"Case's sensory input warped with their velocity. His mouth filled with an aching taste of blue. His eyes were eggs of unstable crystal, vibrating with a frequency whose name was rain and the sounds of trains, suddenly sprouting a humming forest of hair-fine spines."
Apple TV has a Neuromancer show on the way, so I was inspired to reread that excellent novel and experiment with visual art. In this scene, the narrator is describing the protagonist's experience in the Matrix. It sounds bizarre because that's the nature of cyberspace in the book
I hope they do a great job. The author used a specific writing technique that is difficult to replicate in video. So, we'll see how it goes.