A small browser experience — about 1 minute long — inspired by serial experiments lain.
Live: https://the-wired-world.netlify.app
A CRT boots up. Your location becomes "HERE / THERE / SOMEWHERE." You see how many souls are connected to the Wired right now. It ends with: "You are not alone. You are part of the Wired."
No buttons. No sign-up. Just a small moment.
git clone https://github.com/THE-WIRED-WORLD/the-wired.git
cd the-wired
npm install
npm run devOpen http://localhost:5173 in your browser.
To build for production:
npm run build
npm run previewEverything works out of the box without any configuration.
If you want a real-time souls counter, you can connect Supabase Presence. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in:
VITE_SUPABASE_URL=https://your-project.supabase.co
VITE_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=your-anon-key
A free Supabase project at supabase.com is enough. No database tables or functions are required — only the built-in Presence channel.
IP-based geolocation uses the public ipapi.co endpoint with no API key.
- React 19 + Vite 8
- Tailwind CSS 4
- Supabase Realtime (Presence) — optional
- ipapi.co — IP geolocation
No routing library, no state management library. ~10 source files. The size matches the intent.
- serial experiments lain (1998) — Chiaki J. Konaka, Yoshitoshi ABe, Ryutaro Nakamura
- The art book an omnipresence in wired (1999)
- A line from Layer:01 Weird that drove the design:
Be aware that you are connected. Be yourself, be continued.
— Chiaki J. Konaka
MIT. See LICENSE.
This project is a fan tribute. serial experiments lain, its characters, and the art book an omnipresence in wired are the property of their respective copyright holders. No affiliation.