Project Summary
Recon Layer: Tokyo is a cinematic visualization overlay that blends environmental signal mapping with grid-based pulsing artifacts. Designed as a sensory probe into urban surveillance textures, it interprets ambient noise and motion as shifting light fields. The layer operates as both an aesthetic filter and a metaphor for signal paranoia—where watching too long risks revealing watcher and watched alike.
Interface Objectives
- Create a mood layer evoking machine-augmented perception
- Use grid-synced lighting effects to simulate surveillance sweeps
- Integrate glitch behavior to suggest packet interference or visual drift
- Function as a looping, meditative backdrop or visual diagnostic shell
Design Philosophy
The Tokyo grid is not static—it observes. Through deliberate, slow shifts and luminous saturation, the viewer is placed inside the system’s perception. Drawing on themes from retro-futurism, urban signal saturation, and AI dreaming, the interface distills a moment of hyper-observation, fusing ambient architecture with a sense of being continuously indexed.