diff --git a/pointcloud/index.html b/pointcloud/index.html
index 70d78ab0..6040fa17 100644
--- a/pointcloud/index.html
+++ b/pointcloud/index.html
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 <html>
 <head>
     <title>RuView — Camera + WiFi CSI Point Cloud</title>
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate">
+    <meta name="ruview-viewer-version" content="0.2.0-face-mesh">
     <style>
         body { margin: 0; background: #0a0a0a; color: #e8a634; font-family: monospace; }
         canvas { display: block; }
@@ -22,15 +25,16 @@
 </head>
 <body>
     <div id="info">
-        <h3 style="margin:0 0 8px 0">RuView Point Cloud</h3>
+        <h3 style="margin:0 0 4px 0">RuView · Seldon Vault</h3>
+        <div style="font-size: 11px; color: #888; margin-bottom: 8px; max-width: 240px; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic;">"Psychohistory deals with reactions of human conglomerates to fixed social and economic stimuli." — Hari Seldon</div>
         <div id="stats">Loading...</div>
     </div>
-    <button id="cam-cta">▶ Enable camera — render your face as a point cloud</button>
+    <button id="cam-cta">▶ Project Subject — render your face into the Vault</button>
     <script>
         var scene = new THREE.Scene();
         scene.background = new THREE.Color(0x0a0a0a);
-        var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth/window.innerHeight, 0.1, 100);
-        camera.position.set(0, 0.5, -1.5);
+        var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(72, window.innerWidth/window.innerHeight, 0.1, 200);
+        camera.position.set(0, 0.2, -3.5);
         camera.lookAt(0, 0, 2);
 
         var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true });
@@ -179,49 +183,185 @@
             }
         }
 
