diff --git a/ui/studio/src/components/MatrixScene.tsx b/ui/studio/src/components/MatrixScene.tsx
index 6d94d69..9528d84 100644
--- a/ui/studio/src/components/MatrixScene.tsx
+++ b/ui/studio/src/components/MatrixScene.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ import * as THREE from 'three';
 import { AlphaRig } from './AlphaRig';
 import { TelemetryMonitor } from './TelemetryMonitor';
 import { useIntentPulse } from '../lib/useIntentPulse';
+import { computeParallaxTarget, damp } from '../lib/parallax';
 import { RotaryDial } from './RotaryDial';
 
+const PARALLAX_INTENSITY = 1.5; // tune lower (e.g. 0.6) for a subtler parallax
+const PARALLAX_LAMBDA = 3;
+const DIAL_Z = -5;
+
 export function MatrixScene() {
   const coreRef = useRef<THREE.Group>(null);
   const pulse = useIntentPulse();
@@ -26,12 +31,17 @@ export function MatrixScene() {
     if (coreRef.current) {
       coreRef.current.scale.setScalar(1 + kick.current * 0.4);
     }
+    // Mouse-driven camera parallax (state.pointer is normalized -1..1).
+    const target = computeParallaxTarget(state.pointer, PARALLAX_INTENSITY);
+    state.camera.position.x = damp(state.camera.position.x, target.x, PARALLAX_LAMBDA, delta);
+    state.camera.position.y = damp(state.camera.position.y, target.y, PARALLAX_LAMBDA, delta);
+    state.camera.lookAt(0, 0, DIAL_Z);
   });
 
   return (
     <group>
       {/* The Central Rotary Slider Dial (instanced, O(1)) */}
-      <group ref={coreRef} position={[0, 0, -5]}>
+      <group ref={coreRef} position={[0, 0, DIAL_Z]}>
         <RotaryDial />
       </group>
 
diff --git a/ui/studio/src/lib/__tests__/parallax.test.ts b/ui/studio/src/lib/__tests__/parallax.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351661d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/studio/src/lib/__tests__/parallax.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { computeParallaxTarget, damp } from '../parallax';
+
+describe('computeParallaxTarget', () => {
+  it('scales normalized pointer by intensity', () => {
+    expect(computeParallaxTarget({ x: 1, y: -1 }, 2)).toEqual({ x: 2, y: -2 });
+    expect(computeParallaxTarget({ x: 0, y: 0 }, 5)).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('damp', () => {
+  it('returns the current value when dt is 0', () => {
+    expect(damp(3, 10, 5, 0)).toBeCloseTo(3, 6);
+  });
+
+  it('moves toward the target and never overshoots for positive lambda/dt', () => {
+    const next = damp(0, 10, 5, 0.016);
+    expect(next).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(next).toBeLessThan(10);
+  });
+
+  it('approaches the target as dt grows large', () => {
+    expect(damp(0, 10, 5, 100)).toBeCloseTo(10, 5);
+  });
+
+  it('does not overshoot a negative target', () => {
+    expect(damp(0, -10, 5, 100)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(-10);
+    const step = damp(0, -10, 5, 0.016);
+    expect(step).toBeLessThan(0);
+    expect(step).toBeGreaterThan(-10);
+  });
+
+  it('is frame-rate independent (one dt step == two dt/2 steps)', () => {
+    const oneBig = damp(0, 10, 5, 1 / 30);
+    const twoSmall = damp(damp(0, 10, 5, 1 / 60), 10, 5, 1 / 60);
+    expect(twoSmall).toBeCloseTo(oneBig, 6);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/studio/src/lib/parallax.ts b/ui/studio/src/lib/parallax.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b40e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/studio/src/lib/parallax.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Pure parallax helpers. Frame-rate-independent exponential damping so motion is
+// identical at 30 or 144 fps. No three/react imports -> testable in plain node.
+export interface Vec2 {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+}
+
+export function computeParallaxTarget(pointer: Vec2, intensity: number): Vec2 {
+  return { x: pointer.x * intensity, y: pointer.y * intensity };
+}
+
+export function damp(current: number, target: number, lambda: number, dt: number): number {
+  return current + (target - current) * (1 - Math.exp(-lambda * dt));
+}