ACTIC

PLAYGROUND / 04

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[ ONIGIRI SWING / SENSOR STUDY ]

ONIGIRI
SWING

SENSE / WAIT / COMMIT / ACT

SEQUENCEREADY

SENSORSTANDBY

BULL UNITIDLE

PLAYER INPUT 1 ADJUSTMENT 0 HIT / 0 STREAK
RANGE
TRUST
PREDICT

PHASE 06 / SESSION RESOLUTION

TUNE THE SENSOR.
LIVE WITH THE SWING. ONE ADJUSTMENT PER ROUND / 8 PITCH SESSION

OWL READY // PRESS SPACE OR CLICK

01 DETECT02 TRACK03 COMMIT04 CONTACT

HOW IT WORKS / SYSTEM LOGIC

PERCEPTION
BECOMES ACTION.

Onigiri Swing is a playful exploration of machine perception and commitment. You do not swing directly — you tune how the Bull senses, trusts and predicts incoming signals.

  1. 01SIGNAL
  2. 02DETECT
  3. 03TRACK
  4. 04PREDICT
  5. 05COMMIT
  6. 06ACT
01 / SENSING FIELD

RANGE

How early does the Bull start sensing?

EARLIER DETECTIONMORE FALSE POSITIVES
02 / EVIDENCE

TRUST

How much evidence is needed before committing?

HIGHER CERTAINTYLATER ACTION
03 / TRAJECTORY

PREDICT

How strongly does the Bull act on future trajectory?

STRONGER PREDICTIONUNEXPECTED CHANGE
EMBODIED SYSTEM NOTE

The game abstracts a common problem in embodied systems: perception is continuous, but physical action eventually requires commitment.

03 / ITERATION

VISUAL
RESEARCH TRAIL.

Six short studies trace how the project moved from a mechanical toy toward a system about uncertainty, configuration and commitment.

01 / 0600:06 / LOOP
PHASE 01

CORE LOOP

Testing whether sensing, delay, commitment and contact form a readable mechanical loop.

02 / 0600:11 / LOOP
PHASE 02

SENSOR READABILITY

Making detection, tracking and commitment perceptible through motion and feedback.

03 / 0600:09 / LOOP
PHASE 03

UNCERTAINTY

Introducing curves, occlusion and false signals to stress the Bull’s sensing logic.

04 / 0600:10 / LOOP
PHASE 04

VISUAL SYSTEM

Unifying characters, sensor states and environment through ACTIC color, typography and motion.

05 / 0600:09 / LOOP
PHASE 05

PLAYER TUNING

Shifting control from direct action toward configuring the conditions of machine decision.

06 / 0600:12 / LOOP
PHASE 06

RESOLUTION

Translating eight sensing decisions into an interpretive system-behavior profile.