+        // ---- Foundation-inspired galactic context (Asimov / Trantor / Seldon) ----
+        // Shared between face-mesh and synthetic-fallback paths. The subject (face
+        // or procedural figure) is the foreground; this function paints the Seldon
+        // time-vault around it: holographic surveyor grid underfoot, slow galactic
+        // spiral receding into the distance, distant starfield, and a halo ring.
+        function pushFoundationContext(splats) {
+            var t = (Date.now() - demoStartMs) / 1000.0;
+
+            // 1. Holographic surveyor grid — amber lattice at y=+1.4 (renders below
+            //    the subject because the renderer flips y to Three.js Y-up).
+            var gx, gz;
+            for (gx = -10; gx <= 10; gx++) {
+                for (gz = 0; gz <= 30; gz++) {
+                    var alpha = 0.35 + 0.15 * Math.sin(t * 0.5 + gz * 0.2);
+                    splats.push({
+                        center: [gx * 0.5, 1.4, gz * 0.4],
+                        color: [0.40 * alpha, 0.28 * alpha, 0.10 * alpha],
+                        opacity: 1.0,
+                        scale: [0.018, 0.018, 0.018]
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            for (gz = 0; gz <= 30; gz += 2) {
+                for (gx = -20; gx <= 20; gx++) {
+                    splats.push({
+                        center: [gx * 0.25, 1.4, gz * 0.4 + 0.1],
+                        color: [0.30, 0.22, 0.08],
+                        opacity: 1.0,
+                        scale: [0.014, 0.014, 0.014]
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+
+            // 2. Galactic spiral — Trantor recedes behind the subject. ~640 stars
+            //    across two logarithmic arms, slowly rotating. Warmer at the core,
+            //    cooler at the edges (Hertzsprung-Russell-ish).
+            var arm, k, theta_arm, r_arm, sx, sz, twist, arm_color;
+            for (arm = 0; arm < 2; arm++) {
+                for (k = 0; k < 320; k++) {
+                    var prog = k / 320;
+                    theta_arm = arm * Math.PI + prog * 6.0 + t * 0.05;
+                    r_arm = 4.0 + prog * 14.0;
+                    twist = Math.sin(prog * 8.0) * 0.4;
+                    sx = Math.cos(theta_arm) * r_arm + twist;
+                    sz = Math.sin(theta_arm) * r_arm + 12.0;
+                    var coreFade = Math.max(0.15, 1.0 - prog);
+                    arm_color = [
+                        coreFade * 0.85 + 0.15 * (1 - prog),
+                        coreFade * 0.70 + 0.20,
+                        coreFade * 0.55 + 0.45 * prog
+                    ];
+                    splats.push({
+                        center: [sx, -2.5 + Math.sin(prog * 12) * 0.3, sz],
+                        color: arm_color,
+                        opacity: 1.0,
+                        scale: [0.025, 0.025, 0.025]
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+
+            // 3. Distant starfield — 800 deterministic stars on a spherical shell.
+            //    Fixed LCG seed so visitors don't see noise flicker between frames.
+            var seed = 42;
+            function nextRand() {
+                seed = (seed * 1664525 + 1013904223) >>> 0;
+                return seed / 4294967296;
+            }
+            var s, r_s, phi, costheta, sinphi;
+            for (s = 0; s < 800; s++) {
+                phi = nextRand() * Math.PI * 2;
+                costheta = nextRand() * 2 - 1;
+                sinphi = Math.sqrt(1 - costheta * costheta);
+                r_s = 22 + nextRand() * 8;
+                var brightness = 0.4 + nextRand() * 0.6;
+                var hue = nextRand();
+                splats.push({
+                    center: [
+                        Math.cos(phi) * sinphi * r_s,
+                        costheta * r_s * 0.5 - 1.0,
+                        Math.sin(phi) * sinphi * r_s + 5.0
+                    ],
+                    color: hue > 0.85
+                        ? [brightness, brightness * 0.85, brightness * 0.6]
+                        : (hue > 0.3
+                            ? [brightness * 0.9, brightness * 0.95, brightness]
+                            : [brightness * 0.5, brightness * 0.7, brightness]),
+                    opacity: 1.0,
+                    scale: [0.020, 0.020, 0.020]
+                });
+            }
+
+            // 4. Holographic projection halo around the subject — Seldon vault
+            //    projections always had a faint encircling ring of particles.
+            var ring;
+            for (ring = 0; ring < 60; ring++) {
+                var rt = ring / 60 * Math.PI * 2 + t * 0.3;
+                splats.push({
+                    center: [
+                        Math.cos(rt) * 1.6,
+                        Math.sin(rt) * 1.2 - 0.2,
+                        2.0 + Math.sin(rt * 3 + t * 0.5) * 0.3
+                    ],
+                    color: [0.95, 0.55, 0.15],
