Rendering a Buddhabrot at 4K and Other Bad Ideas

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Post by Tunabrain » Fri, May 20, 2016, 12:00 PM UTC

Rendering a Buddhabrot at 4K and Other Bad Ideas
benedikt-bitterli.me

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Post by bbcbasic » Sat, May 21, 2016, 8:41 AM UTC

That video is the coolest thing I've seen for a long time. I feel like I have experienced seeing in 4 dimensions. The bit where there are hundreds of spheres then it converges to a 2d fractal is my favorite bit.

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Post by blt » Sat, May 21, 2016, 8:53 AM UTC

This guy is very talented, he has several other cool projects on his homepage.

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Post by bbcbasic » Sat, May 21, 2016, 8:58 AM UTC

blt wrote: post #3

This guy is very talented, he has several other cool projects on his homepage.

Then look at his cv and what he has accomplished in so little time.

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Post by eggy » Sat, May 21, 2016, 10:17 AM UTC

Amazing, and what a talented and tenacious person. Well worth his efforts from my view!

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Post by Razengan » Sat, May 21, 2016, 10:29 AM UTC

blt wrote: post #3

This guy is very talented, he has several other cool projects on his homepage.

The fluid simulations, like [1], could and should enable so many cool games.

I can't wait to see a revival of Lemmings, or Worms, with this kind of physics.

[1] https://benedikt-bitterli.me/bbw.html

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Post by renke1 » Sat, May 21, 2016, 11:27 AM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #6

blt wrote: post #3

This guy is very talented, he has several other cool projects on his homepage.

The fluid simulations, like [1], could and should enable so many cool games. I can't wait to see a revival of Lemmings, or Worms, with this kind of physics. [1] https://benedikt-bitterli.me/bbw.html

Wetrix [1] comes to mind. One of my favorite games back in the time.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetrix

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Post by Sharlin » Sat, May 21, 2016, 1:13 PM UTC

I'm always absolutely amazed by people who have both the considerable technical skill and the deep sense of aesthetics required to produce things like this.

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Post by userbinator » Sat, May 21, 2016, 3:06 PM UTC

I almost read the title as about rendering it in a 4KB binary - realtime fractal rendering is a pretty common effect in the demoscene and definitely doable in that size category. Here are some examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_xEUoK79o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvC8maVHh8Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFCcneO5HIA

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Post by JustFinishedBSG » Sat, May 21, 2016, 3:20 PM UTC

Browsing the rest of the website is also recommended. And also very depressing.