What if your PC desktop had physically based lighting?
when flat UI design meets skeumorphic lighting.
this is a little prototype i slapped together over the course of a few days that adds realistic shadows and lighting to the windows desktop environment. it makes the OS feel more tangible and human while still respecting the base UI design.
apps are 100% responsive and interactable, and the lighting is fully adjustable. eventually i might implement time of day functionality so the light syncs up with the sun, or perhaps periodically grabbing the ambient lighting from a webcam.
heavily inspired by the movie "her" and the countless windows 10/11 promo videos showing CG renders of interfaces with lights & shadows that look so good it drives me insane thinking about what we got in the actual product.