Phase III: A New Complexity (Aug, 2021)

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This is the latest build of the device using t-slot aluminum. Here in Phase III two monitor structures sit side-by-side. The fractal made in the right structure can effect the fractal made in the left structure - and the fractal made in the left structure can effect the fractal made in the right structure, and since they are both effecting each other, another feedback loop is created between the structures. This is madness!


This takes things a step beyond the last iteration where I had one feedback loop influencing another, but the other didn't not influence the first, and
expands on the 5 Iterations concept where I took the recorded output and put it back through as an input. In this build, however, it all happens at once, and there are not just 5 iterations, but an infinite number - of course you can only see as many as the system resolution allows (this would be amazing with all 4K equipment!).

The next step is adding a 5th Panasonic monitor on the end of the 2nd dowel where the 4th Panasonic used to be (and putting the 3rd camera back).

If you're not interested in the explainy stuff, skip to 2:58 in this video for images created with this build (or see the video of just these images here).

The fractal created on Loop A can influence the fractal created on Loop B, and the Fractal Created on Loop B can influence the fractal created on Loop A. When both of these things are happening at the same time, there is a feedback loop between the two structures, creating even more intricate complexities.

When the monitors are on Input 1 they see the camera directly. When they are on Input 2, they see the output of the Roland Switcher.

Input 1 on the Switcher is from the camera, and Input 2 is from the output of the other loop (so Switcher A’s Input 2 is the output of Loop B, and Switcher B’s Input 2 is the output of Loop A).

An HDMI splitter could have been used instead of converter box C (I used this because I like the slight delay these boxes create, and it’s what I had).

See previous schematics here.

Forward Chronology 
Reverse Chronology

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