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Static Drift

An offline ambient TV application built around evolving procedural worlds.

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Static Drift Prismatic Bloom: a folded glass-like form with silver and warm reflections against black.
Prismatic Bloom. Captured from the development renderer.

Mission

A quieter kind of screen time.

Static Drift brings procedural ambient visuals to the television without relying on looping video. The current application combines a native C++ renderer with Android TV controls, optional built-in sound, and local playback settings. Development is focused on sustained visual quality and a quiet, remote-friendly experience. Static Drift remains in development: visual and audio review, physical-TV testing, and release preparation are still ahead of public availability.

Ambient, not passive video

The native engine generates visual motion during playback rather than repeating a movie. Visual quality and sustained playback are the current development focus.

Built for a remote

Playback controls support D-pad navigation, scene selection, brightness, sound, and volume. Settings persist locally, and the visuals can run without audio.

In development

Static Drift is not a store release. Physical-TV behavior and the final visual and audio experience still need review. No release date, universal performance target, or HDR support is being promised.

Project status

Active Development

The product is under active development. Public release timing has not been announced.

Current focus

In progress.

  1. Procedural world quality and long-duration playback

  2. Remote-control usability and optional ambient sound

  3. Physical-TV validation and owner review

Features

Inside the current build.

  • Procedural ambient worlds generated during playback

  • Optional built-in sound, including silence

  • Remote-friendly playback controls

  • Locally saved scene, brightness, sound, and volume settings

Engineering

Technical profile.

A C++20 rendering core produces procedural visuals through OpenGL and GLSL. The Android TV application connects Kotlin controls to the native engine through JNI. A Windows host supports development and review; it is not an announced consumer platform.

Languages
C++20 · Kotlin
Renderer / Graphics
OpenGL · GLSL
Storage
Local playback preferences
Platforms
Android TV
Interfaces / Runtime
JNI

Gallery

Three worlds captured from the September 2026 Windows development renderer for the Android TV app.

Static Drift Prismatic Bloom: a folded glass-like form with silver and warm reflections against black.

Prismatic Bloom. Reflected light across a folding procedural form.

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Static Drift Luminous Energy Current: fine pale and copper filaments flowing across a dark field.

Luminous Energy Current. Fine light traces flowing through a dark field.

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Static Drift Aurora Veil: layered curtains of silver and warm light on a black background.

Aurora Veil. Layered curtains of light with a slowly changing silhouette.

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