This is a clone of the Idlewild Boat Race screen saver implemented in Javascript.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Entertainment_Pack
You can see this guy in action here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13398746/boat_race_receiver.html
This guy also runs on Chromecast now! The easiest way to make this happen is to update the app id and setup your own Chrome Sender: