Rotating tesseract

An opaque four dimensional cube I made using Blender and a bulk of python code. Each side is a cube.

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• tesseract
• hypercube
• 4D

[darkgooble]

isnt a tesseract 5 dimensions?

[throughthedoors]

I believe A Wrinkle in Time introduces the tesseract as a five dimensional object, but it actually refers to a four dimensional cube. A 5 dimensional cube is called a Penteract.

[AdemiskofGW]

oooooohhhhh now i get it, took me a awhile but now i get it, it turns, then it implodes, then goes outward sideways- eh, nvm, iono how to explain this without causing more confusion

[throughthedoors]

Actually... it's just spinning. Not changing shape whatsoever. It probably looks like it's skewed/imploding because you're used to three dimensional perspective rather than four. I've got other videos that have the tesseract rotating around one plane that are easier to visualize.

[JonathanClement140]

Woah... This is beyond my comprihention.

[Hippie1abc]

a 4-dimensional cube

[ZombieBlobs]

@throughthedoors its in four dimensional-space, in a time field

[IsLikeThat]

Our brains use clever perceptual rules that are only true for three dimensions. When we look at 2D paper, we intuitively perceive four skewed squares as a 3D cube. If we could only train ourselves to know the that rules govern distortions in four dimensions, we may be able to truly imagine in 4D. In reality, light itself is restricted to three dimensions. Even if there was a 4D object & you could perceive in 4D, you would only be able to use light to see three of the dimensions of that object.

[SVWillmer]

Space and time are intertwinned as one. Both have affects on the other.

The 4th and 5th dimension are also intertwinned. 5th being alternate cause and effect universe. Imainge a 5 dimensional version of this shape, very complicated and hard to explain using the 3rd. So use the 4th.

[Overfiend002]

@suckitmyspace117 erm, not quite...

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

I hate when a good theoretical hyperdimensional geometry conversation gets derailed when someone mentions the word time. It's analogous, but for the sake of this conversation, completely misses the point. We are talking about space, space, space, and nothing but space! I'd also like to shoot down the delusion that dimensions are ordered.

[suckitmyspace117]

4th dimension is time, so the 4th spacial dimension is 5 by order of human understanding (we have not yet achieved this)

[formsdn]

Disappearing faces sucks...

[zedextreme8177]

My eyes have tesseracted while watching this...

[ourania4d]

ahahahah, me2 i sup