Interactive Waterfall
After 3 years without a vacation, I decided to build my own waterfall — one that lives inside my screen. This digital waterfall responds to your mouse and gestures, letting you feel a moment of nature, right from where you are.
Client
Independent Project
Role
Interactive Designer
Period
2 weeks, 2024
Overview
After 3 years without a single vacation, I decided to create one for myself—digitally. Built with TouchDesigner, this waterfall responds to mouse movement and hand gestures in real time, turning a screen into a sensory escape. I designed it as a personal sanctuary that merges visual poetry with playful interaction, offering moments of calm in the middle of everyday chaos.
Challenge
After five years without a single vacation, I began longing for nature—not as a distant place, but as something I could touch. With no access to real waterfalls and no plan but a dream, I set out to build one myself—inside my screen—where interaction replaces gravity, and serenity flows with movement.
Objective
Using TouchDesigner, I aimed to create a digital waterfall that responds to both mouse input and hand gestures, simulating the calming beauty of falling water through dynamic particles and real-time interaction. The goal was to evoke a visceral sense of tranquility and play, even in the middle of a workday.
Result
I built an interactive waterfall that responds in real time to user motion—rippling, shimmering, and breaking apart as if truly alive. More than a visual effect, it became a space of escape and self-care. A virtual vacation for those, like me, who haven’t taken one in years.
More detail
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