40 Computational Observers¶
Scope¶
Computational observers select, transport, sample, and encode simulated information. Examples include raster cameras, ray tracers, path tracers, field-aware ray systems, metric transport, diagnostic probes, and numerical detectors.
Entries in this family should follow the shared Observer Grammar.
Observer Families¶
| Family | Observation model |
|---|---|
| Raster camera | Projects scene primitives into an image-space sampling and depth pipeline |
| Ray tracer | Evaluates scene interactions along rays emitted or traced through an observer model |
| Path tracer | Samples multi-interaction light transport under an estimator and film model |
| GRIN transport observer | Evolves ray direction through a spatially varying refractive field |
| Metric transport observer | Evolves paths under a declared metric or geodesic model |
| Diagnostic observer | Emits measurements such as depth, hit state, closure state, or transport metrics |
Project Glowing Heart Evidence¶
The standalone Core CLI and artifacts are documented from v0.1. The shared observer vocabulary appears in v1.7, target alignment in v1.8, and measurement-channel semantics in v1.9.
Current evidence does not establish renderer, runtime, transport, or pixel equivalence. See Project Glowing Heart.
Reading boundary¶
This territory follows the Atlas reading boundary.