PlasmaPlasma puts an animated 3D plasma ball on your Mac desktop, behind your windows, on every display. The filaments follow the pointer. Gas, size, base and voltage are set from the menu bar.
From neon and xenon to chlorine, bromine and mercury, with their chemical symbol engraved on the base plate. Plasma can also switch gas on its own, with a fade.
Like a real plasma ball under your hand, a channel forms toward the pointer. With “Touch the globe with the trackpad”, on by default, Plasma reads Force Touch pressure: the harder you press, the bigger the bolt. While it is on, desktop icons under the globe cannot be clicked. The mouse reaction can be turned off from the menu bar.
In Auto mode, Plasma runs at 30 frames per second at rest, 60 when the mouse moves, and goes back to 30 three seconds later. You can also fix it at 60 or 30. When windows fully cover the globe, it stops, then resumes within a quarter of a second.
Plasma makes no network connection and collects nothing. It reads window positions to stop when the globe is covered, never their titles or content. Sandboxed app.
Version 1.0 is being prepared for the Mac App Store.
Original scene: Deskworlds by Chase Lean, MIT license. Rendered with three.js.