• Glass

• the foundational surface atom in prism
• translucent pane that contains other components. all composition in cyb happens on glass

• interface

  • inputs
    • depth: foreground, midground, background — controls opacity and blur
    • tint: emotion color overlay
    • edge: whether the pane has a visible border
  • outputs
    • containment: child components inherit the glass depth context

• variants

  • plane — flat surface, standard container
  • side-button — surface with an attached action trigger on the edge

• properties

  • opacity gradient encodes depth in the z-axis
  • blur increases with depth — foreground is sharp, background is diffuse
  • tint modulates with emotion state of the parent aip

• composition

  • glass is the only surface atom. every hud, display, and object sits on glass
  • glass panes nest: a card (glass) inside a section (glass) inside a screen (glass)
  • nesting depth should stay ≤ 3 to maintain visual clarity