Synapse Atlas — an interactive particle study

SYNAPSE_ATLAS// SIMULATEDSCENEPARTICLE MODELPARTICLES140,000ACTIVITY4.21 AUPATTERN92.0%FOCUSPARTICLE_FORM
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>ARRIVALARRIVAL_

A world made of points.Aworldmadeofpoints.

A sculptural form resolves out of the dark. This fictional design study turns a particle brain into a scroll-led visual journey.Asculpturalformresolvesoutofthedark.Thisfictionaldesignstudyturnsaparticlebrainintoascroll-ledvisualjourney.

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VISUAL
PARTICLE FORM
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STATUS
ILLUSTRATIVE

>THE_CORTEXTHE_CORTEX_

A closer view of the form.Acloserviewoftheform.

The camera moves over folds and ridges while light picks out the detail. Each chapter changes the framing without breaking the journey.Thecameramovesoverfoldsandridgeswhilelightpicksoutthedetail.Eachchapterchangestheframingwithoutbreakingthejourney.

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REGION
FRONTAL CORTEX
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MODE
CLOSE STUDY

>SIGNALSSIGNALS_

The image becomes a signal.Theimagebecomesasignal.

SIGNALS.LOGSIMULATED

>The form gives way to an abstract network. Motion and light take over the entire screen before the sculptural scene returns.Theformgiveswaytoanabstractnetwork.Motionandlighttakeovertheentirescreenbeforethesculpturalscenereturns.

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FULL-SCREEN
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PROCEDURAL

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>THE_NETWORKTHE_NETWORK_

Connections change the perspective.Connectionschangetheperspective.

As the viewer scrolls, the camera reframes the model and the highlighted particles shift. The interface responds as one connected piece.Astheviewerscrolls,thecamerareframesthemodelandthehighlightedparticlesshift.Theinterfacerespondsasoneconnectedpiece.

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REGION
TEMPORAL · ASSOC.
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MOTION
SCROLL-LED

>VISIONVISION_

See it from another angle.Seeitfromanotherangle.

The view passes around the rear of the model. Depth, movement and selective colour give the same scene a different character.Theviewpassesaroundtherearofthemodel.Depth,movementandselectivecolourgivethesamesceneadifferentcharacter.

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REGION
OCCIPITAL LOBE
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CHANNEL
VISUAL · V1

>BALANCEBALANCE_

Small details, stronger story.Smalldetails,strongerstory.

A tighter crop brings texture and silhouette forward. It is a visual study, not a medical scan or a scientific measurement.Atightercropbringstextureandsilhouetteforward.Itisavisualstudy,notamedicalscanorascientificmeasurement.

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REGION
CEREBELLUM
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DETAIL
ILLUSTRATIVE

>THE_WHOLETHE_WHOLE_

Then the form opens up.Thentheformopensup.

The particles scatter into a constellation. The final chapter shows how one visual system can carry an entire page.Theparticlesscatterintoaconstellation.Thefinalchaptershowshowonevisualsystemcancarryanentirepage.

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FORMAT
DESIGN STUDY
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STORY
COMPLETE

SYNAPSE_ATLAS

>INITIALIZING NEURAL FIELD_

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