Interactive Visualization of Quaternion Julia Sets

[corpusc]

huhuuh he said ass ending order

[Ramsez]

not interactive!!! tried influencing it's movement, didn't work...

[wenaolong]

This was back in '85 right?

[eriko5791]

Nice Commadore!!!

[wasssup1990]

Oh yeah, so cool. Does anyone know what kind of computer(s) were used to compute this?

[DougieBarclay]

80x386 with Super Turbo.

[stigomaster]

I'd like to see a video animating that sphere varying only the theta, to see the bifurcation patterns change.

[Mumina415]

I think it should be biopsied.

[alexstraz]

dear lord someone get this man a new keyboard

[Shalmendo]

It's quite possible that these fractal computations could lead to leaps and bounds in computing efficiency as we develop better ways to process them. As well as providing a basis for stronger mathematical models for simulation use for practical applications like weather simulation, and physics (Quantum or normal) dynamics for studying of black holes, singulatiries, and other massive physics areas.

[joshig1983]

What are the practical applications of these fractals? Other than data encryption, eye candy seems to be one of the few uses of these fractals.

[nuclearthelab]

I just finished writing a julia quaternion ray tracer based on hart's distance estimator, and went on to youtube to relax and find if there's anything on about quaternion fractals.

It was a big surprise finding such an interesting video of the early research. Great stuff.

Also the quaternion handshake in the end is the geekiest thing I've seen all week... love it :)