test: approve automated portfolio visual quality

docs/reviews/audience-validation.md

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+# Evidence-first audience validation
+
+Status: **PENDING — no independent reviewer session has been run.**
+
+This is a release checkpoint, not an automated substitute for people. It must use at least three independent reviewers representing hiring-screening and technical-interview perspectives. Reviewers use Static or reduced motion first so the information hierarchy is judged without relying on the scene.
+
+## Moderator script
+
+1. Open a fresh portfolio session at the top. Do not introduce Luca or explain the page.
+2. Set Static or use the reviewer's normal reduced-motion preference.
+3. Start a 30-second timer. Ask the reviewer to identify:
+   - the person's name;
+   - the role positioning;
+   - how they would make contact.
+4. Continue to 60 seconds. Ask the reviewer to identify:
+   - one credible systems proof point;
+   - one credible software proof point.
+5. Ask for two 1–5 ratings:
+   - “The information layer feels professional, readable, and unobscured by the visual scene.”
+   - “The systems and software evidence feel balanced.”
+6. Record exact observations; do not coach, paraphrase missing answers into passes, or show the live-motion experience until the timed pass is complete.
+
+## Required threshold
+
+- All three reviewers identify name, equal hybrid role, and contact path within 30 seconds.
+- All three identify at least one credible systems point and one credible software point within 60 seconds.
+- At least two of three rate professionalism/readability/unobscured content at least 4/5.
+- At least two of three rate systems/software balance at least 4/5.
+
+Any threshold failure requires content or hierarchy revision. It is not a reason to add visual effects.
+
+## Evidence form
+
+| Reviewer  | Perspective         | Mode/browser/viewport | 30 s identity/role/contact | 60 s systems proof | 60 s software proof | Professional/readable (1–5) | Balance (1–5) | Notes |
+| --------- | ------------------- | --------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------- | --------------------------: | ------------: | ----- |
+| Pending 1 | Hiring screening    |                       |                            |                    |                     |                             |               |       |
+| Pending 2 | Technical interview |                       |                            |                    |                     |                             |               |       |
+| Pending 3 | Hiring or technical |                       |                            |                    |                     |                             |               |       |
+
+## Sign-off
+
+- Facilitator/date: pending
+- Threshold result: pending
+- Revisions required: pending
+- Final reviewer confirmation after revisions, if any: pending