Fractice Mandelbrot deep zoom to 2^316 (bigger than the universe!)

[InnertainStudios]

good stuff

[DeathBYDesign666]

Just to clarify this is not bigger than the universe as we have no clue how big it actually is. I think the term you want is "visible universe". Great vid though makes me wish I had some shrooms to really enjoy it. 

[ashwadhwani]

Bigger than the 'known' universe

[YesIamJames]

Thankyou for making this available for free. I've got the demo version fractal extreme which does pretty much the same thing but it's locked at 2^100.

How does this compare for rendering time at deeper zooms?

[ckorda]

@YesIamJames Fractice is probably at least as fast, but comparisons are tricky. You already have FX on your computer so you could test this. Up to around 2^45, your CPU's floating-point hardware (SSE) works fine and it's plenty fast. Beyond that it's software only (deep zoom). That's at least 100x slower, and gets slower the further you zoom, because you need more bits for the same quality. Also Fractice doesn't guess, so you must disable FX's guessing option for a fair comparison.

[YesIamJames]

@ckorda Yeah I noticed that it slowed down once the zoom got high but it's just as quick if not quicker at low zoom. Might check out your forums at some point.

[Logdotzip]

i watched the video for a while, looked away, everywhere else i look, seems like it's moving away from me, being pinched smaller

[ImMasterBates]

That's a fine work mate. Congrats!

[scitsalcoryp]

this is so intense

[VikingNightmare]

Thank you so much for your hard work and for sharing info with us, i would like to code a fractal generator in C++, hope the language can pull it off, but would you be so kind as to suggest me some reading material regarding this stuff?

[scitsalcoryp]

Virtual LSD

[scitsalcoryp]

Jumping Into IT

[scitsalcoryp]

cchheerrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooog­hhhhrrwwwwwwwwww oohhhhhhhh

[RoboticusMusic]

NOISY!!!

[scitsalcoryp]

Dangerous

[scitsalcoryp]

stop this at any part and watch how the surrounding fiels floatsaway pure stuff goin'

[scitsalcoryp]

phuq

[SerenyLaVesser]

It's still moving !

[schenonef]

man, this video is an argument in favor that there is beauty in mathematics..who could disagree after seeing this?

[blessedbyGod1000]

mandelbrot graphs just make me happy! :) (im a bit of a nerd ... lol)

just leaves you speechless really!

you must have spent SO much time doing this, but it is a great vid! thanks for posting :D

[phillipanthony77]

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[phillipanthony77]

Hello ckorda.

I was very interrested by this video and was wondering if you could send me a high resolution copy. I would really appreciate a response.

Thank you

[ckorda]

@phillipanthony77 The uncompressed original is 8.5GB, so the best I can offer is the MPEG2 version (308MB): search for "chris korda" over at archive.org and you'll find it.

[dreinulleinssechs]

@phillipanthony77 u can also use CLIPCONVERTER.CC

and set the quality to AVI, it has xvid codec and u can pump up the bitrates. :)

[woukei]

its cool but i just couldnt understand, how u know how big is universe?

[Whitefire240]

it fucked up my eyes at the end now I am hallucinating.

Amazing.

[cyyyggnus]

Amazing, mentally simulating, mesmerizing, calming, thought-provoking....

AWESOMATASTIC!!!

[NassimHarameinVedas]

Guess Nassim Haramein was right, this is a Holofractographic universe.

Those are some amazing fractals.

Great respect is due to Benoit Mandelbrot for his life's work.

Repose en paix.

Requiscat in Pace

[phiphers]

incredible, pause it on any time and it seem as if its moving!

[ASATclass]

I think this might be the hole that that guy from 300 was kicked into...

[jtgw1981]

Yes, I got the illusion of the screen contracting after the zoom had ended. I honestly wondered if this was the case, but no, it's just one more example of how your vision can be completely screwed with when you're messing with it right.

[TheRonMorales]

@jtgw1981: Not only was my monitor contracting too, it felt like that a spot in my room's ceiling (if I focus on it a few secs after the movie) is contracting too. Or flying away from me. The universal expansion on a psychological scale.

[pigeonkid4]

@TheRonMorales Me too! Very cool

[InfinityOE]

Great video... Definitely a high quality Mandelbrot zoom. Possibly one of the most intricate axis to zoom in on. I would love to see some novelty though.

[stefanoluzzatto]

definitely the deepest zoom I have ever soon. Congratulations !

[amigalemming]

When the video stops, everything on my screen seems to become smaller and smaller, seems to wobble and wave.

