diff --git a/src/components/student-space/EngineHost.tsx b/src/components/student-space/EngineHost.tsx
index 90da055..3cae451 100644
--- a/src/components/student-space/EngineHost.tsx
+++ b/src/components/student-space/EngineHost.tsx
@@ -51,11 +51,17 @@ export function EngineHost({
   children,
   showOnboardingFlow = true,
   hideCompanion = false,
+  landingShowcase = false,
 }: {
   className?: string
   children?: ReactNode
   showOnboardingFlow?: boolean
   hideCompanion?: boolean
+  // When true, populate the island (all flowers, the tree, butterflies)
+  // so signed-out visitors see a mature island instead of the sparse
+  // one. Reverts on cleanup so a sign-in transition lands cleanly on
+  // the empty onboarding stage.
+  landingShowcase?: boolean
 }) {
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
   const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null)
@@ -156,6 +162,38 @@ export function EngineHost({
     view?.fruits?.hideAll?.()
   }, [game])
 
+  // Landing-page showcase: when a signed-out visitor is on /onboarding the
+  // engine renders behind the login surface. Surface every flower, the
+  // tree, and the full butterfly count so the preview reads as "what a
+  // mature island looks like" rather than the sparse onboarding start
+  // state. Cleanup re-hides them so a sign-in transition drops cleanly
+  // onto the empty onboarding stage.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!game || !landingShowcase) return
+    const view = (
+      game as unknown as {
+        view?: {
+          flowers?: { showAll?: () => void; hideAll?: () => void }
+          tree?: { showAll?: () => void; hideAll?: () => void }
+          butterflies?: {
+            showAll?: () => void
+            hideAll?: () => void
+            showCount?: (n: number) => void
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    ).view
+    if (!view) return
+    view.flowers?.showAll?.()
+    view.tree?.showAll?.()
+    view.butterflies?.showAll?.()
+    return () => {
+      view.flowers?.hideAll?.()
+      view.tree?.hideAll?.()
+      view.butterflies?.hideAll?.()
+    }
+  }, [game, landingShowcase])
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const container = containerRef.current
     if (!container) return
diff --git a/src/lib/student-space/camera-tuner.ts b/src/lib/student-space/camera-tuner.ts
index c401c31..7f2c7b3 100644
--- a/src/lib/student-space/camera-tuner.ts
+++ b/src/lib/student-space/camera-tuner.ts
@@ -131,9 +131,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_PRESETS: Readonly<PresetMap> = Object.freeze({
     durationMs: 800,
   },
   'login-orbit': {
-    azimuthDegPerSec: 1,
-    distance: 33.9,
-    pitchDeg: 35,
+    // Slow, cinematic arc — ~3°/s reads as ambient sweep without the
+    // dizziness a faster rotation would introduce; the populated island
+    // gets to show off over the dwell time on the login surface.
+    azimuthDegPerSec: 3,
+    distance: 32,
+    pitchDeg: 28,
   },
 })
 
diff --git a/src/routes/_app.tsx b/src/routes/_app.tsx
index ed7632e..61b20bd 100644
--- a/src/routes/_app.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/_app.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { createFileRoute, Outlet, redirect, useLocation } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { EngineHost } from '~/components/student-space/EngineHost'
 import { EdupassLogin } from '~/components/student-space/onboarding/EdupassLogin'
+import { useEngine } from '~/lib/student-space/use-engine'
 import { loadAuthMenu } from '~/server/auth-menu.functions'
 import type { AuthMenuState } from '~/server/auth-menu.handler.server'
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ function AppLayout() {
 
   if (isOnboardingPath(location.pathname) && authMenu?.status !== 'signed-in') {
     return (
-      <EngineHost showOnboardingFlow={false} hideCompanion>
+      <EngineHost showOnboardingFlow={false} hideCompanion landingShowcase>
         <SignedOutOnboarding />
       </EngineHost>
     )
@@ -73,9 +75,26 @@ export function isOnboardingPath(pathname: string) {
 }
 
 function SignedOutOnboarding() {
+  const game = useEngine()
+  // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: engine view bag is untyped.
+  const camera = (game as any)?.view?.camera ?? null
+  const reducedMotion = useReducedMotion()
   return (
     <main aria-label="Sign in" className="fixed inset-0 z-50 block overflow-hidden">
-      <EdupassLogin reducedMotion camera={null} />
+      <EdupassLogin reducedMotion={reducedMotion} camera={camera} />
     </main>
   )
 }
+
+function useReducedMotion() {
+  const [reduced, setReduced] = useState(false)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (typeof window === 'undefined' || !window.matchMedia) return
+    const mq = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)')
+    setReduced(mq.matches)
+    const handler = (e: MediaQueryListEvent) => setReduced(e.matches)
+    mq.addEventListener('change', handler)
+    return () => mq.removeEventListener('change', handler)
+  }, [])
+  return reduced
+}