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From: mws4k@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (Michael Wade Snyder)
Subject: Re: 3D Cellular Automata
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mwatz@leonardo.uio.no  writes:
> 
> Hello. I am a computer artist working with 3D rendering
> and animation as a creative means of expression. I've
> been interested in Alife for a while now, and lately
> I've been thinking of simulating CA in three dimensions
> as well as animating them. I'm especially interested
> in automata similar to the Game of Life, but in 3D.
> Has any work on this shown stable configurations like
> ships, gliders and guns in 3D CA? If so, where may I
> find references.
> 
> Also, it strikes me as strange that noone has suggested
> using a spherical grid to simulate CA growth on. Such
> a grid would wrap-around properly, and it would enhance
> visualization. 

	People have- it isn't basically putting the game of
life on a planet- but it doesn't change the operation much- all
you do is provide the equivalent of a wrap around screen- the
screen is arbitrary to begin with. In 2-D it doesn't look any
more impressive except shapes at the edges have halves at
opposite ends of the screen- in 3-D representation, you can't
see all the grid at once.  Though it is kinda cool anyway. 


> 
> -- 
> Marius
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