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  "schema": "project-telos.research-seed/v1",
  "generated_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "tool": "telos.rendering.research",
  "purpose": "Receipt-backed rendering research seeds for Telos Studio, shared-scene UI, and model-visible measurement surfaces.",
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    {
      "seed_id": "seed-gaussian-splatting-webgpu",
      "operator_note": "Use Gaussian Splatting for Telos and UI/rendering elements where a captured or reconstructed scene should stay inspectable by a human and a model.",
      "normalized_concepts": [
        "3d-gaussian-splatting",
        "radiance-fields",
        "webgpu",
        "browser-rendering",
        "captured-scene-primitives",
        "measurable-visual-scenes",
        "telos-studio"
      ],
      "evidence_status": "MATCH",
      "source_receipts": [
        {
          "title": "3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering",
          "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.04079",
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          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
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        },
        {
          "title": "3D Gaussian Splatting official project page",
          "url": "https://repo-sam.inria.fr/fungraph/3d-gaussian-splatting/",
          "source_kind": "official-project",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
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        },
        {
          "title": "PlayCanvas SuperSplat editor repository",
          "url": "https://github.com/playcanvas/supersplat",
          "source_kind": "official-repository",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
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        },
        {
          "title": "WebSplatter: Gaussian Splatting for the Web",
          "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03207",
          "source_kind": "open-preprint",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
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        },
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          "title": "Geometry-Grounded Gaussian Splatting for Web-Based 3D Visualization",
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          "source_kind": "open-preprint",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
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          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/creativecoding/comments/1uhs4z4/interactive_music_cover_in_3d_guassian_splatting/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-social-demo",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Use only as a creative and interaction lead until replicated or sourced through a lawful project page, paper, repository, or artifact."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/GaussianSplatting/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-community-feed",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Treat as discovery surface, not performance or compatibility evidence."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/GaussianSplatting/comments/1uhevow/a_1000yearold_church_you_can_walk_through_in_your/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-social-demo",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Use as a field-signal for navigable capture experiences; do not promote claims without lawful source receipts."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/GaussianSplatting/comments/1ubnicz/360_drone_vs_standard_drone_for_gaussian_splatting/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-capture-discussion",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Capture-method advice needs separate tested datasets and lawful documentation before implementation decisions."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/GaussianSplatting/comments/1uh4frz/i_made_an_audioreactive_pointcloud_system/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-social-demo",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Use as interaction inspiration for audio-reactive overlays only after separate accessibility and performance gates."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/GaussianSplatting/comments/1tvptue/supersplat_moves_to_webgpu_for_huge_performance/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-product-discussion",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Resolve performance claims through SuperSplat, PlayCanvas, browser profiler traces, and repeatable local benchmarks."
        }
      ],
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim": "3D Gaussian Splatting is a real-time radiance-field rendering technique centered on optimized 3D Gaussian primitives.",
          "status": "MATCH",
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          ]
        },
        {
          "claim": "SuperSplat is an open-source PlayCanvas Gaussian splat editing/viewing surface that is relevant as a browser-native implementation reference.",
          "status": "MATCH",
          "source_receipt_ids": [
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          ]
        },
        {
          "claim": "Web-native Gaussian splatting remains an active 2026 research lane, including work on browser performance and web visualization constraints.",
          "status": "MATCH",
          "source_receipt_ids": [
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            "sha256:0f27238ad0ac6a67b4ff37d21d2133a1bf3d8f748eb54c08775015d40f0a56c0"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "claim_boundaries": [
        "A splat is a visual primitive, not a measurement certificate. Telos measurements, overlays, hashes, and action receipts remain separate records.",
        "Do not infer production performance, accessibility, or compatibility from social media demos.",
        "Captured-scene assets need license, consent, dataset, transform, and export receipts before entering enterprise workflows."
      ],
      "design_acceptance_gates": [
        {
          "gate": "pretty_but_operational",
          "criterion": "The rendering surface must feel like a scientific instrument: calm, inspectable, beautiful, and useful under repeated work."
        },
        {
          "gate": "a11y_fallback",
          "criterion": "Every splat or point-cloud view needs keyboard navigation, reduced-motion behavior, textual state, and a non-WebGPU fallback."
