Caustica

analytic wave optics · one pass · no textures

movecarry the lens

presssink a stone

wheelchange the depth

Every ripple is a closed‑form wave packet. The shader differentiates the surface twice and solves det(I + d·H) = 0 — where light folds, it burns.

shoal

abyss

1.15

Caustica

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