Message #2993

From: Ben Blohowiak <ben.blohowiak@gmail.com>
Subject: [MC4D] Miegakure, a 4D puzzle-platforming game
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:50:01 -0400

Re: http://www.urticator.net/ <http://www.urticator.net/maze/>maze/

John has been working on a variant named Blocks which allows users to
navigate the 4D manifold as well as translate and rotate objects in it (in
addition to rotating the entire manifold in which the user and objects
exist). It has multiple display mode options, including binocular. Its
latest versions are also able to present first-person POV information in a
double rainbow display configuration. What is that? A visualization
approach that reveals content to the user’s left/right as well as the
user’s ana/kata, in addition to what is in front of the user along those
continua.

(For more info, check out https://osf.io/dxjeo/wiki/doublerainbowdisplay/)

There are many video examples on the page; one of the most recent is of an
array of tesseracts in a toridal arrangement with an additional hole
through their center; the link to the most recent videos are at the bottom
of the page linked above, as well as right here:

https://archive.org/details/DoubleHoledToridalTesseractArray1

https://archive.org/details/4DDoubleHelix3

Best,
Ben

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Vasily Vladimirovich Vylkov <
vasily@gatech.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,’cvml’,’vasily@gatech.edu’);>>wrote:

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> Right! Miegakure – I’ve been looking forward to it ever since its first
> public announcement a few years ago. (And it got a mention in
> http://xkcd.com/721/ which probably didn’t hurt.)
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> My only quibble is that only a "slice" of the 4D world is visible on
> screen at a time. Of all the possible ways to project 4D down to 3D, that
> one is the most "lossy" (hiding all but an infinitely thin subspace from
> view). But I suppose since his game world is so detailed, showing more
> than a 3D slice at a time would get extremely cluttered.
>
> What I’d really love to see is a 4D "Portal<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game)#Gameplay>"-like
> set of training chambers, maybe using Oculus Rift for stereo depth cueing.
> : )
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> Some other noble attempts:
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> http://cnslab.ss.uci.edu/fourdim/ (also shows only a slice of 4D space
> at a time)
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> www.mushware.com ‘s Adanaxis: 2D, 3D, now 4D gaming<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-pmCpa1DE>
> (nifty fish-eye lens effect for the 4D rotations, among other things,
> is described in a collection of documents on 4D rendering<http://www.mushware.com/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=1>
> )
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> http://www.urticator.net/maze/ (not as lossy in its projection, but
> only features wireframe models)
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> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,’cvml’,’melinda@superliminal.com’);>
> > wrote:
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>> I saw this puzzle/game demoed by the inventor/developer Marc Ten Bosch at
>> a puzzle party a while back. Here are some clips:
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>> Miegakure, a true 4D puzzle-platforming game<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhbUvoxjxIg>- A sample of what it looks like.
>> Miegakure <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhBoY6s-Fhw> - Showing how to
>> link 2 rings without cutting.
>> Marc Ten Bosch explains his game, Miegakure: A Puzzle Platformer played
>> in 4 dimensions <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_4L3FtClxI> - The
>> inventor/developer describes his creation.
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>> At the time he said that he had been working on it full time for some 3
>> years I think. I can’t imagine working on something like that alone and in
>> secret and for so long. I really admire his dedication, and of course the
>> results are visually amazing. What impressed me the most was his
>> implementation of 4D dice. You can drop a giant convex polychoron and it
>> will use realistic 4D physics to simulate it slowly bouncing and rolling
>> and changing shape as parts of roll in and out of your current 3D view,
>> eventually coming to rest.
>>
>> You can find more videos by searching for "Miegakure" on YouTube though I
>> couldn’t find one with a 4D die.
>>
>> There is a Wikipedia page for it here<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miegakure>
>> .
>>
>> Enjoy!
>> -Melinda
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