        },
        {
          "gate": "receipt_visible",
          "criterion": "Scene source, transforms, measurements, model observations, and verifier verdicts must be visible or exportable without raw private payloads."
        }
      ],
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        "gather.arxiv: ingest 2308.04079, 2602.03207, and 2601.17835 metadata before implementation work.",
        "index.context: map Telos render-nd, viable-viz, and studio surface seams before picking a WebGPU layer.",
        "crucible.assess: benchmark FPS, memory, deterministic replay, accessibility fallback, and screenshot stability before calling the renderer production-ready."
      ]
    },
    {
      "seed_id": "seed-clustered-forward-rendering",
      "operator_note": "Use clustered forward rendering for Telos/UI rendering elements where many lights, overlays, and measured scene annotations need disciplined visibility organization.",
      "normalized_concepts": [
        "clustered-forward-rendering",
        "clustered-shading",
        "many-lights",
        "visibility-culling",
        "webgpu",
        "render-backend",
        "measurement-overlays"
      ],
      "evidence_status": "MATCH",
      "source_receipts": [
        {
          "title": "Clustered Deferred and Forward Shading",
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          "source_kind": "open-publication-record",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:88df9920005119dda0876d67b563c57a7b90b5d238c1ada8ca187f2a5494e1a4"
        },
        {
          "title": "GPUWeb repository",
          "url": "https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb",
          "source_kind": "official-standards-repository",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:509ab5dbe623f69a02b9bb385c72ff10bf3af6d20b3f9b26bf330641a9279824"
        },
        {
          "title": "WGSL Candidate Recommendation Draft",
          "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/",
          "source_kind": "official-web-standard",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:a905e5aaef3c239f6e82b7da0ffc8d4d2f84ceb4d00416d36ecfc2a25da42c6f"
        }
      ],
      "source_leads": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/GraphicsProgramming/comments/1uhnvxc/what_is_forward_rendering_and_what_difference/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-community-discussion",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Use only as a question lead; rendering definitions must resolve through papers, specs, or implementation docs."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/GraphicsProgramming/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-community-feed",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Useful for current practitioner signals, not as a citation for Telos claims."
        }
      ],
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim": "Clustered deferred and forward shading partitions view space so lights can be assigned to spatial clusters instead of every fragment testing every light.",
          "status": "MATCH",
          "source_receipt_ids": [
            "sha256:88df9920005119dda0876d67b563c57a7b90b5d238c1ada8ca187f2a5494e1a4"
          ]
        },
        {
          "claim": "WebGPU/WGSL are the standards-facing browser graphics layer that Telos should evaluate for a portable clustered rendering backend.",
          "status": "MATCH",
          "source_receipt_ids": [
            "sha256:509ab5dbe623f69a02b9bb385c72ff10bf3af6d20b3f9b26bf330641a9279824",
            "sha256:a905e5aaef3c239f6e82b7da0ffc8d4d2f84ceb4d00416d36ecfc2a25da42c6f"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "claim_boundaries": [
        "Clustered forward rendering is a rendering architecture, not the Telos verification layer.",
        "A WebGPU backend must keep WebGL2/canvas/static export fallbacks until host compatibility is verified.",
        "Lighting, overlays, and visual polish must not obscure hashes, measurements, verdicts, or user controls."
      ],
      "design_acceptance_gates": [
        {
          "gate": "visual_hierarchy",
          "criterion": "Lighting must reveal geometry and measurement overlays without turning the tool into a decorative hero scene."
        },
        {
          "gate": "a11y_overlay_controls",
          "criterion": "Measurement overlays, light controls, and rendering-mode switches must remain keyboard reachable and readable without relying on color alone."
        },
        {
          "gate": "performance_budget",
          "criterion": "The renderer must define frame-time, memory, load-time, and fallback budgets before production use."
        },
        {
          "gate": "compatibility_matrix",
          "criterion": "Support matrix must cover Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Safari status, WebGPU availability, WebGL fallback, and screenshot export."
        },
        {
          "gate": "receipt_visibility",
          "criterion": "Lighting, culling, overlays, and fallback decisions must keep source, transform, measurement, and verifier records visible or exportable."
