xMax) + 12;
    titleX.position.y = 5;
    scatterPlot.add(titleX);

var valueX = createText2D(format(xExent[1]));
    valueX.position.x = xScale(vpts.xMax) + 12,
    valueX.position.y = -5;
    scatterPlot.add(valueX);

var titleY = createText2D('-Y');
    titleY.position.y = yScale(vpts.yMin) - 5;
    scatterPlot.add(titleY);

var valueY = createText2D(format(yExent[0]));
    valueY.position.y = yScale(vpts.yMin) - 15,
    scatterPlot.add(valueY);

var titleY = createText2D('Y');
    titleY.position.y = yScale(vpts.yMax) + 15;
    scatterPlot.add(titleY);

var valueY = createText2D(format(yExent[1]));
    valueY.position.y = yScale(vpts.yMax) + 5,
    scatterPlot.add(valueY);

var titleZ = createText2D('-Z ' + format(zExent[0]));
    titleZ.position.z = zScale(vpts.zMin) + 2;
    scatterPlot.add(titleZ);

var titleZ = createText2D('Z ' + format(zExent[1]));
    titleZ.position.z = zScale(vpts.zMax) + 2;
    scatterPlot.add(titleZ);

var mat = new THREE.ParticleBasicMaterial({
        vertexColors: true,
        size: 10
    });

var pointCount = unfiltered.length;
    var pointGeo = new THREE.Geometry();
    for (var i = 0; i < pointCount; i ++) {
        var x = xScale(unfiltered[i].x);
        var y = yScale(unfiltered[i].y);
        var z = zScale(unfiltered[i].z);

pointGeo.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(x, y, z));
        console.log(pointGeo.vertices);
        //pointGeo.vertices[i].angle = Math.atan2(z, x);
        //pointGeo.vertices[i].radius = Math.sqrt(x * x + z * z);
        //pointGeo.vertices[i].speed = (z / 100) * (x / 100);
        pointGeo.colors.push(new THREE.Color().setRGB(
          hexToRgb(colour(i)).r / 255, hexToRgb(colour(i)).g / 255, hexToRgb(colour(i)).b / 255 
        ));

}
    var points = new THREE.ParticleSystem(pointGeo, mat);
    scatterPlot.add(points);

renderer.render(scene, camera);
    var paused = false;
    var last = new Date().getTime();
    var down = false;
    var sx = 0,
        sy = 0;
        
    window.onmousedown = function(ev) {
        down = true;
        sx = ev.clientX;
        sy = ev.clientY;
    };
    window.onmouseup = function() {
        down = false;
    };
    window.onmousemove = function(ev) {
        if (down) {
            var dx = ev.clientX - sx;
            var dy = ev.clientY - sy;
            scatterPlot.rotation.y += dx * 0.01;
            camera.position.y += dy;
            sx += dx;
            sy += dy;
        }
    }
    var animating = false;
    window.ondblclick = function() {
        animating = !animating;
    };

})
    //-->
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Modified http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js to a secure url

https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js