LiveSky

The product · In development

A living view.
A closer look.

A quiet presence for your space, with the movement of nearby aircraft at its heart. LiveSky is exploring what an aviation display can feel like when curiosity comes first.

Inside the prototype
An illustrated LiveSky circular displayWarm ivory aircraft over a dark, north-up map with fine range rings. This design study uses synthetic flight data, not a live feed or product photograph.NESW50 NM25 NMGREENVILLEKGSPSKY 01835,000 FTSKY 04212,500 FTSKY 0066,500 FTLIVESKYSYNTHETIC TRAFFIC
01 / The idea, in viewDesign study · Synthetic traffic · Not a product photograph

The current software

An invitation
to look closer.

The prototype brings together a circular view, aircraft information, and touch exploration. These interactions are implemented in the shared display software; physical-board validation is still ongoing.

01 / Discover

A little more than a dot

Tap an aircraft, even an unlabelled one, to open its information card. Available details include callsign, registration, aircraft type, ground speed, barometric altitude, ground track, and position age.

Missing values stay unknown. Unavailable routes are omitted. Close the card or tap outside it to return to the same view.

02 / Explore

Follow your curiosity

Pinch from 1× to 3×, then drag to explore within the covered area. The view stays north-up, with aircraft and the available map moving together.

Recenter returns to the configured home without changing the zoom. At 1×, the full view is centered and there is no room to pan.

03 / Understand

Keep the gaps visible

Waiting, live, delayed, and offline states make data freshness visible. Individual positions have their own age, and old positions fade before disappearing.

Short, bounded position estimates are visibly distinguished from recorded observations. Fictional traffic never replaces a failed live feed.

Actual LiveSky SDL/LVGL display capture of the Greenville map, with TEST aircraft and an explicit FIXTURE label
02 / The current rendererActual SDL/LVGL capture · Synthetic fixture traffic · Not a product photograph

A place to begin

One local map.
A wider horizon.

The bundled map starts in Greenville, South Carolina, with regional airport and heliport markers. It is a generalized, offline map for exploring the view.

A custom home location can be set in the prototype configuration. It shows traffic around that home, without the Greenville basemap or airport overlay. Worldwide map coverage is not part of the current prototype.

From here, forward

Taking shape.
Still in progress.

The ambition is a thoughtful, ambient object for everyday spaces. The current work is a software and hardware prototype built for a 720 × 720 circular touchscreen, with the same LVGL renderer in its desktop preview.

The finished enclosure, final specifications, price, and availability have not been announced. LiveSky is not currently available to buy.

Prototype specifications A few more answers