Weak systems

Drift Correction

bring wandering attention or unstable layout back into coherence

Running the actual pattern live via applyPattern() — switch the substrate, stack overlays, watch the signals, or reverse the dynamics. Not a mock.

"Drift Correction" — bring wandering attention or unstable layout back into coherence. It has a gravity layer (universal attraction toward mass), a tether layer (bind matter to an anchor), a memory layer (a decaying trail / hysteresis), and a morph layer (assemble matter into a mark/shape (never words, §11)). The active render stack is streamlines, trails, particles, dots.

A weak corrective pull is the gentle counterpart to gravity: tether (spring) remembers the stable relation and morph eases the return so wandering settles without snapping.

Runtime tokens: gravity universal attraction toward masstether bind matter to an anchormemory a decaying trail / hysteresismorph assemble matter into a mark/shape (never words, §11)
Concepts: spring
Metrics: drift a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inertreturn a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inertstability a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inert drift, return, stability are host-supplied lanes — drive them with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that, their --field-* stays inert.
Diagnostics: prediction force-vectors inspector
Conditions: stale
Render: streamlines · trails · particles · dots
Reduced motion: a snap guide with a restore marker and a stable-state outline
Without motion: drift reads as a labeled distance from the stable state with a one-step restore control

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<field-root></field-root>
  <div data-body="gravity" data-strength="0.6" data-range="360" data-feedback></div>
  <div data-body="tether" data-strength="0.7" data-range="320"></div>
  <div data-body="memory" data-strength="0.5" data-range="280"></div>
  <div data-body="morph" data-strength="0.4" data-range="240"></div>

<script type="module">
  import '@fundamental-engine/elements';
</script>

<field-root></field-root>
  <div data-body="gravity" data-strength="0.6" data-range="360" data-feedback></div>
  <div data-body="tether" data-strength="0.7" data-range="320"></div>
  <div data-body="memory" data-strength="0.5" data-range="280"></div>
  <div data-body="morph" data-strength="0.4" data-range="240"></div>

import { FieldField } from '@fundamental-engine/react';

export default function DriftCorrection() {
  return (
    <FieldField>
      <div data-body="gravity" data-strength="0.6" data-range="360" data-feedback />
      <div data-body="tether" data-strength="0.7" data-range="320" />
      <div data-body="memory" data-strength="0.5" data-range="280" />
      <div data-body="morph" data-strength="0.4" data-range="240" />
    </FieldField>
  );
}

{
  "id": "drift-correction",
  "name": "Drift Correction",
  "intent": "bring wandering attention or unstable layout back into coherence",
  "naturalField": "weak",
  "primitives": [
    "gravity",
    "tether",
    "memory",
    "morph"
  ],
  "bodies": [
    {
      "body": "gravity",
      "strength": 0.6,
      "range": 360,
      "feedback": true
    },
    {
      "body": "tether",
      "strength": 0.7,
      "range": 320
    },
    {
      "body": "memory",
      "strength": 0.5,
      "range": 280
    },
    {
      "body": "morph",
      "strength": 0.4,
      "range": 240
    }
  ],
  "render": [
    "streamlines",
    "trails",
    "particles",
    "dots"
  ],
  "metrics": [
    "drift",
    "return",
    "stability"
  ],
  "diagnostics": [
    "prediction",
    "force-vectors",
    "inspector"
  ],
  "accessibility": {
    "reducedMotion": "a snap guide with a restore marker and a stable-state outline",
    "meaningWithoutMotion": "drift reads as a labeled distance from the stable state with a one-step restore control"
  },
  "notes": "A weak corrective pull is the gentle counterpart to gravity: tether (spring) remembers the stable relation and morph eases the return so wandering settles without snapping.",
  "tier": "systems",
  "status": "shipped",
  "concepts": [
    "spring"
  ],
  "conditions": [
    "stale"
  ]
}

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