Thank you for this great effort. It looks really interesting.
I'm not sure if the favicon is legible enough, I do like how unique it is.
The UI having transparent bars that run the full width but obscure the view feels excessive. It might make more sense to either not use the full view for the image, or not block the full width. This link doesn't work now but I hope to fix it to work is an example for content with this problem. https://www.redditp.com/r/me_irl/comments/elehnu/me_irl/
I'll try and go into a more in-depth review in the future.
Thank you for this great effort. It looks really interesting.