What the particle screensaver is
The dots are almost incidental — the network of lines between them is what makes this look alive. Their opacity falls off smoothly with distance, so connections appear and dissolve rather than blinking, which is the difference between this and the version that ships on half the landing pages on the internet.
Particles bounce off the edges instead of wrapping, so nothing ever jumps discontinuously across the frame.
- A clean, abstract background for a stream or a presentation
- A modern idle screen for an office display or reception monitor
- A calm second-monitor background that is not distracting
Connected particle network, fullscreen
Particle count and reach interact: more particles means more lines, and past about a hundred and fifty on a large display it becomes a mesh rather than a constellation. Ninety is the default for that reason.
The colour applies to both the dots and the lines, so a single hex value re-skins the whole effect to match a brand or a set.
How to run the particle screensaver full screen
Press the fullscreen button on the player, or the F key. Escape brings you back to the page. On a desktop browser F11 does the same job and hides the browser’s own toolbars as well, which is what you want on a display that is going to be left running.
Everything you change in the settings is written into the address bar as you change it, so the version you have set up is a link. Bookmark it, or send it to whoever is running the screen. Space pauses and resumes at any time.