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vraid11:01:27

Anyone into rubik's cubes? I made a thing. It's mostly intended as a cool visualization, but it is functional in case you enjoy solving them https://vraid.github.io/rubik/

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pez12:01:31

Oh, wow. My son is going to love this! I also love it, but he will actually understand it. 😃

tord14:01:11

That looks great fun. Do you mind if I share it on some cubing discords? I wonder if it would be possible to make something similar for a 4D Rubik's cube and display and interact with it in VR. I've been looking for some project to use as a pretext for buying a Vision Pro, perhaps I should give it a try.

vraid14:01:36

Feel free to share it!

vraid14:01:49

I didn't know there were 4D rubik's cubes, but somehow it doesn't surprise me 😅

tord14:01:38

Thanks, will share! By the way, is there a way to start from a solved cube state?

tord14:01:19

Yes, 4D cubing (and even higher dimensions) is a thing. There is even a wiki: https://hypercubing.xyz If you want to try out any of the software, Hyperspeedcube is the one to get.

vraid14:01:58

Haha, perhaps i should learn to solve the classic one first

vraid14:01:31

Would a reset button be enough? The initial spin is intended to show people how it works, and also that it arrived at whichever state from a solved state

tord14:01:43

Yes, a "reset to solved state" button would be perfect. It's easier to figure out how to solve the thing if I can start by experimenting with a solved cube. Makes it easier to see exactly what happens when I turn each face.

vraid14:01:59

@U0ETXRFEW Glad to hear! And thanks for giving me a nice experience developing this with Calva

tord14:01:13

Learning to solve the classic one is easy if you use one of the many tutorials. Figuring it out yourself is of course much harder, but absolutely possible with enough dedication. If you want to learn one of the popular good methods, I'd recommend either Roux or 3-style. Roux is mostly intuitive (meaning that you mostly do things you understand and can figure out on your own, rather than memorized algorithms), gives very short solutions, and with enough practice, it can give you world-class times. 3-style is completely intuitive (you understand everything you do). The solutions are longer than for Roux, but the advantage of 3-style is that it is very well suited for blindfold solving (which is easier than it sounds, and great fun).

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vraid15:01:18

@U0CLH2QTV it can be reset now!

tord15:01:53

Amazing. Thank you!