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Re: Show HN: Stacked Game of Life

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Post by xnx »

ralferoo wrote: post #10

This is the kind of visualisation that obvious in retrospect, but I don't think anybody's done this before. Very nice. I think the only change I'd make really is to give the top layer and obviously different colour so you can view from the top and see the current configuration. Currently it just looks confusing because e.g. a - oscillator looks like + instead.

Here's one from 2018: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/9xfquc/3d_visualizati...

One from 2 weeks ago: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUxkEiWDS-q/

I'm sure there is much older.

Re: Show HN: Stacked Game of Life

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Post by thih9 »

xnx wrote: post #11
ralferoo wrote: post #10

This is the kind of visualisation that obvious in retrospect, but I don't think anybody's done this before. Very nice. I think the only change I'd make really is to give the top layer and obviously different colour so you can view from the top and see the current configuration. Currently it just looks confusing because e.g. a - oscillator looks like + instead.

Here's one from 2018: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/9xfquc/3d_visualizati... One from 2 weeks ago: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUxkEiWDS-q/ I'm sure there is much older.

I like this one, from 1 year ago; a tall structure rendered in Blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50iRzBI3qc

Re: Show HN: Stacked Game of Life

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Post by ralferoo »

xnx wrote: post #11
ralferoo wrote: post #10

This is the kind of visualisation that obvious in retrospect, but I don't think anybody's done this before. Very nice. I think the only change I'd make really is to give the top layer and obviously different colour so you can view from the top and see the current configuration. Currently it just looks confusing because e.g. a - oscillator looks like + instead.

Here's one from 2018: https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/9xfquc/3d_visualizati... One from 2 weeks ago: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUxkEiWDS-q/ I'm sure there is much older.

That 3D printed one is amazing!

Re: Show HN: Stacked Game of Life

#16

Post by qchamaeleon »

boomlinde wrote: post #13

Hmm, shouldn't this pattern be perfectly stable? o o o o In this simulation it seems to oscillate between two patterns. Very interesting visualization either way!

I'm guessing you're looking at three cells switching between vertical and horizontal.

O O to OOO and back again. O

Re: Show HN: Stacked Game of Life

#17

Post by WillMorr »

Very nice visualization, the fade out really adds to the organic feel.

I've been playing with a similar system but designed for 3d printing, it's simple to make it self-supporting by just drawing a line from each parent to each child which is neat.

Re: Show HN: Stacked Game of Life

#20

Post by JKCalhoun »

ralferoo wrote: post #10

This is the kind of visualisation that obvious in retrospect, but I don't think anybody's done this before. Very nice. I think the only change I'd make really is to give the top layer and obviously different colour so you can view from the top and see the current configuration. Currently it just looks confusing because e.g. a - oscillator looks like + instead.

Came here to say the same: remarkable, just make the very top layer hard white, or outlined, or something that contrasts with the falling history.
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