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Local-first AI protection layer

3DVR Attention Shield

A calmer notification layer for phones: apps ask to interrupt, the shield decides what deserves your attention, and everything else waits for a digest.

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The phone needs a nervous system.

Current focus modes mostly ask people to maintain static allow and block lists. Attention Shield starts from a different assumption: interruption is expensive, and the device should defend the human by default.

Humans before feeds

Real people and time-sensitive work can pass through. Engagement bait, vanity metrics, and sales pressure get delayed.

Context before rules

Deep work, driving, sleep, recovery, and family time need different thresholds without rebuilding every app setting.

Local first

The preference graph should live with the user. Cloud AI can be optional later, not the default gatekeeper.

Modes that understand the point.

Deep Work

Allow direct calls, important contacts, calendar changes, and critical business messages. Everything else becomes an hourly digest.

Human Mode

Favor actual people and suppress algorithmic noise, social vanity metrics, flash sales, and habit-loop notifications.

Nature / Yoga Mode

Emergency-only interruptions, grayscale-friendly UI, gentle sound defaults, and a low-stimulation notification surface.

Five decisions, not forty-seven alerts.

Interrupt nowImmediate human or operational urgency.
Quietly showUseful, but not worth a buzz.
Batch digestSummarize when the mode allows.
Hide unless searchedLow-value noise preserved only for audit.
Flag pressureManipulation, dark patterns, or emotional bait.

MVP path

Do not start with a full OS. Start with the narrow layer Android already permits, then let TommyOS inherit the lessons.

1. Android listener

  • Notification listener service
  • Local SQLite event log
  • Manual allow, batch, and hide rules

2. Local classifier

  • Sender importance
  • Urgency language
  • Known app pressure patterns

3. Portal dashboard

  • Digest history
  • Contact priority graph
  • Mode tuning and audit trail

Why it belongs in 3DVR

The product is not another assistant. It is an AI protection layer for sensory-friendly, open, user-owned computing.