I'm surprised that Flatland[0] wasn't mentioned in this
4D Toys: a box of four-dimensional toys
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#12As a person who studied knot theory and sitting through other peoples presentations about higher dimensional knots this looks like a neat treat! After hearing about the concept I bought the game and tried it out. I like how you replace actual physical actions to objects in 4 dimentions. Usually this is projected on the time axis but with this interface it makes it much more fun to play with it instead of having basically a generic slider.
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#13Love the idea! Unfortunately it's not compatible with iOS plus-sized screens :(
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#14Now is a good moment to reread Lewis Padgett's Mimsy were the Borogoves, specially if your children start playing with those toys.
Or they ask WTH was that scene about in Inside/Out. :)
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#15This looks fantastic. If I had a VR device I would get this immediately. I've always had a fascination with trying to grok higher dimensions. I think it's just about impossible to have an intuitive understanding of it - 3D spacial reasoning is in our wiring through both nature and experience.
You know the theory of how language shapes your thinking? For example, in societies where there is no separate word for orange and red, they have extreme trouble telling the difference between them. In some native tribe where they use cardinal directions (North, South) - not relative (Left, Right) - they have an almost supernatural ability to know which direction they are without needing any other cues (sunlight, stars).
Point being - would being able to completely think in four dimensions have an impact on how you understand the world?
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#16I'm curious how this would look if the 4D space was projected onto the 3D space instead of taking a cross-section, much like we already project 3D space onto 2D space (your display), to create "3d" graphics.
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#17I'm curious how this would look if the 4D space was projected onto the 3D space instead of taking a cross-section, much like we already project 3D space onto 2D space (your display), to create "3d" graphics.
Isn't that what the traditional 3d visualization of a hypercube is? e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercube#/media/File%3AHype...
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#18I'm curious how this would look if the 4D space was projected onto the 3D space instead of taking a cross-section, much like we already project 3D space onto 2D space (your display), to create "3d" graphics.
Isn't that what the traditional 3d visualization of a hypercube is? e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercube#/media/File%3AHype...
Yes. I'd love to play around with that in a sandbox.
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#19Why a box and not a hyperbox?
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#20Now is a good moment to reread Lewis Padgett's Mimsy were the Borogoves, specially if your children start playing with those toys.
On a happier note, also don't forget 'Star Bright', by Mark Clifton (1952), online here: http://www.astraeasweb.net/politics/starbright.html