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Geiger

A skin for Video.js v10 · Inspired by Fallout’s Pip-Boy

The world ended. The show didn’t.

Inspired by the Pip-Boy from Fallout, Geiger turns the player into a survivor’s wrist terminal: a green-phosphor screen that boots up when you press play, holotapes for chapters, and amber hardware keys beside a rad gauge that reads the volume.

Try it: press the glowing PLAY key, spin the TUNING knob, then turn VOLUME and watch the rad needle.

Log Field notes

  1. 01

    The device is the player

    A rugged wrist terminal: a green CRT in rusted gunmetal, a ribbed grip, two knobs, an amber key plate and a rad gauge. Every part of the hardware is a working control.

  2. 02

    It boots

    The poster says “Welcome back, Survivor.” Press play and the tube powers on from a single bright line, runs its self-check, and hands over to the picture, with a little power-up chirp.

  3. 03

    Holotapes are chapters

    Pause and the chapters slide in as a holotape list, the current one lit up. Pick one to wind there and play. The header always names the chapter you’re in.

  4. 04

    Vitals you can use

    VOL’s bar is the volume slider. SPD steps the speed. SIG shows how much tape is buffered ahead. A heartbeat runs while the tape plays and flatlines when you pause.

  5. 05

    Turn the knobs

    Drag, scroll or arrow-key the VOLUME knob, and spin the TUNING dial to wind the tape. The side plate lights a marker beside what’s on, PREV and NEXT skip chapters, and the rad gauge reads the volume.

  6. 06

    It talks back

    The status line keeps you company: “All quiet out there.” “Take a breather, Survivor.” Seeking crackles like a Geiger counter, and the end of the tape reads “Signal lost.”

Protocol Made for everyone

  • Every control is reachable by keyboard, in visual order, with a visible amber focus ring.
  • Dark, near-opaque panels keep the glowing text legible over any footage.
  • The holotapes are real buttons in a labelled list, with the current chapter announced.
  • Layouts adapt from wide screens down to 340px phones; touch keys grow on coarse pointers.
  • Reduced motion skips the boot, the heartbeat, the breathing key and the trembling needle.
  • Sounds are synthesised, quiet, and silent whenever the player is muted.

Manual Keyboard

Space K
Play / pause
← →
Seek
↑ ↓
Volume
M
Mute
F
Fullscreen
C
Captions
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