<canvas class="view"></canvas>

<script id="backgroundFragment" type="x-shader/x-fragment">
// Adapted from: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MdlGRr

// It is required to set the float precision for fragment shaders in OpenGL ES
// More info here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28540641/4908989
#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif

uniform vec2 uPointerDiff;

// This function returns 1 if `coord` correspond to a grid line, 0 otherwise
float isGridLine (vec2 coord) {
  vec2 pixelsPerGrid = vec2(50.0, 50.0);
  vec2 gridCoords = fract(coord / pixelsPerGrid);
  vec2 gridPixelCoords = gridCoords * pixelsPerGrid;
  vec2 gridLine = step(gridPixelCoords, vec2(1.0));
  float isGridLine = max(gridLine.x, gridLine.y);
  return isGridLine;
}

// Main function
void main () {
  // Coordinates minus the `uPointerDiff` value
  vec2 coord = gl_FragCoord.xy - uPointerDiff;
  // Set `color` to black
  vec3 color = vec3(0.0);
  // If it is a grid line, change blue channel to 0.3
  color.b = isGridLine(coord) * 0.3;
  // Assing the final rgba color to `gl_FragColor`
  gl_FragColor = vec4(color, 1.0);
}
</script>

<script id="stageFragment" type="x-shader/x-fragment">
// Adapted from: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4lSGRw

#ifdef GL_ES
precision mediump float;
#endif

// Uniforms from Javascript
uniform vec2 uResolution;
uniform float uPointerDown;

// The texture is defined by PixiJS
varying vec2 vTextureCoord;
uniform sampler2D uSampler;

// Function used to get the distortion effect
vec2 computeUV (vec2 uv, float k, float kcube) {
  vec2 t = uv - 0.5;
  float r2 = t.x * t.x + t.y * t.y;
  float f = 0.0;
  if (kcube == 0.0) {
    f = 1.0 + r2 * k;
  } else {
    f = 1.0 + r2 * (k + kcube * sqrt(r2));
  }
  vec2 nUv = f * t + 0.5;
  nUv.y = 1.0 - nUv.y;
  return nUv;
}

void main () {
  // Normalized coordinates
  vec2 uv = gl_FragCoord.xy / uResolution.xy;

  // Settings for the effect
  // Multiplied by `uPointerDown`, a value between 0 and 1
  float k = -1.0 * uPointerDown;
  float kcube = 0.5 * uPointerDown;
  float offset = 0.02 * uPointerDown;
  
  // Get each channel's color using the texture provided by PixiJS
  // and the `computeUV` function
  float red = texture2D(uSampler, computeUV(uv, k + offset, kcube)).r;
  float green = texture2D(uSampler, computeUV(uv, k, kcube)).g;
  float blue = texture2D(uSampler, computeUV(uv, k - offset, kcube)).b;
  
  // Assing the final rgba color to `gl_FragColor`
  gl_FragColor = vec4(red, green, blue, 1.0);
}
</script>
body {
  margin: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: black;
}
View Compiled
(function() {

  // Get canvas view
  const view = document.querySelector('.view')
  // Loaded resources will be here
  const resources = PIXI.Loader.shared.resources
  // Target for pointer. If down, value is 1, else value is 0
  let pointerDownTarget = 0
  // Useful variables to keep track of the pointer
  let pointerStart = new PIXI.Point()
  let pointerDiffStart = new PIXI.Point()
  let width, height, app, background, uniforms, diffX, diffY

  // Set dimensions
  function initDimensions () {
    width = window.innerWidth
    height = window.innerHeight
    diffX = 0
    diffY = 0
  }

  // Set initial values for uniforms
  function initUniforms () {
    uniforms = {
      uResolution: new PIXI.Point(width, height),
      uPointerDiff: new PIXI.Point(),
      uPointerDown: pointerDownTarget
    }
  }

  // Init the PixiJS Application
  function initApp () {
    // Create a PixiJS Application, using the view (canvas) provided
    app = new PIXI.Application({ view })
    // Resizes renderer view in CSS pixels to allow for resolutions other than 1
    app.renderer.autoDensity = true
    // Resize the view to match viewport dimensions
    app.renderer.resize(width, height)

    // Set the distortion filter for the entire stage
    const stageFragmentShader = document.getElementById('stageFragment').textContent
    const stageFilter = new PIXI.Filter(undefined, stageFragmentShader, uniforms)
    app.stage.filters = [stageFilter]
  }

  // Init the gridded background
  function initBackground () {
    // Create a new empty Sprite and define its size
    background = new PIXI.Sprite()
    background.width = width
    background.height = height
    // Get the code for the fragment shader from the loaded resources
    const backgroundFragmentShader = document.getElementById('backgroundFragment').textContent
    // Create a new Filter using the fragment shader
    // We don't need a custom vertex shader, so we set it as `undefined`
    const backgroundFilter = new PIXI.Filter(undefined, backgroundFragmentShader, uniforms)
    // Assign the filter to the background Sprite
    background.filters = [backgroundFilter]
    // Add the background to the stage
    app.stage.addChild(background)
  }

  // Start listening events
  function initEvents () {
    // Make stage interactive, so it can listen to events
    app.stage.interactive = true

    // Pointer & touch events are normalized into
    // the `pointer*` events for handling different events
    app.stage
      .on('pointerdown', onPointerDown)
      .on('pointerup', onPointerUp)
      .on('pointerupoutside', onPointerUp)
      .on('pointermove', onPointerMove)
  }

  // On pointer down, save coordinates and set pointerDownTarget
  function onPointerDown (e) {
    const { x, y } = e.data.global
    pointerDownTarget = 1
    pointerStart.set(x, y)
    pointerDiffStart = uniforms.uPointerDiff.clone()
  }

  // On pointer up, set pointerDownTarget
  function onPointerUp () {
    pointerDownTarget = 0
  }

  // On pointer move, calculate coordinates diff
  function onPointerMove (e) {
    const { x, y } = e.data.global
    if (pointerDownTarget) {
      diffX = pointerDiffStart.x + (x - pointerStart.x)
      diffY = pointerDiffStart.y + (y - pointerStart.y)
    }
  }

  // Init everything
  function init () {
    initDimensions()
    initUniforms()
    initApp()
    initBackground()
    initEvents()

    // Animation loop
    // Code here will be executed on every animation frame
    app.ticker.add(() => {
      // Multiply the values by a coefficient to get a smooth animation
      uniforms.uPointerDown += (pointerDownTarget - uniforms.uPointerDown) * 0.075
      uniforms.uPointerDiff.x += (diffX - uniforms.uPointerDiff.x) * 0.2
      uniforms.uPointerDiff.y += (diffY - uniforms.uPointerDiff.y) * 0.2
    })
  }

  // Init the app
  init()

})()

External CSS

This Pen doesn't use any external CSS resources.

External JavaScript

  1. https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pixi.js/5.0.2/pixi.min.js