Combat the "Hollow Spectacle" of infinite content by shifting from "Horizontal Time" (velocity) to "Vertical Time" (depth)—using friction, restricted scope, and immersive audio to force the audience to inhabit the present moment.

Reject the "Horizontal Trap" of linear progression by adopting Julie Dash’s "Vertical Design"—stopping the clock to engineer deep, sensory states of being rather than simple plot points.

Abandon the horizontal obsession with "what happens next" to embrace "Vertical Design"—creating deep, arrested moments where the user inhabits the state of being rather than the rush of action.