cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/43579029

The Pitch: I am the author of Logos of Aether (a measurement-theoretic foundation for physics). While writing the book, I realized that the core constraints of the universe described in the text behave exactly like a Resource-Constrained Rendering Pipeline.

I am looking for contributors to help build NewAGE (Aether Game Engine)—a simulation where “Gravity” and “Time Dilation” aren’t hard-coded formulas, but emergent artifacts of the hardware running out of FLOPs.

The Repository: https://github.com/chrisnchips42-blip/Logos-of-Aether-A-Measurement-Theoretic-Foundation-for-Physics

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The Architecture (Why this is a Game Engine)

In standard engines (Unity/Unreal), the “Camera” is free. You can zoom in infinitely, pause time, and inspect particles without cost. The observer is a ghost.

In this framework, Observation = Actuation. The “Observer” is the Render Loop, and it has a finite Causal Budget (System Specs).

1. The “Teeter-Totter” Render Loop The core mechanic is a trade-off between Spatial Resolution and Temporal Resolution.

• High Zoom: If the camera focuses on a small area to resolve position, the cost is high. The “Frame Rate” of that local area must drop. (Time Dilation).
• High Momentum: If the camera pans quickly, the engine cannot afford spatial resolution. It must blur the distinctness of nodes. (Heisenberg Uncertainty).

2. The “No-Grid” Constraint The theory requires that Space is not a container (grid[x][y]). Space is a Relational Graph.

• Nodes only know their neighbors.
• “Distance” is calculated Just-In-Time based on signal latency (Phase difference).
• This requires a Mesh-Free approach, likely using graph-based compute shaders.

3. The “Godzilla Limit” The speed of light ($c$) is treated as the Processing Limit of the simulation hardware.

• An object can only grow as large as the signal latency across its body allows.
• If it grows too big, it “tears” (the simulation cannot update the far side before the near side changes).

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The Engineering Challenge

We are moving from “Paper” to “Prototypes.” We are looking for Rust (WGPU) or C++ (CUDA) architects to help solve specific problems listed in our Issues tab:

1. The Grid Problem (No Coordinates)

   • The Constraint: Space is not a container. You cannot use grid[x][y]. Space is purely relational.
   • The Challenge: How do we implement high-performance Neighbor Discovery and Collision Detection without a spatial hash grid? We need a solution that relies solely on graph topology and signal latency.

2. The Causal Heap (Asynchronous Time)

   • The Constraint: There is no global dt. Time is local. High-energy nodes (Mass) process information slower (Time Dilation).
   • The Challenge: GPUs hate branching. How do we implement a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) on WGPU where every node ticks at its own rate based on its budget?

3. The Topology Problem (Variable Kissing Numbers)

   • The Constraint: In this theory, the “Kissing Number” (how many neighbors a node touches) is not a constant (12). It is a Variable Function of Phase.
   • The Physics: “Curvature” or “Gravity” is just the local density of connections changing. A node might have 12 neighbors in “Flat Space” but 15 neighbors in a “High Tension” zone.
   • The Challenge: How do we build a Dynamic Graph Topology on the GPU where the number of edges per node fluctuates every frame without trashing the memory cache?

The Ask: The math is done (and Open Source/Public Domain). The book is the “Game Design Document.” We need the builders.

If you are bored with standard Newtonian rigid-body solvers and want to try simulating a universe that runs on Constraint Satisfaction, come check out the repo.

Repo: https://github.com/chrisnchips42-blip/Logos-of-Aether-A-Measurement-Theoretic-Foundation-for-Physics