react-native-motion-lab

A 14-day React Native motion challenge focused on expressive interactions, advanced transitions, and depth-heavy animation systems.

About

This repo is where I build animation-first UI experiments using Expo, React Native Reanimated, Gesture Handler, and WebGPU-backed visual effects.

Each prototype is designed to be:

• technically challenging
• visually polished
• reusable as a building block for future apps

Current demo

• GPU-powered flock simulation
• interactive disturbances via tap gestures
• shape formations (heart, star, moon, text)
• glass-style animated toolbar controls

Stack

• Expo
• React Native
• React Native Reanimated
• React Native Gesture Handler
• react-native-wgpu
• TypeScript

Run locally

yarn install
yarn ios

Or start the dev server with:

yarn start

Goal

Ship one meaningful motion experiment per day and level up animation engineering through deliberate practice.