Fly Through Hogwarts
A website hosted at hogwarts-production.up.railway.app features an interactive experience titled "Fly Through Hogwarts," allowing users to virtually explore the iconic Harry Potter castle.
Background
- A fan-made interactive 3D experience that lets you fly through a digital recreation of Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter series, built using WebGL (the web technology for 3D graphics without plugins).
- The creator, known as "htetmp," made the project open-source on GitHub, using 3D models, textures, and data extracted from the Harry Potter video games (likely the LEGO or movie-tie-in titles) — not official assets from Warner Bros.
- It runs directly in a browser, no install needed, and uses standard WASD/arrow keys and mouse controls for flight.
- The project gained attention on tech/social platforms as an impressive solo feat of reverse-engineering game assets and web-based rendering, but it exists in a legal gray area regarding copyright on the original 3D models.