        }
      ],
      "next_actions": [
        "gather.docs: record lawful renderer papers, GPUWeb/WGSL references, and implementation docs.",
        "index.context: isolate renderer seams so Telos can swap WebGPU, WebGL2, or static export backends.",
        "crucible.assess: create negative fixtures for missing fallback, hidden measurements, inaccessible controls, and unverifiable render provenance."
      ]
    },
    {
      "seed_id": "seed-dithering-sampling-kernels",
      "operator_note": "Dithering is a core Telos creative primitive. Treat ordered, void-and-cluster, blue-noise, and recompression-aware dithering as measurable kernels rather than only visual styling.",
      "normalized_concepts": [
        "dithering",
        "blue-noise",
        "void-and-cluster",
        "ordered-bayer",
        "halftoning",
        "sampling",
        "creative-kernels"
      ],
      "evidence_status": "MATCH",
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        {
          "title": "Void-and-cluster method for dither array generation",
          "url": "https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59015",
          "source_kind": "publication-record",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Rendering in Real Time with Spatiotemporal Blue Noise Textures",
          "url": "https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/rendering-in-real-time-with-spatiotemporal-blue-noise-textures-part-1/",
          "source_kind": "official-vendor-technical-blog",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:e9db89ce6e4a71aa9b7c092af61218ece2534db323bd5ef44e0c4823745bc8d2"
        },
        {
          "title": "Distortion-Controlled Dithering with Reduced Recompression Rate",
          "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16447",
          "source_kind": "open-preprint",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:265e20d7b713af67c2869edc056362971a14dfd6a58aaf319bd89feecc6d37fe"
        },
        {
          "title": "Designed Dithering Sign Activation for Binary Neural Networks",
          "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02220",
          "source_kind": "open-preprint",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:87281aaab7ed8d02895b81c73f52f8f4e46e49595be59db6573b6a7a64466a3f"
        }
      ],
      "source_leads": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/posterdesign/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-design-community",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Use for critique prompts and visual taste pressure only; do not copy community artwork or cite as technical evidence."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/design_critiques/",
          "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-design-community",
          "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
          "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
          "notes": "Use as an inspiration and critique lead while keeping artifact claims tied to local screenshots, receipts, and tests."
        }
      ],
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim": "Void-and-cluster and blue-noise families are relevant dithering and sampling references for Telos low-bit, poster, texture, and measurable raster effects.",
          "status": "MATCH",
          "source_receipt_ids": [
            "sha256:2977c8a06de0ee51f56ec8e7c4e0a07ba9df1fb0a3ca27622fd6700e3c8027ae",
            "sha256:e9db89ce6e4a71aa9b7c092af61218ece2534db323bd5ef44e0c4823745bc8d2"
          ]
        },
        {
          "claim": "Modern dithering research includes recompression-aware and neural/binary-network-adjacent uses, so Telos should keep dithering as both an artistic and measurement-aware primitive.",
          "status": "MATCH",
          "source_receipt_ids": [
            "sha256:265e20d7b713af67c2869edc056362971a14dfd6a58aaf319bd89feecc6d37fe",
            "sha256:87281aaab7ed8d02895b81c73f52f8f4e46e49595be59db6573b6a7a64466a3f"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "claim_boundaries": [
        "A pretty dither pattern is not automatically a truthful measurement. Telos must record the input refs, algorithm id, output hash, and meter result.",
        "Poster-design and critique communities are taste and workflow leads, not technical provenance for dithering algorithms.",
        "Blue-noise texture quality, temporal stability, and compression behavior require local benchmark fixtures before production claims."
      ],
      "design_acceptance_gates": [
        {
          "gate": "visual_print_readability",
          "criterion": "Dither, halftone, and poster effects must preserve readable labels, controls, hashes, and measurement summaries."
        },
        {
          "gate": "algorithm_identity",
          "criterion": "Every export must record ordered, error-diffusion, void-and-cluster, blue-noise, or other kernel identity plus deterministic settings."
        },
        {
          "gate": "a11y_alt_surface",
          "criterion": "High-frequency dither and glitch layers need reduced-motion, low-flicker, and plain-summary alternatives."
