Soumya
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Where I'm learning to <build>

Side projects I tinker with, small experiments, and whatever I'm teaching myself this month.

  • Arduino
  • Processing

A Monet that meets you halfway

An interactive museum piece built with an Arduino Uno and Processing. An ultrasonic sensor tracks how close you stand to the painting. Lean in and the screen zooms into the brushwork, step back and it pulls out to the full canvas.

  • Google AI Studio

AirDrum

A drum kit you play in thin air, built with Google AI Studio. The webcam tracks my hands, and each pad I strike on screen lights up and plays its sound.

  • Cinema 4D
  • Three.js

The Garden, in 3D

A fan site for Harry Styles' 30 night residency at Madison Square Garden, built around a 3D model of the arena I made in Cinema 4D. It flies you in from outside, then every section lights up and names itself as you hover, so fans can find exactly where they danced.

  • Expo
  • Claude Code

Wish you were here

A low effort way to keep in touch with long distance friends. Hold the shutter to keep a few seconds of wherever you are, give it a film look and a caption, then turn it over, write a note and post it like a postcard. Built with Expo and Claude Code.