diff --git a/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/CamBooth.App.csproj b/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/CamBooth.App.csproj
index 9033bb4..f6204e9 100644
--- a/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/CamBooth.App.csproj
+++ b/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/CamBooth.App.csproj
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
       <Folder Include="Features\" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Compile Remove="artifacts\**\*.cs" />
+      <EmbeddedResource Remove="artifacts\**\*" />
+      <None Remove="artifacts\**\*" />
+      <Page Remove="artifacts\**\*.xaml" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
     <ItemGroup>
       <None Update="Core\AppSettings\app.settings.json">
         <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
diff --git a/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml b/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml
index 544cc64..b0f34ce 100644
--- a/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                x:Name="MainFrame"
                NavigationUIVisibility="Hidden"
                HorizontalAlignment="Center"
-               Background="LightBlue"
+               Background="Black"
                VerticalAlignment="Center"
                Panel.ZIndex="0" />
         
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@
             <liveView:TimerControlRectangleAnimation x:Name="TimerControlRectangleAnimation" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
         </StackPanel>
         <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Name="ButtonPanel" Background="Transparent"  Panel.ZIndex="2" 
+                    Visibility="Hidden"
                     Margin="0 0 0 0">
-            <ui:Button Content="Start" Click="NavToLiveView" Width="200" Height="75" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
-                       Margin="0 0 5 0" />
             <ui:Button Content="Hide Debug" Click="SetVisibilityDebugConsole" Width="200" Height="75"
                        VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0 0 5 0" />
             <!-- <ui:Button Content="Take Photo" Click="StartTakePhotoProcess" Width="200" Height="75" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" -->
@@ -75,9 +74,96 @@
             
             <ui:Button Content="Pictures" Click="SetVisibilityPicturePanel" Width="200" Height="75"
                        VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0 0 5 0" />
-            <ui:Button Content="Close" Appearance="Danger" Click="CloseApp" Width="200" Height="75" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0 0 5 0" />
+            <ui:Button x:Name="DebugCloseButton" Content="Close" Appearance="Danger" Click="CloseApp" Width="200" Height="75" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0 0 5 0" />
         </StackPanel>
 
+        <!-- Shutdown Slider (bottom-left) -->
+        <Grid Grid.Row="0"
+              x:Name="ShutdownDock"
+              HorizontalAlignment="Left"
+              VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
+              Margin="20"
+              Panel.ZIndex="3"
+              Visibility="Hidden">
+            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
+                <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
+            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+
+            <ui:Button Grid.Column="0"
+                       x:Name="ShutdownToggleButton"
+                       Content="&#xE7E8;"
+                       FontFamily="Segoe MDL2 Assets"
+                       FontSize="28"
+                       Width="64"
+                       Height="64"
+                       Appearance="Danger"
+                       Click="ToggleShutdownSlider" />
+
+            <Border Grid.Column="1"
+                    Width="160"
+                    Height="64"
+                    Margin="8 0 0 0"
+                    CornerRadius="10"
+                    Background="#44202020"
+                    ClipToBounds="True">
+                <Grid RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
+                    <Grid.RenderTransform>
+                        <TranslateTransform x:Name="ShutdownSliderTransform" X="160" />
+                    </Grid.RenderTransform>
+                    <ui:Button x:Name="ShutdownConfirmButton"
+                               Content="&#xE7E8;"
+                               FontFamily="Segoe MDL2 Assets"
+                               FontSize="24"
+                               Appearance="Danger"
+                               Width="160"
+                               Height="64"
+                               Click="ShutdownWindows" />
+                </Grid>
+            </Border>
+        </Grid>
+
+        <!-- Welcome Overlay -->
+        <Grid Grid.RowSpan="2"
+              x:Name="WelcomeOverlay"
+              Background="#CC000000"
+              Panel.ZIndex="10">
+            <Border Background="#E61A1A1A"
+                    BorderBrush="#66FFFFFF"
+                    BorderThickness="1"
+                    CornerRadius="20"
+                    Padding="48"
+                    MaxWidth="900"
+                    HorizontalAlignment="Center"
+                    VerticalAlignment="Center">
+                <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center">
+                    <TextBlock Text="Willkommen bei CamBooth!"
+                               Foreground="White"
+                               FontSize="56"
+                               FontWeight="Bold"
+                               TextAlignment="Center"
+                               Margin="0 0 0 20"/>
+                    <TextBlock Text="In wenigen Sekunden bist du bereit: Mit Start aktivierst du die Kamera und kannst direkt loslegen."
+                               Foreground="#FFE8E8E8"
+                               FontSize="28"
+                               TextAlignment="Center"
+                               TextWrapping="Wrap"
+                               Margin="0 0 0 16"/>
+                    <TextBlock Text="Viel Spaß mit der CamBooth!"
+                               Foreground="#FFFFD280"
+                               FontSize="34"
+                               FontWeight="SemiBold"
+                               TextAlignment="Center"
+                               Margin="0 0 0 36"/>
+                    <ui:Button Content="Start"
+                               Click="StartExperience"
+                               Width="240"
+                               Height="80"
+                               HorizontalAlignment="Center"/>
+                </StackPanel>
+            </Border>
+        </Grid>
+
         <!-- DebugFrame -->
         <Frame Grid.Row="1"
                x:Name="DebugFrame"
diff --git a/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index db0636d..31e2364 100644
--- a/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/CamBooth/CamBooth.App/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
 using System.Windows.Threading;
 
