[Make · Experience]
THE ENTITY

A mind, made visible. The particle field behind every page of this site is a model of attention — information arriving, being processed, being kept.

[Live · Behind every page]
[Live — not a screenshot]
[ 01 ]BriefA mind, made visible
The site’s soul
You’re looking at it
right now.

The particle field behind every page of this site is a model of attention: information arriving at the surface, sinking inward to be processed, settling into what gets kept. It’s behind this panel too.

[ 02 ]Build LogTwo minds
  • ✓A dodecahedron stands in — an entity in a chamber, someday
  • ✓First version built solo, backend to render loop
  • ✓Rebuilt with Claude — the model of one mind becomes two
  • ✓WebGPU port freezes the sim → rewritten as true compute
  • ✓Every particle becomes a point of light
[ 03 ]TelemetryThe star of the show
Particles·48,000 (could be millions)
Lights·all 48,000 of them
The trade·count spent on light
Load·seconds, in a browser tab
Detail ladder·WebGPU → WebGL2 → still
[ 04 ]StackNo engine, no install
WebGPURendererTSL ComputeStorage BuffersIrradiance GridNext.js

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The Entity — A Mind, Made Visible | David Bickley