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| Exhibit at SL20B. Exhibitor is using Synthwave Cranky Moon as EEP. |
Exhibitor's description: "Getting real neon, shiny and weird with it. Small objects, effects, memes and scripted stuff from over the years, including a working virtual computer."
Exhibits included demonstrations & explanation of Mandelbrot fractals, virtual computers, music engines, megazones, and hyperbolic models..none of which I pretend to understand.
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Non-Orientable Surfaces. From left to right: Plasma real projectable plane, Vaporware in a Klein bottle, and Haunted moebius strip. |
I felt a bit more familiar with the examples and explanations of non-orientable surfaces, having been subjected to möbius strips, Klein bottles, and Flatland in the distant past.
The exhibitor writes: "The Möbius strip isn't the only such surface, but it has the distinction of being the only one that can be realized properly in 3-dimensional space without crossing itself. Linden Lab still hasn't implemented a 4-dimensional viewer, but in the meantime we can take a look at some representations that are a bit easier to manufacture here thanks to virtual polygons not caring about self-intersection."
The official SL20B gift is a 'leaf energy cloud' for your avatar, but if you search the exhibit and click the item called "It's yours, my friend, but only if you have enough rupees. " you can also get a cartoon bomb.
If you want your own collection of virtual non-orientable surface items* they are for sale at the exhibitor's Marketplace store:
If you want a 'real' Klein bottle you can get a close approximation from Clifford Stoll at https://www.kleinbottle.com.
*Also for sale 'Dingus' based on Maxwell the loaf cat, and other interesting items.
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