 using CamBooth.App.Core.AppSettings;
@@ -32,6 +34,16 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
 	private LiveViewPage? _liveViewPage;
 	
 	private bool _isPhotoProcessRunning;
+	
+	private bool _isCameraStarted;
+
+	private bool _isShutdownSliderOpen;
+
+	private const string ShutdownGlyphClosed = "\uE7E8";
+
+	private const string ShutdownGlyphOpen = "\uE711";
+
+	private const double ShutdownSliderOffset = 160;
 
 	private readonly DispatcherTimer _focusStatusAnimationTimer = new() { Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250) };
 
@@ -59,6 +71,11 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
 			this._focusStatusDots = (this._focusStatusDots + 1) % 4;
 			this.CaptureStatusText.Text = $"Scharfstellen{new string('.', this._focusStatusDots)}";
 		};
+#if DEBUG
+		this.DebugCloseButton.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+#else
+		this.DebugCloseButton.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+#endif
 		logger.Info($"config file loaded: '{appSettings.ConfigFileName}'");
 		logger.Info("MainWindow initialized");
 	}
@@ -107,10 +124,24 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
 	}
 
 
-	private void NavToLiveView(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+	private void StartExperience(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 	{
-		_liveViewPage = new LiveViewPage(this._logger, this._appSettings, this._cameraService);
-		MainFrame.Navigate(this._liveViewPage);
+		this.StartLiveViewIfNeeded();
+		this.WelcomeOverlay.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+		this.ButtonPanel.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+		this.ShutdownDock.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
+	}
+
+	private void StartLiveViewIfNeeded()
+	{
+		if (this._isCameraStarted)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
+		this._liveViewPage = new LiveViewPage(this._logger, this._appSettings, this._cameraService);
+		this.MainFrame.Navigate(this._liveViewPage);
+		this._isCameraStarted = true;
 	}
 
 
@@ -211,6 +242,44 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window
 		this.Close();
 	}
 
+	private void ShutdownWindows(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
+			{
+				FileName = "shutdown",
+				Arguments = "/s /t 0",
+				CreateNoWindow = true,
+				UseShellExecute = false
+			});
+		}
+		catch (Exception exception)
+		{
+			this._logger.Error(exception.Message);
+			System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("Windows konnte nicht heruntergefahren werden. Bitte erneut versuchen.");
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void ToggleShutdownSlider(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+	{
+		this._isShutdownSliderOpen = !this._isShutdownSliderOpen;
+		this.ShutdownToggleButton.Content = this._isShutdownSliderOpen ? ShutdownGlyphOpen : ShutdownGlyphClosed;
+		this.AnimateShutdownSlider(this._isShutdownSliderOpen);
+	}
+
+	private void AnimateShutdownSlider(bool open)
+	{
+		var animation = new DoubleAnimation
+		{
+			To = open ? 0 : ShutdownSliderOffset,
+			Duration = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250),
+			EasingFunction = new QuadraticEase()
+		};
+
+		this.ShutdownSliderTransform.BeginAnimation(System.Windows.Media.TranslateTransform.XProperty, animation);
+	}
+
 	private void StartFocusStatusAnimation()
 	{
 		this._focusStatusDots = 0;