Spherical video moving through a hyperideal honeycomb

Spherical video moving through a hyperideal honeycomb

Inspired by Henry Segerman's recent spherical video and blog post (plus.google.com/+HenrySegerman/posts/YYkNxjrpMmW), I decided to experiment with doing a spherical video of one of our hyperideal honeycombs.  This is the first result, using the {4,3,7} honeycomb.  

We are inside the honeycomb, zooming towards the south pole of the visual sphere and away from the north pole. Trippy!  I wish it was a bit longer, but this definitely whets my appetite to try more.

update: it's not a perfect repeat color-wise, but you can right-click the video and select "Loop" for a more extended experience.

See hyperbolichoneycombs.org for more info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ow3XAjG6Y&feature=share

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