+                    opacity: 1.0,
+                    scale: [0.014, 0.014, 0.014]
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Map a single landmark to world coords. Coord conventions:
+        //   x: 0.5 - lm.x   → mirror so left-of-screen = your left side (selfie)
+        //   y: lm.y - 0.5   → keep MediaPipe's y-DOWN convention; the renderer's
+        //                     existing -y flip in updateSplats does the single flip
+        //                     to Three.js Y-up. Pre-flipping here would double-flip
+        //                     and the face would render upside down.
+        //   z: 2.0 + lm.z*8 → amplify lm.z (~[-0.1,+0.1]) so the nose/eye-socket
+        //                     depth is visible from an oblique camera angle.
+        function lmToCenter(lm) {
+            return [
+                (0.5 - lm.x) * 4.0,
+                (lm.y - 0.5) * 3.0,
+                2.0 + lm.z * 8.0
+            ];
+        }
+
+        function pushFaceSplat(splats, center, alpha) {
+            splats.push({
+                center: center,
+                color: [0.95 * alpha, 0.65 * alpha, 0.20 * alpha],
+                opacity: 1.0,
+                scale: [0.006, 0.006, 0.006]
+            });
+        }
+
+        // FACEMESH_TESSELATION is a flat array [a0,b0, a1,b1, ...] of vertex indices
+        // forming edges of the triangulated face mesh. ~1300 edges × 2 = 2600 entries.
+        // We interpolate 6 splats per edge → ~8000 splats per face vs 478 vertices.
+        var FACE_EDGES = (typeof FACEMESH_TESSELATION !== "undefined") ? FACEMESH_TESSELATION : null;
+
         function faceMeshFrame() {
             if (faceMeshState !== "running" || !latestFaceLandmarks) return null;
             var lms = latestFaceLandmarks;
             var splats = [];
-            var i, lm, x, y, z;
-            // 468 (or 478 with refined landmarks) face points → splats. MediaPipe's
-            // selfie convention has x mirrored; we mirror back so left-of-screen = your
-            // left side. z is depth-relative-to-face-center, ~[-0.1,+0.1] in practice.
+            var i, lm;
+
+            // 1. Original 478 vertices — bright, slightly larger to anchor features
             for (i = 0; i < lms.length; i++) {
-                lm = lms[i];
-                x = (0.5 - lm.x) * 4.0;
-                y = (0.5 - lm.y) * 3.0;
-                z = 2.0 + lm.z * 4.0;
                 splats.push({
-                    center: [x, y, z],
-                    color: [0.95, 0.65, 0.20],
+                    center: lmToCenter(lms[i]),
+                    color: [1.0, 0.72, 0.25],
                     opacity: 1.0,
-                    scale: [0.012, 0.012, 0.012]
+                    scale: [0.010, 0.010, 0.010]
                 });
             }
-            // Procedural floor + back wall for spatial context — same density as the
-            // local demo's room scaffold.
-            var gx, gz;
-            for (gx = -4; gx <= 4; gx++) {
-                for (gz = 1; gz <= 8; gz++) {
-                    splats.push({
-                        center: [gx * 0.4, -1.4, gz * 0.4],
-                        color: [0.15, 0.18, 0.22],
-                        opacity: 1.0,
-                        scale: [0.05, 0.05, 0.05]
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-            for (gx = -4; gx <= 4; gx += 2) {
-                for (var wy = -1; wy <= 2; wy++) {
-                    splats.push({
-                        center: [gx * 0.4, wy * 0.5, 4.0],
-                        color: [0.12, 0.20, 0.28],
-                        opacity: 1.0,
-                        scale: [0.05, 0.05, 0.05]
-                    });
+
+            // 2. Edge interpolation — 6 splats per FACEMESH_TESSELATION edge
+            if (FACE_EDGES) {
+                var edgeCount = FACE_EDGES.length;
+                var SAMPLES = 6;
+                var e, a, b, t, f, ax, ay, az, bx, by, bz, cx, cy, cz;
+                for (e = 0; e < edgeCount; e += 2) {
+                    a = lms[FACE_EDGES[e]];
+                    b = lms[FACE_EDGES[e + 1]];
+                    if (!a || !b) continue;
+                    var aPos = lmToCenter(a);
+                    var bPos = lmToCenter(b);
+                    ax = aPos[0]; ay = aPos[1]; az = aPos[2];
+                    bx = bPos[0]; by = bPos[1]; bz = bPos[2];
+                    for (t = 1; t <= SAMPLES; t++) {
+                        f = t / (SAMPLES + 1);
+                        cx = ax * (1 - f) + bx * f;
+                        cy = ay * (1 - f) + by * f;
+                        cz = az * (1 - f) + bz * f;
+                        pushFaceSplat(splats, [cx, cy, cz], 0.85);
+                    }
                 }
             }
+
+            pushFoundationContext(splats);
             demoFrameNum += 1;
             return {
                 splats: splats,
@@ -245,53 +385,35 @@
         }
 
