Coding Challenge 168: MandelBulb 3D Fractal

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introducing Today’s Topic
1:31 The MandelBrot set explained
4:31 Triplex numbers
5:11 Voxels in Processing
6:36 Adding PeasyCam
7:19 Spherical coordinates
9:18 The power of triplex numbers
10:51 Implementing power formulas
15:26 Converting cartesian to Spherical
19:26 Setting up the MandelBulb
22:00 First MandelBulb
22:23 Optimising visualisation
24:47 Pointcloud MandelBulb
25:47 Variation ideas
27:04 The MandelBulb returns
27:31 See you next time!

[SebastianLague]

Really fun video, and a nice breakdown of the maths. Looking forward to more mandelbulb-related challenges in the future!

[okarakoo]

I am always impressed about how you manage to create complex programs without ever defining proper functions, which you clearly dislike :-) Awesome job!

[sorenschultz]

THIS IS SICK! I've been obsessed with mandelbrot and buddhabrot fractals for YEARS because of your video on the mandelbrot set. I would LOVE to watch a video on ray marching and shaders!!

[Sam-byuk]

Dude your energy is so infectious. You deserve a Nobel Prize or something. God bless.

[lukasluftlaufer]

That was amazing, Dan! "Annihilation" is also a film that shows the beautiful mandelbulb.

[mohammadazad]

This video is what brought Processing (and your channel) to my attention. Currently finishing your NOC series and planning to learn p5.js next. Thank you old and future Dan!

Edit: to clarify, I knew of your channel years ago, but I lacked the experience and motivation to watch your videos, and didn't know you had such amazing tutorials!

[kieran.stafford]

Dan, I love to see a new video from you. I am a senior software eng. working in the business for the past 20 years. I love the humanity you bring, along with the self deprecation and humour. I trust Mrs. Gloria Pickle is doing well:) Now to sit down with a cuppa and enjoy this. Thanks again - from Ireland.

[sennabullet]

28:00 I was holding my breath, crossing my fingers, and rooting for you. We really really appreciate the hours and hours you spend...to put together these incredible videos. You're the best Dan!

[ThatOneAgarAgarioThePro]

Finally waited long for this one dan, thanks for the delivery you chered up a little neighborhood in Bosnia (south europe) much love as always the magic and long train of coding

[Pygon]

Love your content and the way you are teaching the subjects.
One hint to improve your code further (starting 22:50 ): when the edge is set to false you have to add the previous point to the mandelbulb array. What you did was adding then the next point in the line. Because it is a fractal there is a high chance you hit a whole and the next "edge start" will be added but you are missing almost half the points. "Almost" because on one pixel thin "edge switches" you just got it correct

[MyMattinthehat]

This was awesome from start to finish! Really shows the thought process before jumping into coding and of course all the naunces of jumping back and forth! Good job!

[randomusername]

I remember the video on the Mandelbrot from 6 years ago .. back then I was in high school .. it was around the time when I just discovered the channel and I really loved your content .. my whole family knows about you because I couldn't shut up or stop watching your live streams and videos
I remember also sending the video to my Math teacher and he was truly impressed even though english is not our native language
Man .. I just realised how much you taught me in coding
Thank you 🙏🙏❤️

[Manny-mgej]

I just found your channel last week, and have just been enjoying these challenges videos. I was having a bad day today but after watching you so enthusiastically solve and explain coding challenge just made me feel a little better. Thanks

[dytopian]

This guy always surpasses his limits ..next he will create a MandelBulb in 4D wait for it.

[betancour]

I've learnt more from this guy than I have in all my years of school and college, and the best part is how much fun it is. I would be an Einstein if I had a teacher like you.

[benjaminlehmann]

This was great. Thanks for all your work, Daniel. Such a gift to the world!

[Nova]

The best about the videos is neither the cool outcome nor the educational purpose, but rather seeing how much you love coding. It's so sad how often education fails, just because it seems like the one teaching is not even enjoying it themselves, but this enthusiasm is very infecting :D

[Typhoon]

Okay that does it. I have no reason in my field to learn these animations but after watching you have so much fun I'm going to learn JS and processing. I have to board the train. Wish me luck!

[JeredDanielson]

Awesome video, I have been into fractals for almost a decade and this was one of the most accessible explanations and implementations of the Mandelbulb I have seen.

[uglyboy]

I have zero understanding of coding, and I am far from literate in math, but I managed to watch this and understand most of what you were talking about. I recently found MB3D and have been playing around trying to make trippy 3D fractal animations for a music project I am currently learning about. I found this video, especially your enthusiastic nature quite inspiring and very informative. I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Cheers