Project Summary
VANTAGE.X is a custom-designed, animated surveillance dashboard created for Forma Synth. It blends sci-fi aesthetics with real-time UI components, presenting a fictional but technically precise monitoring system. Built as a creative coding showcase, it emphasizes immersive design, layered interaction, and reactive feedback systems.
Interface Goals
- Convey a sense of depth, movement, and mystery.
- Highlight motion-based interactivity through ambient space behaviors.
- Serve as a metaphorical UI for ideas like surveillance systems, galactic simulations, or AI visualization layers.
Design Approach
- Orbital Fluidity: Animations driven by sinusoidal easing and star contractions evoke a gravitational narrative.
- Easing-based Timelines: Phased keyframe animations simulate system lifecycle: initialization → expansion → collapse → centralization.
- Textural Reality: Multiple high-fidelity textures (planets, stars, nebulae) loaded asynchronously for visual richness.
- Dynamic Interaction: Zoom, pan, and full screen controls tied to user engagement (e.g., hiding UI overlays on interaction).
Key Features
- Three.js Renderer: WebGL-accelerated visual engine.
- OrbitControls: Automatic camera rotation with user override.
- Noise Deformation: Procedural animation of mesh (nucleus) using
simplex-noise. - Star Behavior Phases:
- Initial Deployment (fade-in and positioning)
- Expansion (particles pushing outward)
- Contraction (regathering to core)
- Centering (final alignment)
- Event Scheduling: JavaScript
Date.now()and easing-based animation steps control progression.
Stack & Tools Used
- JavaScript / ES6 Modules
- Three.js (WebGL 3D library)
- Simplex-Noise (Perlin noise variation for deformation)
- Texture Mapping (SRGB color space adjustments)
- HTML5 / CSS3
- OrbitControls.js
Outcome
A cinematic visual that blends physics-inspired motion with interactive cues—ideal for use in ARG-style overlays, sci-fi dashboards, or high-concept portfolio landings. The final state offers both ambient display and interactive control.