Add scale-ring navigation to the simulator per the scales-library design §3:
an endless rotary-encoder control (relative, vs the absolute 0-4 experience
knobs) walks a closed ring of neutral "scales of nature" clips, with placeholder
AI zoom/warp transitions between adjacent scales and a small->large wrap (the
infinite-zoom payoff).
- player/ring.py (new, canonical pure logic): ScaleRing + advance_ring; one
transition clip per edge, played forward zooming inward / reversed outward;
modulo wrap both ways; chained steps for a multi-detent spin. Mirrors
player/content.py conventions (frozen dataclasses, pure functions).
- simulator: load_ring + ring_to_dict/ring_move_to_dict; GET /api/ring and
POST /api/ring/advance (Python owns step/wrap/transition math; the browser
only plays the returned transition(s) then settles on the target scale).
- frontend: endless-encoder control (zoom in/out buttons + stage scroll),
current-scale readout, multi-clip active-scale selection, transition playback.
- media: two cheap true-PD scales so the ring is demonstrable -- cosmos
(NASA/Hubble) + abyss (NOAA Ocean Exploration), provenance recorded in the
manifest, bytes generated as labelled placeholders by setup_scales_media.py.
The expensive multi-strength flow-stabilized Right re-bake is DEFERRED (new
scales carry a raw base only) until the ring is liked; Pi renderer +
serial/firmware remain deferred (simulator-first).
- docs: ROADMAP slice-3 done; USER_GUIDE scale-ring gesture; plan doc.
Verified: pytest 215 passed / 2 skipped (+22 new); sim boots, /api/ring +
/api/ring/advance correct incl. wrap, media served, and a headless-Chrome CDP
drive walked cosmos -> forest -> abyss -> (wrap) -> cosmos with the active clip
reloading correctly.
Spec: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-07-scales-library-and-right-axis-pipeline-design.md (§3)
Plan: docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-07-scale-ring-navigation.md
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Sub-project 2 (ingest & tagging / review tools) shipped via PR #1 this session.
Updates the status table and §2 detail, reconciles resolved decisions (first-ship
archives, media-root layout, ffmpeg-only opt-in dominant_color), and marks §3
(Pi player) as next.
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Operator decision (2026-06-04): single panoramic projector spanning the
three walls showing the real selected video (nature-video focus), replacing
four projectors + a procedural side-wall renderer.
- Design spec: revision banner; updated §1, §6 (one pano projector), §7
(procedural side walls REMOVED), §10 layout, §12 open questions.
- ROADMAP: sub-project 5 marked Dropped; diagram + dependency order updated;
§3 player drives one pano output; cross-cutting decisions reconciled.
- Sub-project-2 spec: follow-up note updated to past tense (design spec done).
dominant_color's only consumer was the side walls, so it stays optional/opt-in
in the sub-project-2 tooling (already specced).
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Ben Stull