PixelTank Aquarium
A calm, living 3D reef aquarium for Mac and Apple TV
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A calm, living 3D saltwater aquarium for Mac and Apple TV. 13 reef species, a Dive mode camera, no ads and no data collected. Free, with a one-time Pro upgrade.
PH · launched Nov 10, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: live wallpaper applications · 91 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -17% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Mac
- Apple TV
- Meditation
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Could you build this?
Partial Code for a 3D scene, camera and Apple TV app is vibe-codeable, but a convincing living reef needs high-quality 3D models, animation and tuned rendering, which requires artistic and graphics expertise.
What it would actually take: Build in Swift with SceneKit or RealityKit for the scene, using a particle and boid-style system for fish movement and a camera controller for Dive mode. The hard part is the art: 13 species need rigged, optimized 3D models and textures, plus lighting and performance tuning across Mac and Apple TV. A 3D artist and someone experienced with real-time rendering are needed.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 102 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #47 of 103 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 357 days after the earliest competitor.
- TBIAQUA · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Pet Shark · ph · 2026-10-15 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- ascii-deepsea · github · 2026-11-07 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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- Aquarium_Espresso · github · 2026-09-12 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- AquaAssist · ph · 2026-10-21 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- staywith.pet · ph · 2026-09-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- AquaElectron · ph · 2026-09-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
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