May 18, 2008
Fractals, domes, mirrors - Paul Bourke

JuliaFractal.jpg

From Paul Bourke, the man who invented the technique of spherical mirror projection for hemispherical dome projection.

Infrastructure iDome

After seeing a beautiful fractal display in the UNM dome, I've been surfing graphics sites for tutorials. This one has some useful fractal experiments, including one that can be done with four shiny Christmas balls.

Paul Bourke - Fractals

And a freeware fractal generator for OS X:
endlos - a multi-threaded fractal generator

Another:
FractalWorks

Posted by Dave at May 18, 2008 09:26 PM