three.js class example

Code heavily inspired by this codepen.

<div id="three_container"></div>

<script type="module">
   import * as THREE from "/scripts/threejs/three.js";
   import { OrbitControls } from "/scripts/threejs/OrbitControls.js";

   let noise = `//	Simplex 4D Noise 
   //	by Ian McEwan, Ashima Arts
   //
   vec4 permute(vec4 x){return mod(((x*34.0)+1.0)*x, 289.0);}
   float permute(float x){return floor(mod(((x*34.0)+1.0)*x, 289.0));}
   vec4 taylorInvSqrt(vec4 r){return 1.79284291400159 - 0.85373472095314 * r;}
   float taylorInvSqrt(float r){return 1.79284291400159 - 0.85373472095314 * r;}

   vec4 grad4(float j, vec4 ip){
   const vec4 ones = vec4(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, -1.0);
   vec4 p,s;

   p.xyz = floor( fract (vec3(j) * ip.xyz) * 7.0) * ip.z - 1.0;
   p.w = 1.5 - dot(abs(p.xyz), ones.xyz);
   s = vec4(lessThan(p, vec4(0.0)));
   p.xyz = p.xyz + (s.xyz*2.0 - 1.0) * s.www; 

   return p;
   }

   float snoise(vec4 v){
   const vec2  C = vec2( 0.138196601125010504,  // (5 - sqrt(5))/20  G4
                           0.309016994374947451); // (sqrt(5) - 1)/4   F4
   // First corner
   vec4 i  = floor(v + dot(v, C.yyyy) );
   vec4 x0 = v -   i + dot(i, C.xxxx);

   // Other corners

   // Rank sorting originally contributed by Bill Licea-Kane, AMD (formerly ATI)
   vec4 i0;

   vec3 isX = step( x0.yzw, x0.xxx );
   vec3 isYZ = step( x0.zww, x0.yyz );
   //  i0.x = dot( isX, vec3( 1.0 ) );
   i0.x = isX.x + isX.y + isX.z;
   i0.yzw = 1.0 - isX;

   //  i0.y += dot( isYZ.xy, vec2( 1.0 ) );
   i0.y += isYZ.x + isYZ.y;
   i0.zw += 1.0 - isYZ.xy;

   i0.z += isYZ.z;
   i0.w += 1.0 - isYZ.z;

   // i0 now contains the unique values 0,1,2,3 in each channel
   vec4 i3 = clamp( i0, 0.0, 1.0 );
   vec4 i2 = clamp( i0-1.0, 0.0, 1.0 );
   vec4 i1 = clamp( i0-2.0, 0.0, 1.0 );

   //  x0 = x0 - 0.0 + 0.0 * C 
   vec4 x1 = x0 - i1 + 1.0 * C.xxxx;
   vec4 x2 = x0 - i2 + 2.0 * C.xxxx;
   vec4 x3 = x0 - i3 + 3.0 * C.xxxx;
   vec4 x4 = x0 - 1.0 + 4.0 * C.xxxx;

   // Permutations
   i = mod(i, 289.0); 
   float j0 = permute( permute( permute( permute(i.w) + i.z) + i.y) + i.x);
   vec4 j1 = permute( permute( permute( permute (
               i.w + vec4(i1.w, i2.w, i3.w, 1.0 ))
            + i.z + vec4(i1.z, i2.z, i3.z, 1.0 ))
            + i.y + vec4(i1.y, i2.y, i3.y, 1.0 ))
            + i.x + vec4(i1.x, i2.x, i3.x, 1.0 ));
   // Gradients
   // ( 7*7*6 points uniformly over a cube, mapped onto a 4-octahedron.)
   // 7*7*6 = 294, which is close to the ring size 17*17 = 289.

   vec4 ip = vec4(1.0/294.0, 1.0/49.0, 1.0/7.0, 0.0) ;

   vec4 p0 = grad4(j0,   ip);
   vec4 p1 = grad4(j1.x, ip);
   vec4 p2 = grad4(j1.y, ip);
   vec4 p3 = grad4(j1.z, ip);
   vec4 p4 = grad4(j1.w, ip);

   // Normalise gradients
   vec4 norm = taylorInvSqrt(vec4(dot(p0,p0), dot(p1,p1), dot(p2, p2), dot(p3,p3)));
   p0 *= norm.x;
   p1 *= norm.y;
   p2 *= norm.z;
   p3 *= norm.w;
   p4 *= taylorInvSqrt(dot(p4,p4));

