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Hello and welcome to the forum!

the article has been posted here a few days ago.

but this reminded me to share some thoughts I had about it:

Concerning the search for the "holy grail", a real 3d mset: I think we kind of have found it already, but the problem is that there is no proper way to display it in a static 2d render.

I'd like to quote startdust4evers comment here, he really helped me understanding the limitations we are faced with:
"Since you can’t see all the layers of an onion without taking a slice, much of Mandelbulb exploration just explore the outer exterior of the fractal from different perspectives because we are limited by what we can see from within the plane."
We would have to do deep zoom videos, zooming in closer and closer into the never ending surface details.
just like the zooms into the 2d mandelbrot set.
right now we're only doing the 3d-equivalent of scrolling the x&y axis.

I also find the realization fascinating:
It is my belief that these 3D variants of the Mandelbrot contain the same amount of fractal detail as the traditional 2D Mandelbrot and ABS() variations which I helped to catalog, but the fractal iteration bands are like the layers of an union. Deep zooms create intricate patterns in a 2D plane which is visible to the eye. A deep zoom of the 3D Mandelbulb or BS fractal will have similar layers, but our perspective in 3D lies within the fractal rather than outside it.

In my opinion the buddhabrot method comes closest to any sort of holy grail as it shows the most information in a single image.


edit: actually concerning the linked article - to me it looks like this method will generate a folded plane, that again is "just" another single layer of the onion. A different approach, but a very similar result.