Singing Alien

Okay, I can set up a basic 3D scene using Three.js to display a simple representation of an alien head and use the browser's speech synthesis to make it say "low taper fade" repeatedly. Creating a detailed 3D model with a specific hairstyle like a "low taper fade" directly in code is very complex, so this will be a simplified interpretation. Singing Alien

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body { margin: 0; overflow: hidden; background-color: #111; color: white; font-family: sans-serif; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; min-height: 100vh; } canvas { display: block; } #info { position: absolute; top: 10px; width: 100%; text-align: center; z-index: 100; display: block; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); padding: 5px; cursor: pointer; } import * as THREE from 'three'; let scene, camera, renderer; let alienHead, mouth; let audioStarted = false; const phrase = "low taper fade"; let utterance = null; let speakInterval = null; function init() { // Scene scene = new THREE.Scene(); // Camera camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000); camera.position.z = 5; // Renderer renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true }); renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight); document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement); // Lights const ambientLight = new THREE.AmbientLight(0x404040); // soft white light scene.add(ambientLight); const directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff, 0.8); directionalLight.position.set(1, 1, 1); scene.add(directionalLight); // Alien Head (simple sphere) const headGeometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry(1.5, 32, 32); const headMaterial = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ color: 0x00ff00 }); // Green alienHead = new THREE.Mesh(headGeometry, headMaterial); scene.add(alienHead); // Simple representation of "low taper fade" area (darker band) // This is highly abstract const fadeGeometry = new THREE.TorusGeometry(1.51, 0.2, 16, 50, Math.PI * 1.2); // Partial torus const fadeMaterial = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ color: 0x004400, side: THREE.DoubleSide }); // Darker green const fadeMesh = new THREE.Mesh(fadeGeometry, fadeMaterial); fadeMesh.rotation.x = Math.PI / 1.8; // Position it lower back fadeMesh.position.y = -0.5; fadeMesh.position.z = -0.3; alienHead.add(fadeMesh); // Add to head so it moves together // Mouth (simple shape) const mouthGeometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(0.5, 0.1, 0.2); const mouthMaterial = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ color: 0xff0000 }); // Red mouth = new THREE.Mesh(mouthGeometry, mouthMaterial); mouth.position.set(0, -0.5, 1.4); // Position on the front of the head alienHead.add(mouth); // Add mouth to the head group // Speech Synthesis setup if ('speechSynthesis' in window) { utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(phrase); utterance.lang = 'en-US'; utterance.rate = 1.0; // Adjust speed if needed utterance.pitch = 1.0; // Adjust pitch if needed // Event listener for when speech ends to potentially loop utterance.onend = () => { // Simple pause before speaking again if interval is running if (speakInterval) { // The interval handles the looping } }; } else { console.error("Speech Synthesis not supported in this browser."); document.getElementById('info').textContent = 'Speech Synthesis not supported'; } // Handle resize window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false); // Handle click to start audio (required by many browsers) document.getElementById('info').addEventListener('click', startAudioLoop, { once: true }); animate(); } function startAudioLoop() { if (!audioStarted && utterance && 'speechSynthesis' in window) { audioStarted = true; document.getElementById('info').style.display = 'none'; // Hide message console.log("Attempting to start audio loop..."); // Function to speak const speak = () => { if (speechSynthesis.speaking) { // If it's already speaking, wait before trying again // This prevents queuing up too many utterances if things get delayed console.log("Speech synthesis busy, waiting..."); return; } console.log("Speaking:", phrase); speechSynthesis.speak(utterance); }; // Speak immediately once speak(); // Set interval to try speaking every few seconds // Adjust interval based on phrase length + desired pause speakInterval = setInterval(speak, 3000); // Try every 3 seconds } else if (!('speechSynthesis' in window)) { document.getElementById('info').textContent = 'Speech Synthesis not supported'; } else { console.log("Audio already started or utterance not ready."); } } function onWindowResize() { camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight; camera.updateProjectionMatrix(); renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight); } function animate() { requestAnimationFrame(animate); // Simple head rotation alienHead.rotation.y += 0.005; // Simple mouth animation based on time (sine wave for open/close effect) const time = Date.now() * 0.005; // Speed of animation mouth.scale.y = 1 + Math.sin(time) * 0.5; // Scale vertically mouth.position.y = -0.5 - (mouth.scale.y - 1) * 0.05; // Adjust position slightly as it scales renderer.render(scene, camera); } init(); Click the "Click to start audio" text at the top to enable the speech synthesis loop. You should see a simple green alien head rotating, and hear it repeatedly say "low taper fade". The "fade" is represented abstractly by a darker band.