A combinatorial atlas of media

Sensorium

Every medium is a chord of three things: the senses that carry it in, the operations your mind runs on it, and how it sits in time. Pick a combination and the lattice shows you which real media live there — and when a cell is empty, what could.

Work through the three steps below — tap senses on the face, operations on the star, a grain of time. Anything you leave blank stays open. The answer builds at the bottom as you go. Hit Randomize for a coordinate you'd never think to try.

Senses / Operations / Timeany

1The senses

The channels that carry a medium in. Tap a feature to open one.

Tap a sense for what it carries.

2The operations

What the mind does with the signal once it is in. Tap a point of the star.

Tap an operation for what it does.

3The grain of time

How it occupies duration. Optional — tap to set, tap again for any.

Statica held instant — no unfolding
Shorta single pass, then over
Longaccumulates over time
Perpetualno last note; you enter and leave

The lattice answers