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+/**
+ * from https://github.com/gsimone/things/tree/main/packages/three-raycaster-helper
+ */
+
+import {
+  BufferAttribute,
+  BufferGeometry,
+  Float32BufferAttribute,
+  InstancedMesh,
+  Intersection,
+  Line,
+  LineBasicMaterial,
+  Mesh,
+  MeshBasicMaterial,
+  Object3D,
+  Raycaster,
+  SphereGeometry,
+  Vector3,
+} from 'three'
+
+const _o = new Object3D()
+const _v = new Vector3()
+
+class RaycasterHelper extends Object3D {
+  raycaster: Raycaster
+  hits: Intersection[]
+
+  origin: Mesh<SphereGeometry, MeshBasicMaterial>
+  near: Line<BufferGeometry, LineBasicMaterial>
+  far: Line<BufferGeometry, LineBasicMaterial>
+
+  nearToFar: Line<BufferGeometry, LineBasicMaterial>
+  originToNear: Line<BufferGeometry, LineBasicMaterial>
+
+  hitPoints: InstancedMesh
+
+  colors = {
+    near: 0xffffff,
+    far: 0xffffff,
+    originToNear: 0x333333,
+    nearToFar: 0xffffff,
+    origin: [0x0eec82, 0xff005b],
+  }
+
+  constructor(raycaster: Raycaster, public numberOfHitsToVisualize = 20) {
+    super()
+    this.raycaster = raycaster
+
+    this.hits = []
+
+    this.origin = new Mesh(new SphereGeometry(0.04, 32), new MeshBasicMaterial())
+    this.origin.name = 'RaycasterHelper_origin'
+    this.origin.raycast = () => null
+
+    const size = 0.1
+    let geometry = new BufferGeometry()
+    // prettier-ignore
+    geometry.setAttribute( 'position', new Float32BufferAttribute( [
+              - size, size, 0,
+              size, size, 0,
+              size, - size, 0,
+              - size, - size, 0,
+              - size, size, 0
+          ], 3 ) );
+
+    this.near = new Line(geometry, new LineBasicMaterial())
+    this.near.name = 'RaycasterHelper_near'
+    this.near.raycast = () => null
+
+    this.far = new Line(geometry, new LineBasicMaterial())
+    this.far.name = 'RaycasterHelper_far'
+    this.far.raycast = () => null
+
+    this.nearToFar = new Line(new BufferGeometry(), new LineBasicMaterial())
+    this.nearToFar.name = 'RaycasterHelper_nearToFar'
+    this.nearToFar.raycast = () => null
+
+    this.nearToFar.geometry.setFromPoints([_v, _v])
+
+    this.originToNear = new Line(this.nearToFar.geometry.clone(), new LineBasicMaterial())
+    this.originToNear.name = 'RaycasterHelper_originToNear'
+    this.originToNear.raycast = () => null
+
+    this.hitPoints = new InstancedMesh(new SphereGeometry(0.04), new MeshBasicMaterial(), this.numberOfHitsToVisualize)
+    this.hitPoints.name = 'RaycasterHelper_hits'
+    this.hitPoints.raycast = () => null
+
+    this.add(this.nearToFar)
+    this.add(this.originToNear)
+
+    this.add(this.near)
+    this.add(this.far)
+
+    this.add(this.origin)
+    this.add(this.hitPoints)
+
+    this.setColors()
+  }
+
+  setColors = (colors?: Partial<typeof this.colors>) => {
+    const _colors = {
+      ...this.colors,
+      ...colors,
+    }
+
+    this.near.material.color.set(_colors.near)
+    this.far.material.color.set(_colors.far)
+    this.nearToFar.material.color.set(_colors.nearToFar)
+    this.originToNear.material.color.set(_colors.originToNear)
+  }
+
+  update = () => {
+    const origin = this.raycaster.ray.origin
+    const direction = this.raycaster.ray.direction
+
+    this.origin.position.copy(origin)
+
+    this.near.position.copy(origin).add(direction.clone().multiplyScalar(this.raycaster.near))
+
+    this.far.position.copy(origin).add(direction.clone().multiplyScalar(this.raycaster.far))
+
+    this.far.lookAt(origin)
+    this.near.lookAt(origin)
+
+    let pos = this.nearToFar.geometry.getAttribute('position') as BufferAttribute
+    pos.set([...this.near.position.toArray(), ...this.far.position.toArray()])
+    pos.needsUpdate = true
+
+    pos = this.originToNear.geometry.getAttribute('position') as BufferAttribute
+    pos.set([...origin.toArray(), ...this.near.position.toArray()])
+    pos.needsUpdate = true
+
+    /**
+     * Update hit points visualization
+     */
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.numberOfHitsToVisualize; i++) {
+      const hit = this.hits?.[i]
+
+      if (hit) {
+        const { point } = hit
+        _o.position.copy(point)
+        _o.scale.setScalar(1)
+      } else {
+        _o.scale.setScalar(0)
+      }
+
+      _o.updateMatrix()
+
+      this.hitPoints.setMatrixAt(i, _o.matrix)
+    }
+
+    this.hitPoints.instanceMatrix.needsUpdate = true
+
+    /**
+     * Update the color of the origin based on wether there are hits.
+     */
+    this.origin.material.color.set(this.hits.length > 0 ? this.colors.origin[0] : this.colors.origin[1])
+  }
+
+  dispose = () => {
+    this.origin.geometry.dispose()
+    this.origin.material.dispose()
+    this.near.geometry.dispose()
+    this.near.material.dispose()
+    this.far.geometry.dispose()
+    this.far.material.dispose()
+    this.nearToFar.geometry.dispose()
+    this.nearToFar.material.dispose()
+    this.originToNear.geometry.dispose()
+    this.originToNear.material.dispose()
+    this.hitPoints.dispose()
+  }
+}
+
+export { RaycasterHelper }