         function syntheticFrame() {
-            // Deterministic synthetic point cloud: floor grid, two walls, and
-            // a standing figure that breathes/sways. Resembles the live API
-            // payload so the same render path drives both modes.
+            // Used when camera permission is denied / unavailable. Renders a
+            // procedural standing figure inside the Seldon vault context.
+            // y-down convention: head at small/negative y, feet at large/positive y;
+            // the renderer flips y so head ends up at the top of the screen.
             var t = (Date.now() - demoStartMs) / 1000.0;
             var sway = Math.sin(t * 0.8) * 0.05;
             var breath = Math.sin(t * 1.2) * 0.015;
             var splats = [];
 
-            // Floor — 12x12 grid at y=-1
-            var gx, gz;
-            for (gx = -6; gx <= 6; gx++) {
-                for (gz = 0; gz <= 12; gz++) {
+            // Standing figure — 240 points in a vertical cylinder, denser than
+            // before to feel like a holographic projection.
+            var ring, k_ring, theta, r, py;
+            for (ring = 0; ring < 30; ring++) {
+                py = -1.0 + (ring / 30) * 2.2; // head (-1.0) → feet (+1.2) in y-down
+                r = 0.20 + breath * (py < 0 ? 1.5 : 0); // chest expands more on inhale
+                for (k_ring = 0; k_ring < 16; k_ring++) {
+                    theta = (k_ring / 16) * Math.PI * 2;
                     splats.push({
-                        center: [gx * 0.4, -1.0, gz * 0.4],
-                        color: [0.15, 0.18, 0.22],
+                        center: [
+                            sway + Math.cos(theta) * r,
+                            py,
+                            2.3 + Math.sin(theta) * r
+                        ],
+                        color: [0.91, 0.65, 0.20],
                         opacity: 1.0,
-                        scale: [0.05, 0.05, 0.05]
+                        scale: [0.018, 0.018, 0.018]
                     });
                 }
             }
-            // Back wall + side walls — sparse vertical strips
-            var wy, wx;
-            for (wy = -1; wy <= 2; wy++) {
-                for (wx = -6; wx <= 6; wx += 2) {
-                    splats.push({
-                        center: [wx * 0.4, wy * 0.5, 4.8],
-                        color: [0.12, 0.20, 0.28],
-                        opacity: 1.0,
-                        scale: [0.05, 0.05, 0.05]
-                    });
-                }
-                splats.push({ center: [-2.4, wy * 0.5, 0.5 + (wy + 1) * 0.8], color: [0.12, 0.20, 0.28], opacity: 1.0, scale: [0.05, 0.05, 0.05] });
-                splats.push({ center: [ 2.4, wy * 0.5, 0.5 + (wy + 1) * 0.8], color: [0.12, 0.20, 0.28], opacity: 1.0, scale: [0.05, 0.05, 0.05] });
-            }
-            // Standing figure — 60 points in a vertical cylinder
-            var i, theta, r, py;
-            for (i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
-                theta = (i / 60) * Math.PI * 2;
-                py = -0.6 + (i / 60) * 1.6;
-                r = 0.18 + breath * (py > 0 ? 1 : 0);
-                splats.push({
-                    center: [sway + Math.cos(theta) * r, py, 2.3 + Math.sin(theta) * r],
-                    color: [0.91, 0.65, 0.20],
-                    opacity: 1.0,
-                    scale: [0.04, 0.04, 0.04]
-                });
-            }
 
             // 17 COCO keypoints in normalized [0,1] image coords (matches live shape)
             var headY = 0.18;
@@ -315,6 +437,9 @@
                 [0.41, 0.92, 0.88]                          // 16 rightAnkle
             ];
 
+            // Wrap the figure in the Seldon-vault context (grid, spiral, starfield, halo)
+            pushFoundationContext(splats);
+
             demoFrameNum += 1;
             return {
                 splats: splats,
@@ -459,13 +584,13 @@
                 return;
             }
             btn.addEventListener("click", function() {
-                btn.textContent = "Starting camera…";
+                btn.textContent = "Initializing the Vault…";
                 startFaceMesh();
             });
         })();
 
         fetchCloud();
-        setInterval(fetchCloud, 250); // 4 Hz — enough for face mesh, light on the network
+        setInterval(fetchCloud, 100); // 10 Hz — denser updates so face mesh feels live and the spiral animates smoothly
 
         function updateSplats(splats) {
             if (pointsMesh) scene.remove(pointsMesh);
