VR / WebXR / method

The decision is made on a record you did not produce.

The simulation is not a side demonstration. It is a research method for making a hidden institutional process perceptible: speech becomes interpretation, interpretation becomes record, and the record becomes the basis for judgment.

XR RECORD ENGINE LIVE DRIFT: 42%

Input testimony

I cannot say this here.

Interpreted record

I do not know.
speech captured meaning unstable record hardening

Simulation premise

By the time the decision is written, the original speech may no longer be recoverable from the document.

VR and WebXR allow users to experience the lag between speaking, being interpreted, being recorded, and being judged by a version of their own account that has hardened without their control.

  1. Person speaksTestimony begins as situated, emotional, culturally specific speech.
  2. Interpretation driftsWords are compressed, softened, standardised, mistranslated, or made administratively legible.
  3. Record hardensThe transcript or interview note becomes the version that can be cited, compared, and challenged.
  4. Decision is madeThe institution evaluates the record as though it were the testimony itself.

System behaviour

Meaning changes state.

The simulation treats language as a signal moving through institutional layers. Each layer introduces pressure: latency, compression, domain mismatch, procurement logic, and the demand for a stable record.

01Speech

situated, partial, embodied

02Interpretation

compressed, substituted, reframed

03Record

fixed, searchable, comparable

04Decision

treated as fact

Method

Embodied record-making

The user is placed inside the chain rather than shown a diagram of it. Each stage changes what can be heard, remembered, and contested.

Use

Teaching and public engagement

The simulation can support workshops, legal education, public talks, and research demonstrations about language failure in high-stakes settings.