Information-Centric Unification of Quantum Mechanics and Relativity: Conditional Rendering and Relativistic Resource Management

This paper introduces NORMeOLi’s information-centric philosophy-of-science framework that unifies quantum mechanics and relativity without proposing new physical laws. By reframing reality through an on-demand conditional rendering architecture, the framework provides a single operational logic for wave-particle duality, state reduction, time dilation, light speed invariance, and mass. Within this model, quantum mechanics is explained through "use-case" rendering, where the wave function acts as a dynamic catalog of unrendered possibilities (potentia) employing wave logic for probabilistic outcomes. Special relativity emerges from a fundamental master clock (the Outside Observer’s Universal Perspective and Time, or OOUPT), where c serves as the invariant presentation rate and time dilation reflects varying frame-sampling densities. Furthermore, mass is reinterpreted as a relational coherence invariant; the rules of local observation are mathematically extrapolated outward until reaching terminal presentation boundaries where the models break down - specifically at the Planck scale (quantum granularity) and extreme cosmological scales (black hole event horizons). Maintaining consciousness as ontologically fundamental rather than emergent, NORMeOLi provides mechanistic grounding for concepts like Heisenberg’s potentia and Deutsch & Marletto’s Constructor Theory, offering a parsimonious, simulation-based contribution to philosophy of science. The framework’s significance lies in its capacity to integrate physics with metaphysical reflection, situating quantum phenomena and relativity within a broader vision of reality as a context for conscious participation and evaluative choice. The approach also resonates with, and in some cases extends, themes developed in the works of Gödel, Penrose, Elitzur, Barandes. As such, it invites further exploration of the simulation perspective as a legitimate and potentially fruitful contribution to foundational debates.