[eldiagrama]

Makes your mind wonder..

[Friedsteel]

It is fabulous.. but some sound would be great.

[nakawoopahkapooski]

This is so becoming my desktop wallpaper

[xanjaben]

whooo.. after rhe vid stopped my monitor just wobbles :D:D .... just dooing my self fractilus animation

[RickyV300]

how do you get something this amazing?

[Nabo00o]

Thank for using so much of your time making this!

I think our universe, in all its aspects, is infinite, both out and in, and that fractals helps us in visualizing this.

The infinite complexities of life.......

[tmowlee]

If you look right at it for a long time then when it stops it has that optical illusion effect of everything stretching inward.

[Huntua]

wow i downloaded your software and it is amazing! I can zoom in so far and with great quality. i got a pretty good comp and it takes me hours to load because i have the quality high and im pretty deep but i cant imagine the computing power it takes to go as deep as 2^316! good job, good luck, and keep going deeper!

[esgimasd]

Try watching this full screen, then close it and look around lol

[flyingspagetti]

-Hello, I'm a Mac.

-Hello, I'm a PC.

-Hello, I'm a fractal. WTF Booooooooooooooooooooommm *big bang occurs*

[xTommyGirlx]

shiiii-- I just saw truth

[Banjanjo]

I love this. I think it's amazing. Also, if you stare at the centre of it long enough, and then look at a wall or something that is unmoving, it's intense!

[Chronosaur]

I actually find that quite frightening...

[jesal21]

This would make one badass rug!! Very nicely done, and thanks for uploading this. Is it possible to upload this in HD format??

[DarkDeepRed]

@jesal21 it would really tie the room together

[ckorda]

@jesal21 @jesal21 This video took FIVE MONTHS to render on a cluster of up to *20* dual-core PCs. And that's just for 640x480 with 2x antialiasing. At that rate even low HD would take at least a year, assuming I could get my hands on that many computers again. The uncompressed original looks way better but it's 8.5GB, so the best I can offer is the MPEG2 version (a mere 308MB): search for chris korda over at archive.org.

[ReiHarebell]

Hi, I'm doing a project on fractals for an exam and I think your video is really good to explain in a simple way some of the features of fractals. Would you give me the permission to show it during my exam? I would credit you, of course.

[BPhoenixProductions]

WOAH

That was crazy. I paused it, scrolled down, looked at the comments, and they looked like they were bulged out and had started deflating.

[Bumsoft]

Just a bit of fun I've been having with my calculator if anyone's interested.. If the first frame is equivalent to looking at the observable universe then ~one minute in is looking at the size of the earth, ~one minute 25 seconds is looking at the size of a human being, and ~2 minutes 15 in is looking at the size of a proton. Madness..

[schenonef]

@Bumsoft

is this true?

[iamafractal]

how many iterations per pixel did you have by the final frames? I would have liked to see you stray from the exact 0 on the vertical axis, and would have liked if you had delved inside of some different objects, such as spirals, to mix up the results a bit.

[thepanzer1]

Now zoom out real fast!

[QueenOfUnimatrixZero]

Wow! I´m doing "mandelbrotings" since the AMIGA500 but nothing i made appears slitghtly to yours! I am reallly impressed! But of course, my Mandelbrots were mostly rendered on ONE machine at 66 Mhz. So if you watch mine - be patient!

[rmiddlehouse]

yeah this is the best, thanks a lot Chris and metafis. this is the future.

[metafis]

Oh, a cover version of my Zoom :).

This is an excellent job!!!. Nicely done.

I've put the link for this video in mine.

[iamafractal]

ok i'll get to that... in the meantime, consider making those into 3d splines, just like in let's say, the opening sequence of fight club.

I have always dreamed of swooping, diving, banking, flying like a plane/bird through the wonders of the mandelbrot fractal. also, while you're here, take a look at my fractal zoom movies... I've made some observations about the mandelbrot fractal in the comments that you might find interesting.

[iamafractal]

Great zoom... I'd love to see your software evolve.

[ckorda]

Thanks! If you have specific suggestions, I'd like to hear them, but please post them in the Open Discussion forum on the Fractice web site. You may need to create a SourceForge account, but that's a Good Thing as it prevents spam. The next development is "multi-leg" movie recording: movies will be able to traverse a polyline, instead of only a single line segment, allowing an entire navigation history to be turned directly into a movie. -Chris

[devoman17420]

@ckorda That is an incredible idea cant wait to see it!