Title: Reflexions in Mandelbox Post by: bib on October 24, 2010, 09:55:08 PM I see this image everyday, it's a Pink Floyd poster I have in my bathroom.
(http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/images/news/2004/storm/lrg/PinkFloydInterstellar.jpg) For the first time today I noticed that there is a similarity with these kind of shapes often found on the middle of negative Mandelbox edges: (http://www.fractalforums.com/gallery/3/492_24_10_10_9_54_58.jpeg) Do you think there is somehow a link between the way the Mandelbox is calculated (the so called foldings which are more or less symmetries), and the reflections in these 2 spheres ? Title: Re: Reflexions in Mandelbox Post by: Bent-Winged Angel on October 25, 2010, 02:45:41 AM Not pre -ordained! Just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl yr. after yr :-\
Title: Re: Reflexions in Mandelbox Post by: Jesse on October 25, 2010, 07:45:09 PM nice comparison, whereas the folding on the mirrored spheres is to the outside and
not to the inside like in the mandbox? i am not the great analyzer, just testified if the little program smallpt, a Path Tracer by Kevin Beason, can do it right... rendered overnight :-\ (interstellar overdrive is cool, did not knew this poster) Edit: the comparison of number foldings and light path foldings is very funny, so is an image with many mirrored objects also a fractal? Title: Re: Reflexions in Mandelbox Post by: bib on November 02, 2010, 09:36:27 AM Btw check out this nice video by bryceguy on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoJMgOJId-0 Title: Re: Reflexions in Mandelbox Post by: Jesse on November 02, 2010, 07:50:43 PM Yes, very nice video. And if you calculate only the direct mirroring you just have to calculate one iterated ray for each pixel, not about 5000 like in the image i posted :dink: |