temporal pixels — the physical world unfolding over time as particle. the native format for recordings, experiments, lectures, and any knowledge that requires a sequence of frames
source format: WebM, MP4 — any video container with hardware-decodable codec
rendering
video file → hardware decode (GPU/NPU) → frame texture per block → temporal sampler → fragment shader
hardware decoding offloads the codec to dedicated silicon. the decoded frame uploads as a GPU texture per displayed block. playback, seek, and scrub operate at native speed. the robot plays a 4K video on the same pipeline as a 360p recording — hardware handles the resolution, the pipeline handles the display
in the cybergraph
video is the highest-bandwidth truth in the graph. the lecture, the experiment, the species behavior, the physical process — some knowledge only exists as sequence. when video becomes a particle, every frame is potentially a cyberlink target
types of video particles: scientific experiment recordings, species behavior observations, surgical procedures, lecture recordings, protein folding simulations, astronomical events (supernova, pulsar), physical phenomena (fluid dynamics, crystallization), historical events, sensor array recordings, drone surveys, clinical trial documentation, machine behavior in testing
a video particle is timestamped evidence at its highest resolution. the observation that no verbal description can replace
properties
- seekable by block height — video particles in the cybergraph can be linked with timestamp offsets. a cyberlink can reference a specific moment: "this claim begins at 4:32 in this particle"
- chapter-linkable — the cybergraph treats video chapters as addressable sub-particles, enabling section-level citation of long recordings
- transcript-paired — a video particle commonly has a text particle paired by cyberlink containing its transcript. the robot renders both together: synchronized text and video
- the most expensive particle — video particles are large. karma earned by valuable video particles is proportionally significant. the incentive structure favors high-signal recordings over low-signal ones
relation to other languages
video is pixels made temporal. pixels is the individual frame; video is the sequence. sound is often the acoustic component of the same event — a video particle and a sound particle may link to the same underlying event. text annotates what video shows
see pixels for single-frame content. see sound for acoustic knowledge. see component for interactive video players with synchronized annotation
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