simulate a “scan” light that will reveal words in a box, this is my code by now:

const e = document.getElementsByClassName('scan')[0];
document.onmousemove = function(event){
  e.style.left = `${event.clientX}px`;
};

*{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

html, body{
    width: 100%;
    min-height: 100vh;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    
    display: flex;
}

.banner{
    width: 100vw;
    height: 100vh;

    display: flex;
    flex-grow: 1;
    flex-direction: row;
    align-items: center;
    background-color: #031321;
}

.banner .scan{
    width: 7px;
    height: 80%;
    
    position: absolute;
    left: 30px;
    z-index: 3;

    transition: left 50ms ease-out 0s;
    
    border-radius: 15px;
    background-color: #fff;
    box-shadow:
        0 0 15px 5px #fff,  /* inner white */
        0 0 35px 15px #008cff, /* inner blue */
        0 0 350px 20px #0ff; /* outer cyan */
}

.banner .description{
    width: 100%;
    color: white;
    font-size: 3em;
    text-align: center;

    -webkit-user-select: none;
    -ms-user-select: none;
    user-select: none;
}

<div class="banner">
    <div class="scan"></div>
    <div class="description">
        Just trying something
    </div>
</div>

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