Pixel Comet

A velocity-aware block cursor that sheds a quantized comet tail, snaps into a local pixel lattice and retracts cleanly at rest.

• Exploration cues
• Portfolio detail
• Pointer-led product moments

• Quantized trail points preserve pointer velocity
• Optional lattice settling creates a readable pixel wake
• Single pooled buffer avoids per-block React updates
• A component-specific renderer and control contract—not a palette swap of another release
• Compact and full previews share one visibility-aware production renderer

Adaptive sampling, capped DPR and visibility-based suspension keep the renderer predictable. Test density on low-power mobile hardware before increasing it.

Pointer and touch coordinates are container-scoped; offscreen renderers stop work and pixel ratio is capped.

The visual canvas is decorative by default. Pair it with a semantic heading or description, and reduced motion holds a stable rendered frame.