Fisheye model of spherical geometry in MagicTile

Fisheye model of spherical geometry in MagicTile

Turns out there is a natural disk model of spherical geometry. Who knew?

It was easy to support this in MagicTile, so you will find 3 options for the display of spherical puzzles in the latest upload (stereographic, gnomonic, fisheye).

The fisheye model is much more compact than stereographic projection, so I think it will be an enjoyable way to solve spherical puzzles! This video shows Gigaminx in the model. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaminx#Variations for an image of a physical Gigaminx.

Euclidean geometry has a fisheye model too (not supported in MagicTile yet). If you are interested to dig further, you can read more at the following G+ post and its comment thread:
https://plus.google.com/100003628603413742554/posts/5yz81rwZ4Q3

Download MagicTile here:
www.gravitation3d.com/magictile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Gq_MfFZt8&feature=share

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  1. stephanie PapinAugust 8, 2016 at 7:12 AM

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