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Major additions from Silvester 2025 and New Year 2026 sessions: Concept Token Pairs (architecture/future/concept-token-pairs.md): - Theoretical paper on navigable reasoning spaces - Opposites create axes, not just mode switches - "Punkt vor Strich" for AI reasoning - Escape velocity from degeneration loops - NEW: Spatial Grounding section linking to physical nimmerhovel Architecture updates: - Endgame-Vision.md: v6.2 alignment - Big-Picture.md: v5.2 alignment - Modular-Organism-Design.md: conical interlocking mechanism New files: - SEEDS.md: Research seeds for future exploration - Temporal-Firework-Visualization.md: Temporal data viz concept Key insight from 2026-01-01 session: "Don't train the answer. Train the space where answers live." → "Don't imagine the space. MEASURE it." Spatial embeddings from nimmerhovel hardware (8× ESP32-S3 AI CAM, Pi HQ Camera, Discovery Scan Station) can ground concept pairs in physical reality, not just symbolic patterns. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Temporal Firework Visualization
Origin: Silvester 2025 - Watching fireworks over Basel Insight: Message flow as descending light strains, time as scrubber
The Vision
Watching New Year's fireworks, a visualization metaphor emerged:
Each firework strain = a topic channel flowing with the heartbeat
- Sparks descending = individual messages
- Nodes = committed events (decisions, state changes)
- Branching = interaction spawns new attention focus
- Fading = inactivity → branch dissolves back to root
- Root never stops = heartbeat is eternal
Visual Language
╭─ interaction branch
│ ├─ spark (message)
│ ├─ spark (message)
│ ├─ NODE ← committed event
│ │ ╰─ response branch
│ │ ├─ spark spark spark
│ │ ╰─ NODE ← response complete
│ ╰─ (fades after timeout)
════════════════╪═══════════════════════════════════════
│ root heartbeat
╭──────────┴──────────╮ (always flowing)
│ │
nimmerverse.low.* nimmerverse.high.*
Elements:
- Strain: Vertical flow of messages on a topic, pulsing with heartbeat
- Spark: Single message, ephemeral light point
- Node: Significant event - larger, brighter, persists
- Branch: New topic/subscription spawning from interaction
- Fade: Branch dissolving when attention moves elsewhere
- Root: The eternal heartbeat flow, never stops
Time Axis: The Scrubber
Add horizontal time axis → the visualization becomes navigable history.
TIME AXIS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━►
│ │ │ │ NOW
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ │
╰─NODE ╰─NODE─branch ╰─NODE───────────────╯ ▼
╲ ╲ ╲fade LIVE
╲ ╲ ╲ VIEW
══════╪═════════╪════╪══════════════════════════════════╪══
◄──── SCRUB ────►
Capabilities:
- Live view: Watch messages flow in real-time
- Scrub: Drag timeline to any past moment
- Jump to node: Click a node to see its full metadata
- Follow branch: Trace an interaction's cascade
- Query: "Show me all corvid events on Flachdach, December 2025"
Node Inspection
Clicking a node reveals its full context:
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Timestamp: 2026-03-15T14:23:17Z │
│ S2 Cell: 847629... (Flachdach, level 24, ~0.5m²) │
│ Topic: nimmerverse.high.event.real.cell.corvid_cam │
│ Event: magpie_nut_drop │
│ │
│ Metadata: │
│ object_refs: [magpie_01, nussbaum_01, nut_042] │
│ action: nut_drop_to_crack │
│ bussard_present: false │
│ weather: overcast │
│ confidence: 0.94 │
│ │
│ Temporal Context: │
│ preceding: [nut_pickup, flight_to_roof, bussard_check] │
│ subsequent: [shell_crack, eat, raven_approach] │
│ │
│ [◄◄] [◄] [▶] [►►] [Jump to related] [View in 3D space] │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Integration Points
| Component | Role |
|---|---|
| S2 Cell ID | Spatial position of the event |
| Timestamp | Temporal position on scrubber |
| correlation_id | Links related events across branches |
| object_refs | Enables "show me all events for this object" |
| Phoebe | Stores queryable event history |
| Godot Command Center | Renders the visualization |
Lineage
This document evolves the Temporal Graph concept from Command-Center.md:
| Command-Center (Dec 10) | Firework Visualization (Dec 31) |
|---|---|
° = Tier 1 node |
NODE = committed event |
°° = Branch |
Branch spawning on interaction |
| Vertical = time | Time axis with scrubber |
| "Replay mode" (future) | Full scrubber + node inspection + S2 spatial |
The firework metaphor adds:
- Visual language inspired by actual fireworks (Silvester)
- Time scrubber for navigating history
- S2 spatial integration for location-aware queries
- Rich node inspection with metadata
- Branch fade-out on inactivity
Implementation Notes
Godot rendering approach:
- Particle systems for spark trails
- Line2D/Line3D for strains with glow shader
- AnimationPlayer for branch fade-outs
- Time scrubber as UI slider controlling query window
- WebSocket/NATS connection for live updates
Query patterns:
-- All events in time window
SELECT * FROM events
WHERE timestamp BETWEEN :start AND :end
ORDER BY timestamp;
-- Events at specific location over time
SELECT * FROM events
WHERE s2_cell BETWEEN :cell_range_start AND :cell_range_end
ORDER BY timestamp;
-- Follow a correlation chain
SELECT * FROM events
WHERE correlation_id = :id
ORDER BY timestamp;
Philosophy
"This is git for perception."
Git lets you rewind code to any commit. This lets you rewind experience to any moment. Not just logs - visual replay of embodied AI consciousness.
When Young Nyx makes a decision, we can scrub back and watch:
- What did she see?
- What messages reached her?
- What branches spawned and faded?
- Why did this node trigger that response?
Debugging through observation, not just reading.
Filed: 2025-12-31 (Silvester) Origin: Fireworks over Basel, Dreiländereck Authors: dafit (vision), Nyx (capture) Tags: #visualization #temporal #command-center #godot #debugging
🎆 "Every spark a message, every node a decision, every branch an interaction. The heartbeat flows eternal."