VGT Researchlab · Open Source Foundation · Beta
Earth System
Seismic Intelligence. Real-Time.
Global earthquake data aggregated from USGS, EMSC and GeoNet —
normalized into a unified event vector and rendered on a
photorealistic 60fps WebGL globe. With Cinema Mode, a synthetic
seismograph and a procedural audio engine.
// LIVE TELEMETRY FEED — VGE CORE
Data Sources
Three Nodes.
One Vector.
NODE_01 // GLOBAL
USGS
USA · WORLDWIDE COVERAGE
United States Geological Survey — the authoritative global seismic network. Primary adapter for North and South America, Pacific Ring of Fire and global major events.
USNODE_02 // EUROPE
EMSC
EUROPE · MEDITERRANEAN
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre — high-density coverage across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Critical for Anatolian and Alpine fault systems.
EUNODE_03 // PACIFIC
GeoNet
NEW ZEALAND · PACIFIC RIM
GeoNet New Zealand — specialist data for the highly active Pacific subduction zone. Essential for comprehensive Ring of Fire monitoring and Oceanian seismicity.
NZSynthetic Seismograph
P-Wave · S-Wave
Signal Classification
Magnitude
Matrix
< 3.5
MINOR
Micro-seismic activity. Registered by sensors, rarely felt by humans. Baseline monitoring signal.
3.5+
WARNING
Felt by people near the epicenter. HUD switches to warning signal. Cinema Mode auto-tracks the event.
5.5+
CRITICAL
Significant structural damage possible. Audio engine triggers alert sweep. Full HUD escalation protocol.
7.0+
MAJOR
Catastrophic potential. Maximum HUD alert state. All sensors prioritize event tracking. Globe locks to epicenter.
Core Modules
Built for
Intelligence
Cinema Mode
AUTO-TRACKING · ZOOM INTERPOLATION
When a new seismic event is detected, Cinema Mode automatically repositions the globe camera — smooth zoom interpolation locks the view onto the epicenter. The Earth becomes a live broadcast.
REST-API Proxy
HARDENED ENDPOINT · RATE-LIMIT SHIELD
All external API calls run server-side through a hardened /vgt-api/vge/v1/events endpoint. Your visitors' IPs never reach USGS, EMSC or GeoNet. Zero client exposure.
Procedural Audio
WEB AUDIO API · ZERO EXTERNAL FILES
The built-in synthesizer generates ambient drones, magnitude-scaled alert sweeps and tactile click transients entirely through the Web Audio API. No MP3s, no CDN, no latency. Pure synthesis.
Self-Healing Daemon
WP-CRON · DB INTEGRITY CHECKS
The backend daemon runs every 5 minutes via WP-Cron, performing automatic database integrity checks and self-healing routines. Normalized events are stored with O(1) UUID indexing — built for scale.
WebGL Globe
GLOBE.GL · THREE.JS · 60FPS
Globe.gl wraps Three.js into a photorealistic 60fps Earth renderer. High-res night-side texture and topology map preloaded for zero rendering latency. Events plotted as live markers on the globe surface.
Polymorphic Normalization
VGE-EVENT-VECTOR · UNIFIED SCHEMA
Three heterogeneous JSON feed formats — USGS, EMSC, GeoNet — are normalized into a single standardized VGE-Event-Vector. One schema, three sources, zero fragmentation. Extensible for any future adapter.
System Architecture
From Source
to Screen
Adapters
USGS · EMSC
GEONET
Daemon
NORMALIZE
STORE · HEAL
API Proxy
HARDENED
ENDPOINT
Visual Engine
WEBGL GLOBE
60FPS · HUD
Open Source · ODbL
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