Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!att!whuts!homxb!opus!cab From: cab@opus.ATT.COM (C. Anthony) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: 3-D perceptual abilities Summary: 2-d Hands down, 3-d is cake, 4-d needs work Message-ID: <60@opus.ATT.COM> Date: 30 Jan 89 23:32:10 GMT References: <6382@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <414@uwslh.UUCP> Organization: Bob's Auto Body and Shiatsu Lines: 32 In article <414@uwslh.UUCP>, lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts) writes: > In article po0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Andrew Olbrich) writes: > > > > I noticed that I seem to be somewhat better than average at > >understanding 3D relationships. > > I've noticed that different people can have wildly different > abilities to "view" and "understand" 3D relationships. A (somewhat) > practical anecdote: > Visualizing all the dimensions, and translating between them is a breeze for me....up till the fourth dimension (tm). The closest I've come Is conceiving of a universe in which all stages of the universes evolution simultaneously co-exist, and you can flip back and forth between them. sort of like video still frame, where you can go to the previous and next frames. In a "Look and Feel"(tm) way this seems accurate to me, but mathematically, you just can't plug it into equations. *Look and Feel is a trademark of Apple computer :-), anyone using the term "Look and Feel" to describe the look and feel of anything will be prosecuted. Anyone looking or feeling without the written consent of Apple Computer Co., will be liable for damages proportional to the pleasure derived from looking and feeling. :-), :-) -- -CAB- _____/ _ || _\___ lNYCl_ ______ __|) Standard disclaimer. == (0) (0)