Amazing stuff trafassel. This is surely much closer to what I originally envisaged for the real 3D Mandelbrot than we've ever seen before. We're seeing all kinds of designs, giant 3D connected networks, tunnels, arrays of tentacles, intricate satellites, foamy materials, shapes we've never imagined, and of course, the return of the spine also! (closer to what I thought the 3D spine should look like). I love the zoom near the end of your video too.
If I were to give the Mandelbulb rating of how close I thought it was to the holy grail, say, 5/10, I would give yours perhaps 7 or maybe 8/10. I still think there are subtle and not so subtle things which prevent it from being the holy grail which I'll try to elaborate on soon. In particular, there's a feeling that many of the shapes have a somewhat IFS feel to them (over-smooth or chopped up spherical surfaces etc.), and of course the overall shape is not what we might expect.
But not to take away from this awesome find which is probably going to be the most fun exploring out of anything we've seen so far in my opinion. I could've been fooled, especially with scenes like:
http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4141.0;attach=3272;imagehttp://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4141.0;attach=3268;imagehttp://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4141.0;attach=3241;imageThe Pandora's box meme has never been more appropriate because we actually looked inside! Actually, looking inside on the 'default' Mandelbox without your adjustments doesn't look nearly as good for some reason (often sparse 3D arrays of chopped up spheres from what I've found, like a starfield), though I haven't looked very far/wide/deep as of yet.
Congrats. The Mandelbox has gone even further up in my estimation now
An Inside View of a Mandelbox Cavern
Mandelbulb3D Gallery
November 01, 2010, 02:32:14 AM
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