cyb/prysm/atoms/specs/ion.md

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luminous point atom in prysm

the 0-dimensional substrate primitive. glass is area, saber is line, ion is point. a source of light and charge — the visual manifestation of energy in cyberspace. renders as a glowing dot whose luminosity is driven by emotion

protocol role

ion is a leaf in the element tree $\mathcal{T}$ (§7 of prysm/layout). leaf type: point. it has no sub-organelles. it occupies a square of side $2r$ centered on its position

geometry

three substrate primitives cover all dimensions:

atom dimension primitive
glass 2D area
saber 1D line
ion 0D point

sizing

all values in spatial quanta $g$

parameter sizing type values default
radius fix $g/2$, $g$, $2gMATH_PLACEHOLDER_43g$ $g$
color — emotion hex joy #00fe00
spread fix $0$, $gMATH_PLACEHOLDER_72gMATH_PLACEHOLDER_83g$ $g$
blur fix $0MATH_PLACEHOLDER_104MATH_PLACEHOLDER_118MATH_PLACEHOLDER_1212$ $8$

occupied size: $s = (2r, 2r)$

glow

the glow extends beyond the nominal $2r$ footprint. spread defines how far the light radiates outward. blur controls the softness of the falloff

ion [radius g, spread 2g, blur 8]
— point of light at center, corona extending 2g outward

color is always emotion-driven — ion has no fixed color. intensity reflects charge: high cyberank → full intensity, low → dim

states

state visual change trigger
default full intensity at emotion color —
dim opacity 30%, spread 0 inactive / low charge
pulse spread oscillates $g$ → $3gMATH_PLACEHOLDER_151.5\text{s}$ active process
off opacity 0 no charge

state transitions: $150\text{ms}$ ease

use in prysm

  • presence indicator: $r = g/2$ dot marking a neuron's position
  • notification: red ion at corner of avatar when unread state
  • energy particle: ions orbiting in prysm/graph 3D representation
  • active dot: beneath active tab in prysm/tabs as alternative to saber
  • charge indicator: brightness maps to cyberank of the particle

3D

in the 3D extension (§11 of prysm/layout):

  • ion renders as a point light source at its $p_z$
  • glow radiates in all directions (sphere, not billboard)
  • spread and blur map to light attenuation radius
  • ions in the cybergraph cluster around high-rank particles

ECS

  • Entity: ion organelle
  • Components:
    • Sizing { width: Fix(2r), height: Fix(2r) }
    • IonRadius { value } — in $g$
    • IonSpread { value } — glow radius beyond $r$
    • IonBlur { value } — softness
    • Emotion { color } — drives color and intensity
  • System: ion participates in OccupySystem as a leaf — returns $(2r, 2r)$

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