A:// picture in the Office

A:// is now the living orb in the Office. On the floor it is 11 ink blocks and the coral core in 3D, floating above its desk and facing you. It plays the same choreography as the orb in the app. The panel face is the same orb, animated.

A

On the floor, by state

Six frames, 180 ms apart. Top row: working (the conveyor). Bottom row: needs you (thinking, the breathe).

Frame strips from a local facility build

B

Desktop, idle

Idle: the still A-block mark, panel face matches

C

Phone, needs you

Needs you: the floor breathes, the panel face breathes, question above Approve

D

What maps to what

Floor status	Orb state	Motion
Working	working	blocks run like a conveyor, core turns like a gear
Needs you	thinking	blocks drift out, turn, settle; core turns to a diamond
On a call	speaking	blocks melt toward the core and pulse
Idle	idle	still mark

With reduced motion on, the orb holds still. A:// wears its own picture instead if the owner gave it one or picked another look.

E

Pull requests

PR	Part
websites #83	3D orb body, panel face, name tag height
ai #925	sends the orb for A://, app panel face
platform #2016	iPhone feed sends the orb, docs

Not checked: the iPhone Swift change is not compiled yet, because another session's build was running. The live app is not checked with a signed-in account.

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A:// is now the living orb in the Office. On the floor it is 11 ink blocks and the coral core in 3D, floating above its desk and facing you. It plays the same choreography as the orb in the app. The panel face is the same orb, animated.

## A On the floor, by state
Six frames, 180 ms apart. Top row: working (the conveyor). Bottom row: needs you (thinking, the breathe).

![Frame strips from a local facility build](orb-sheet2.png)

## B Desktop, idle
![Idle: the still A-block mark, panel face matches](orb-desk2.png)

## C Phone, needs you
![Needs you: the floor breathes, the panel face breathes, question above Approve](orb-phone2.png)

## D What maps to what
| Floor status | Orb state | Motion |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Working | working | blocks run like a conveyor, core turns like a gear |
| Needs you | thinking | blocks drift out, turn, settle; core turns to a diamond |
| On a call | speaking | blocks melt toward the core and pulse |
| Idle | idle | still mark |

With reduced motion on, the orb holds still. A:// wears its own picture instead if the owner gave it one or picked another look.

## E Pull requests
| PR | Part |
| --- | --- |
| websites #83 | 3D orb body, panel face, name tag height |
| ai #925 | sends the orb for A://, app panel face |
| platform #2016 | iPhone feed sends the orb, docs |

Not checked: the iPhone Swift change is not compiled yet, because another session's build was running. The live app is not checked with a signed-in account.