started 2/13/03
last revised 2/23/03
This applet shows the intersection of four dimensional shapes with realmspace (3d space). Currently the only four dimensional shape it does is the cubinder. It also shows the lower-dimensional analogs of the cubinder - the cylinder and the circle. Left-drag the mouse up and down to move the shapes, and right-drag to rotate them.
Left drag - move the shapes up and down
Right drag - rotate.
The top row is the projected shape, and the bottom row is the upper row's shape's intersection with the dimension below it.
This java applet is currently in beta. I am intending on adding some visualization aids in the future, such as different colorings for lines being closer or farther away, and highlighted intersection area on the shapes of the top row to show where they are actually meeting the dimension below them. If you have any comments, suggestions, or bug reports, go ahead and e-mail me (e-mail is at the bottom of this page).
- version 1.02: now works with microsoft's vm, so no java downloads are
required.
- version 1.01: put all the class files into a jar file for faster loading.
Changed default world location of the cubinder.
- version 1.00: original version.
for other java applets related to the fourth dimension, check out my page of links to java applets.
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