We propose and extend a speculative but structurally unified framework in which gravitational collapse is interpreted as a representation transition for physical information: exterior macroscopic degrees of freedom become operationally inaccessible, while the internal microstate structure compatible with the same exterior data acquires a higher-capacity effective description. The central postulate asserts that a sufficiently strong collapse transition maps an N-dimensional manifold of accessible macrostates to an induced (N+1)-dimensional internal state-space, with information about that internal level encoded on (or near) a boundary; in the horizon-forming limit the encoding becomes area-controlled, consistent with holographic entropy bounds. We develop the proposal in the language of observable algebras and quantum channels (encoding/recovery maps), introduce quantitative proxies for “induced dimension” based on effective information geometry, and formulate a phenomenological energetic-cost relation linking processed collapse energy to induced state-space capacity. We connect the framework to black-hole thermodynamics, covariant entropy bounds, quantum error-correction interpretations of holography, and modern unitarity-compatible treatments of evaporation. Finally, we outline falsifiable, test-oriented consequences for multi-messenger strong-field transients and clarify limitations and compatibility targets.