        }
      ],
      "next_actions": [
        "telos.creative.kernels: add blue-noise and void-and-cluster matrix fixtures after the ordered Bayer kernel.",
        "telos.measurement.layers: extend visual.dither-spectrum-meter with spatial-frequency summaries.",
        "crucible.assess: add negative fixtures for hidden labels, flicker risk, missing algorithm id, and unverifiable output hashes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "modern_rendering_candidates": [
    {
      "candidate_id": "candidate-neural-rendering-rtx-kit",
      "evidence_status": "MATCH",
      "source_receipts": [
        {
          "title": "NVIDIA RTX Kit",
          "url": "https://developer.nvidia.com/rtx-kit",
          "source_kind": "official-vendor-documentation",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:b05f3a169d6b0977d87f70f37d77fbe20ddebbec166d6cafda142f48406e8d85"
        },
        {
          "title": "NVIDIA RTX Neural Shaders repository",
          "url": "https://github.com/NVIDIA-RTX/RTXNS",
          "source_kind": "official-repository",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:806d18f3ebe736b945b00b77616ea317505e408356c4a7d1acaee431e7e1db30"
        },
        {
          "title": "NVIDIA RTX Neural Texture Compression repository",
          "url": "https://github.com/NVIDIA-RTX/RTXNTC",
          "source_kind": "official-repository",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:280907e2b722dead9b5c2f303060ecd4abfd9a2780a7fe2745f501eb7ce594cf"
        }
      ],
      "normalized_concepts": [
        "neural-rendering",
        "neural-shaders",
        "neural-texture-compression",
        "native-renderer-candidate"
      ],
      "adoption_boundary": "Watch for native Telos renderer work and offline asset pipelines; do not assume browser portability or enterprise readiness without local benchmarks and license review."
    },
    {
      "candidate_id": "candidate-mesh-shader-pipelines",
      "evidence_status": "MATCH",
      "source_receipts": [
        {
          "title": "DirectX Mesh Shader specification",
          "url": "https://microsoft.github.io/DirectX-Specs/d3d/MeshShader.html",
          "source_kind": "official-specification",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:f19e0fb4d055f6c8b6c9f85d892c53072dcfd301af785cc411cef59fbdffbc33"
        },
        {
          "title": "Khronos Vulkan EXT_mesh_shader proposal",
          "url": "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Docs/blob/main/proposals/VK_EXT_mesh_shader.adoc",
          "source_kind": "official-standards-repository",
          "resolved_at": "2026-06-28T00:00:00Z",
          "provenance_class": "lawful_source",
          "receipt_hash": "sha256:2dec2a92d2336e4597f101f9b6045adf20fc33baebd2136ae8fc3b004be2255b"
        }
      ],
      "normalized_concepts": [
        "mesh-shaders",
        "task-shaders",
        "native-renderer-candidate",
        "geometry-amplification"
      ],
      "adoption_boundary": "Relevant for native/high-end renderer experiments; keep WebGPU/WebGL/static fallbacks for GitHub, browser, and low-capability hosts."
    }
  ],
  "execution_substrate_leads": [
    {
      "url": "https://vast.ai/",
      "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-gpu-provider",
      "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
      "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
      "notes": "GPU rental substrate lead only; resolve current API, availability, terms, price, and benchmark data before use."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://hostkey.com/solutions/rendering-gpu-dedicated-server/",
      "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-gpu-provider",
      "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
      "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
      "notes": "Dedicated rendering GPU server lead only; do not cite for clustered-forward, Gaussian-splatting, or neural-rendering claims."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://irendering.net/",
      "lead_source_kind": "operator-provided-render-farm",
      "provenance_class": "operator_source_lead",
      "evidence_status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
      "notes": "Render-farm lead only; provider suitability requires fresh compatibility, security, and cost receipts."
    }
  ],
  "adoption_path": [
    {
      "phase": "research-contract",
      "status": "MATCH",
      "outputs": [
        "lawful source receipts",
        "operator source leads",
        "design acceptance gates"
      ]
    },
    {
      "phase": "prototype",
      "status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
      "outputs": [
        "WebGPU/WebGL fallback spike",
        "splat viewer fixture",
        "clustered-lighting fixture",
        "a11y and screenshot gates"
      ]
    },
    {
      "phase": "production-renderer",
      "status": "UNVERIFIABLE",
      "outputs": [
        "deterministic replay receipts",
        "asset provenance ledger",
        "performance and compatibility matrix"
      ]
    }
  ]
}