4D Toys: a box of four-dimensional toys, and how objects bounce and roll in 4D

Showing 4D Toys and an explanation of how 4D objects would look like and bounce around from the perspective of a 3D being.

[Galimeer]

Imagine playing catch with a 4D ball but then your friend (who sucks) throws the ball so badly, it ends up along the w-axis and your cool ball is lost forever.
Thanks Brad

[wurzeln]

Child: *loses ball*
Child: "oh well guess it's in the fourth dimension now"

[saibeoncastillo]

Imagine getting lost somewhere no one can get to, never being able to return home just because you moved 1 meter across the w-axis



Edit: Looking back, I don't like this comment. It feels rather unoriginal and causes confusion, so I'll add something legitimately constructive:
Remember that while Time is the 4th dimension of our universe, it is not a spacial dimension (a directional dimension that's easy to travel on like up/down, left/right). The idea that I'm referring to is a universe with 5 dimensions ( the standard X, Y, and Z axis + time + the 4th direction of a W-axis).

[hunterbrouzes]

Someone needs to use an engine like this in a horror game so that we can truly bring H.P lovecrafts vision to it’s true potential

[aset]

Imagine being 4D and just becoming invisible to humans whenever you want by moving across the w-axis

[patrickbaker]

Imagine people in a 4d world using our world as an example for understanding 5d

[OwOHC]

Anyone else really irritated by lack of ability to see 4D?

[vladislav]

This is one of the best advertisements that doesn't feel like an advertisement. Instantly bought the app, thank you for making it.

[SohanDsouza]

Mom: "Put away your toys before you go to bed"
Me: **kicks toys into 4th dimension**

[matp]

I feel like I understand this and don’t at the same time.

[kypello]

And in a four dimensional universe there are four dimensional beings making a game about five dimensional toys

[btic]

I think what could improve this even further is to provide a simultaneious projection of multiple 3D slices of 4D objects. Like, split your 16:9 screen to 20 squares, and in each square traverse set the value for 4th dimension from a range. All 20 squares depict same scene, but at different 4D depths. Therefore when a cube "disaapears into 4th dimension" in square 1, it should be popping up in square 17 for example. Watching your interactions this way could provide invaluable intuition

[GabAnimates]

4d people: *they're becoming self-aware*

[tomokocchikuroki]

This explains everything about my missing toys, my mom would just pull it out of the 4th dimension and say to me "You're not looking hard enough".

[RienMakes]

Me : So basically, if I want to move in the 4th dimension, I have to move in a direction that I can't even comprehend... thats neat right?
Taco Bell Employee : Sir please just tell me what you want to order.

[justyourfriendlyneighborho]

imagine an actual problem in our world was that you could accidentally lose things into the 4th dimension

[Kamarovsky_KCM]

So thats where my pen goes when i drop it

[astronights]

You know how there's people that are like "The only girls I love are 2D!"

Do you think 4D people say that about 3D girls

[Hhvvjy]

I’ve been to one of those “4d” movie theaters which are named so stupidly because ADDING A FOG MACHINE TO THE MOVIE DOES NOT ADD A WHOLE NOTHER FREAKING DIMENSION TO THE UNIVERSE

[majicogarcia]

So far this is the absolute best video I have seen at explaining what a 4D object would look like to us.