Zen MachineInteractive field study / 2026

Zen
Machine

A wireframe field that rests still and wakes on touch. Dense particle springs, raw coordinates, and honest response numbers, drawn in ink on paper.

Index

lattice7 × 7 × 7 · 343 particles

springstiffness 7 · damping 3.4 · mass 2.4

inertiaheavy · friction high

wireframealiased · 1px · no smoothing

rotationrigid · euler · exponential decay

coordinatesraw · unrounded · live

interactionhover · tap · scroll · focus

fracturetap impact · spring-back

responsedoherty threshold · 400ms

rendercanvas 2d · no webgl · dpr ≤ 2

motionreduced-motion · single frame

Paper + ink, one red sealCalm by default · wakes on touch