diff --git a/simulator/sample_media/manifest.json b/simulator/sample_media/manifest.json
index 3f79f74..2c1adaa 100644
--- a/simulator/sample_media/manifest.json
+++ b/simulator/sample_media/manifest.json
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@
         "4": {"file": "forest/right4.mp4", "model": "sd-turbo+farneback-flow"}
       },
       "annotations": [
-        {"key": "detected.water", "box": [0.30, 0.10, 0.18, 0.70], "min_level": 1},
+        {"key": "detected.water", "min_level": 1, "track": [
+          {"t": 0.0, "box": [0.30, 0.10, 0.18, 0.70]},
+          {"t": 0.5, "box": [0.33, 0.10, 0.18, 0.70]},
+          {"t": 1.0, "box": [0.30, 0.10, 0.18, 0.70]}
+        ]},
         {"key": "detected.rock_face", "box": [0.05, 0.30, 0.20, 0.55], "min_level": 2},
         {"key": "detected.conifer", "box": [0.70, 0.20, 0.22, 0.45], "min_level": 3},
         {"key": "measure.flow_rate", "box": [0.34, 0.55, 0.14, 0.08], "min_level": 4}
diff --git a/simulator/static/app.js b/simulator/static/app.js
index ac01e1a..bdf6bad 100644
--- a/simulator/static/app.js
+++ b/simulator/static/app.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ let ring = null;           // {scales:[{id,clip_id,title}], transitions:[...]} o
 let ringIndex = 0;         // current scale position on the ring
 let currentClipId = null;  // base media currently loaded (reset to force a reload)
 let busy = false;          // true while a ring transition is playing
+let lastOverlay = null;    // {level, intensity} from the most-recent renderOverlay call; drives per-frame track animation
 
 async function loadData() {
   const clips = (await (await fetch("/api/clips")).json()).clips || [];
@@ -182,6 +183,12 @@ function paintLoop() {
     gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
     paint.style.filter = busy ? "none" : gradeFilter;
   }
+  // Animate keyframed annotation tracks: re-place boxes against playback time.
+  const c = activeClip();
+  if (lastOverlay && lastOverlay.level > 0 && c &&
+      c.annotations.some((a) => a.track && a.track.length)) {
+    renderOverlay(lastOverlay.level, lastOverlay.intensity);
+  }
   requestAnimationFrame(paintLoop);
 }
 
@@ -232,6 +239,28 @@ function chip(x, y, label, conf, kind, parent) {
   }
 }
 
+// Interpolate an annotation's box at loop-normalized time t (0..1). Static labels
+// (no track) return their fixed box. Linear between sorted keyframes; clamps to ends.
+function boxAt(a, t) {
+  if (!a.track || !a.track.length) return a.box;
+  const ks = a.track;
+  if (t <= ks[0].t) return ks[0].box;
+  if (t >= ks[ks.length - 1].t) return ks[ks.length - 1].box;
+  for (let i = 1; i < ks.length; i++) {
+    if (t <= ks[i].t) {
+      const a0 = ks[i - 1], a1 = ks[i];
+      const f = (t - a0.t) / (a1.t - a0.t);
+      return a0.box.map((v, j) => v + (a1.box[j] - v) * f);
+    }
+  }
+  return ks[ks.length - 1].box;
+}
+
+// Loop-normalized playback time of the base video (0..1), for track interpolation.
+function loopT() {
+  return vid && vid.duration ? (vid.currentTime % vid.duration) / vid.duration : 0;
+}
+
 function renderOverlay(level, intensity) {
   const clip = activeClip();
   overlay.innerHTML = "";
@@ -242,7 +271,7 @@ function renderOverlay(level, intensity) {
   for (const a of clip.annotations) {
     if (a.min_level > level) continue;
     shown++;
-    const [x, y, w, h] = a.box.map((n) => n * 100);
+    const [x, y, w, h] = boxAt(a, loopT()).map((n) => n * 100);
     const measure = a.key.startsWith("measure.");
     const kind = measure ? "measure" : "detect";
     reticle(x, y, w, h, "hud-reticle " + kind, overlay);
@@ -266,6 +295,7 @@ function renderOverlay(level, intensity) {
                              height: b.height + pad * 1.2, rx: 0.4, class: "hud-chip-bg detect" });
     overlay.insertBefore(bg, st);
   }
+  lastOverlay = { level, intensity };
 }
 
 // Affect channel: soft, glowing emotion-words surfaced only when BOTH knobs are