I started getting ready to write a response saying, no, why the hell would you clip and make shapes in the DOM and not regular CSS, till I finished reading the

I started getting ready to write a response saying, no, why the hell would you clip and make shapes in the DOM and not regular CSS, till I finished reading the rest of your post. Great job on the animation, it really highlights how cool your augmentation system is. I have no doubt this will see a lot of use.