# view (visual)

what one sees of a setting

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: view

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [see](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-see.visual), [setting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-setting.contextual)

**Through:** pattern.regularity of light within space.extent is captured over time.dimension, producing a visual percept through the operation of see.visual within a setting.contextual

**Novel properties:**
- visual percept
- scene appearance
- spatiotemporal pattern capture

## Examples
- The view from Pic du Midi Observatory includes the Milky Way arching over the Pyrenees on clear, moonless nights. *(astronomy)*
- Visitors to Grand Canyon's South Rim see layered rock walls stretching 18 miles across under shifting desert light. *(geography)*
- Players in Minecraft see a procedurally generated landscape extending 300 blocks ahead before rendering limits. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [birds eye view](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-birds-eye-view.abstraction) (L18)
- [browser](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-browser.software) (L18)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-view.visual*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-view.visual.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*