Spatial observation

Staff can examine location, movement, co-presence, proximity, dwell time through selected records. Software associates a position estimate with an object, temporary participant reference, room, time interval. Researchers retain the precision and ambiguity relevant to a claim.

A visitor may remain near a shelf while waiting for a friend. Two guests may stand close without speaking. Repeated movement toward the workbench may reflect interest, congestion, the location of food. Staff compare spatial records with activity, available opportunity, participant accounts before proposing meaning.

Positioning methods include carried tags, visual reconstruction, room-level presence. They differ in installation, participant burden, precision, identity association. Opportunity matters particularly when interpreting an unvisited object. Staff can use spatial information to describe possible encounter conditions while treating affinity as a separate hypothesis.