The Light Herder Device is now 4K with analog hue/saturation/brightness/contrast knobs controlling five 4K screens!
The operator at the helm of the Device plays god with light and recursion, using high definition analog video feedback fractals to create spirals
within spirals, loops within loops, galaxies, cell structures, strands of DNA, trees, insects, tentacled primordial creatures, and classic fractal images.
When the camera sees itself, a universe is born.
See the 4K Device Hackaday, the HD Device in Make Magazine, on Boingboing, on Hackaday, again on Make Magazine, on Boingboing again, on Kottke, again on Hackaday, on Slaschcam, on Reddit, watch an artist's interpretation, read a review by Rich Walkling, and read an in-depth analysis by Armaan Ahmed.
"It really is quite tangled...very impressive. Lots of wonderful fern-like stuff, also some jellyfish-like stuff, and the Sierpiński gasket now and then. Congratulations!"
- Email from Douglas Hofstadter
"I like what you are doing very much. It's fascinating. Reminds me of the days when I was playing - experimenting - discovering."
- Email from Heinz-Otto Peitgen
"i have piloted the device a few times and the extended herding session at the end of the half-hour video is really, really moving. striking, in fact. i can feel the movement, anticipate the changes and flows, and respect the effort it takes to save the patterns from dying. it's a beast that needs constant attention until an elusive loop emerges where it feels as if the device has taken over for a little. i LOVE playing along to music and finding that state where the movement and the visuals are part of the same energy. i don't know how it's built, i barely know how to make things happen, but when things happen i feel otherworldly."
- Ty Hardaway, Fellow Light Herder
Check out more videos, explanations, and a detailed account of building and testing the Device on my blog: Forward Chronology / Reverse Chronology.
