Three papers on visual reality

The three papers Hardik Zayne published openly on Zenodo this year can now be read here, page by page, without leaving the site. Zayne's Theory of Cinematic Reality (January 31, 2026) asks why a grainy silent film can feel real while a flawless render feels hollow. The Principle of Visual Reality (February 6, 2026) states that perceived realism follows from complete constraint satisfaction across physical, perceptual and informational domains. On Structural Depth (February 17, 2026) introduces a measure of the internally coherent process layers recoverable from a surface or artefact — and shows why fabricating them costs far more than detecting their absence. Each paper is also available as a PDF, with a link to its permanent Zenodo record.