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Submitted by , posted on 16 December 2004
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I am currently working on a real-time quaternion fractal generator using C++
and DirectX 9.0c. This new version is a complete rewrite of the original
version that was submitted to IOTD earlier this year.
New features include:
Fully 4D set generation. Sets can be generated in 4D, and then projected
to 3D using Hopf fibration. Of course, the classic method of temporal
projection is still available. Thanks to Godwin Vickers for helping me
implement this new projection method.
Export to Wavefront OBJ. This feature uses a modified version of Marching
Cubes that stores vertex volumetric data for all six axes, rather than just
one for the entire vertex. This helps accelerate mesh generation by several
orders of magnitude, yet maintains the same level of precision.
Cache system that eliminates the need to generate a set from scratch more
than once. This also allows a set generation to be cancelled halfway
through, and then resumed from that point at a later time.
Many new formulas
A completely redesigned interface
I am currently working on adding:
Network distributed set generation
Custom formula parser
Accelerated set generation via ps2.0/3.0 compatible GPUs
The latest version, as well as the Online Help, can be found at:
http://www.oinko1.com/~shawn/julia4d/
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