I hated that. I didn't find it cool, just weird and distracting.

There's a "quiet mode" switch at the upper right to turn that off. At first, I thought it was something that led to more info, but apparently not.

The author seems to have smashed the "AI" and "metaverse" concepts together to create - what?

I used the F12 debugger to find the websocket, and then I blocked the cursorparty domain.

...and now the site is down. Hope the cursors were worth it!