Holoscape — live 3D worlds on your Windows desktop
Turn your screen into a window to another world.
Holoscape replaces your Windows desktop wallpaper with a live 3D scene. Your webcam tracks your head to create natural parallax and real depth that moves with you.
Your screen
becomes a portal
The creative spark came from the impossible-camera feeling of the Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol vault sequence: a familiar frame that becomes uncanny when perspective starts to move. Holoscape is an independent desktop experiment, not affiliated with the film.
Holoscape turns your desktop into a real 3D environment.
When you move your head, the perspective shifts naturally.
It feels like looking through a window into another world.
What you get
Features
Real 3D scenes
Not a moving image or a parallax trick. Holoscape renders actual 3D geometry in real time.
Head-tracked camera
The camera inside the scene mirrors your head movement, giving you the sensation of looking through a real window.
Artist-made worlds
Future versions will allow creators to design, publish, and sell their own environments.
Gallery
Inside the app
Multiple worlds to choose from. Works out of the box, customizable if you want.
Pick your world.
More dropping regularly.
- Forest, planets and tavern available at launch
- Switch wallpaper in one click from the library
- Community marketplace coming soon
It just works.
Tweak it if you want.
- Adjust head-tracking sensitivity to your setup
- Choose which monitor displays the wallpaper
- Control depth intensity and field of view
- Launch at startup, runs silently in the tray
Pricing
Simple, one-time price
No subscription. No recurring fees.
- Windows desktop app
- Permanent license
- All future updates included
- Early supporter access
Under the hood
How it works
Head tracking
Your webcam detects the position of your head in real time, locally, without storing or sharing any data.
Camera movement
The virtual camera inside the 3D scene shifts in response — matching the exact direction and distance of your head movement.
Depth illusion
As the perspective changes, your brain interprets the scene as having real depth.
Performance
Runs quietly in the background
Auto-pause is now available, tracking stops when your desktop is no longer visible.
*Based on early internal tests on a laptop.
Privacy
Your webcam stays private
Head tracking runs entirely on your computer. Nothing ever leaves your machine.
No video or images are ever stored or sent to a server.
The webcam feed is processed in memory and discarded instantly.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes, it estimates your head position in real time. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere, all processing happens locally. Auto-pause is now live, so tracking stops automatically when the desktop isn't visible.
The perspective can only be correct for one viewpoint at a time, so multiple people in frame will likely make it unstable. It's a fundamental constraint of the illusion.
Yes, only one app can use the webcam at a time. Webcam priority is coming soon and will release the camera automatically when another application needs it.
Yes. Holoscape renders real 3D environments — not a video or a parallax image. The scene is rendered in real time based on your head position.
The first beta targets Windows desktop.
Join the waitlist to get access to the first beta when it's ready.
Social proof
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Real threads where people showed up with feedback, reactions, and enthusiasm.