   // Mix contributions from the five corners
   vec3 m0 = max(0.6 - vec3(dot(x0,x0), dot(x1,x1), dot(x2,x2)), 0.0);
   vec2 m1 = max(0.6 - vec2(dot(x3,x3), dot(x4,x4)            ), 0.0);
   m0 = m0 * m0;
   m1 = m1 * m1;
   return 49.0 * ( dot(m0*m0, vec3( dot( p0, x0 ), dot( p1, x1 ), dot( p2, x2 )))
                  + dot(m1*m1, vec2( dot( p3, x3 ), dot( p4, x4 ) ) ) ) ;

   }`;


class Particles extends THREE.Points {
  constructor(gu) {
    let particlePos = []; //vec4 (speed, shift radius, phase, reserved);
    let particleAlpha = []; //vec4 (phase, speed, reserved, reserved)
    let g = new THREE.BufferGeometry().setFromPoints(
      new Array(1000).fill().map((_) => {
        
        particlePos.push(Math.random() * 0.2 + 0.2, Math.random() + 1, Math.random(), 0);
        particleAlpha.push(Math.random(), Math.random() * 0.4 + 0.1, 0, 0);
        
        let r = 5;
        return new THREE.Vector3().setFromCylindricalCoords(
          Math.sqrt(r * r * Math.random()),
          Math.random() * Math.PI * 2,
          Math.random() * 10
        );
      })
    ).setAttribute("particlePos", new THREE.Float32BufferAttribute(particlePos, 4))
    .setAttribute("particleAlpha", new THREE.Float32BufferAttribute(particleAlpha, 4));
    
    let m = new THREE.PointsMaterial({
      size: 0.5,
      color: "white",
      transparent: true,
      depthTest: false,
      onBeforeCompile: (shader) => {
        shader.uniforms.time = gu.time;
        shader.uniforms.heightLimMin = { value: 0 };
        shader.uniforms.heightLimMax = { value: 10 };
        shader.vertexShader = `
          uniform float time;
          uniform float heightLimMin;
          uniform float heightLimMax;
          attribute vec4 particlePos;
          attribute vec4 particleAlpha;
          varying float vParticleAlpha;
          mat2 rot(float a){float c = cos(a); float s = sin(a); return mat2(c, s, -s, c);}
          ${noise}
          ${shader.vertexShader}
        `.replace(
          `#include <begin_vertex>`,
          `#include <begin_vertex>
            float t = time;
          
            vParticleAlpha = sin(mod((particleAlpha.x + t * particleAlpha.y) * PI2, PI2)) * 0.5 + 0.5;
                        
            float hGap = heightLimMax - heightLimMin;
            float halfGap = hGap * 0.5;
            
            float verticalSpeed = particlePos.x;
            float verticalShift = mod((position.y - heightLimMin) + verticalSpeed * t, hGap);
            transformed.y = heightLimMin + verticalShift; // make it looped on Y-axis
            float verticalFade = smoothstep(halfGap, halfGap - 1., abs(verticalShift - halfGap)); // for both top and bottom
            vParticleAlpha *= verticalFade;
            
            // particle shift
            float n = snoise(vec4(position, t * 0.05));
            float radius = particlePos.y;
            float phase = particlePos.z;
            
            float angle = (phase + n) * PI ;
            vec2 shiftVec = rot(angle) * vec2(radius, 0.);
            
            transformed.xz += shiftVec; // make it shifting
            
          `
        ).replace(
          `gl_PointSize = size;`,
          `gl_PointSize = size * vParticleAlpha;`
        );
        //console.log(shader.vertexShader);
        shader.fragmentShader = `
          varying float vParticleAlpha;
          ${shader.fragmentShader}
        `.replace(
          `#include <color_fragment>`,
          `#include <color_fragment>
          vec2 uv = gl_PointCoord.xy - 0.5;
          float d = sqrt(dot(uv, uv));
          if(d > 0.5) discard;
          float f = smoothstep(0.5, 0., d);
          f *= f * f * f * f;
          f = f * 0.95 + 0.05;
          diffuseColor.a = vParticleAlpha * f;
          `
        );
        //console.log(shader.fragmentShader);
      }
    });
    super(g, m);
  }
}

const div = document.getElementById (`three_container`)
const w = div.parentNode.scrollWidth
const h = w * 9 / 16

let scene = new THREE.Scene();
scene.background = new THREE.Color("hotpink");
let camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(60, 16 / 9, 1, 1000);
camera.position.set(0, 5, 10);
let renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true });
renderer.setSize(w, h);
div.appendChild(renderer.domElement);

let controls = new OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement);
controls.enableDamping = true;
controls.target.set(0, 5, 0);

let gu = {
  time: { value: 0 }
};

let grid = new THREE.GridHelper();
scene.add(grid);

let particles = new Particles(gu);
scene.add(particles);

let clock = new THREE.Clock();

renderer.setAnimationLoop((_) => {
  let t = clock.getElapsedTime();
  gu.time.value = t;
  controls.update();
  renderer.render(scene, camera);
});

</script>