Vivid Walls has an aurora wallpaper. Image credit: v2oskWallpaper Engine lets people create animated desktop backgrounds, including scenes that respond to music or the mouse pointer. Users share their creations through Steam Workshop, Steam’s service for distributing user-created content.
Developer James Goodnight says Vivid Walls is designed to render those scene files directly on a Mac using its own graphics engine. The app isn’t affiliated with Wallpaper Engine, and Goodnight says it doesn’t require Windows to display imported scenes.
Our hands-on testing covered Vivid Walls’ bundled videos, playback controls, library features, and importing a 4K video wallpaper through its Wallpaper Engine importer. We didn’t test interactive scene files, so these results don’t establish how accurately the app reproduces their effects or behavior.