magnetosphere

yesterday, while examining pictures of sap, i found the magnetosphere visualizer by barbarian. magnetosphere replaces the traditional itunes visualizer with streaming, glowing clouds of particles and luminous orbs that resonate to the music you choose. it reminds me of wefeelfine's oddly organic, pulsing, light-filled, particle clouds, and of the special effects from star trek: the next generation. i've decided that i like this visualizer because of its effective use of speed -- the visualizer avoids looking frenetic because the major particle clusters move slowly along their main paths, with tempo denoted by smaller movements close to each cluster's centre.