Has this animation been attempted?

[Amiduffer]

I just made a Mobius strip with my copy of Imagine3D and had the idea of producing an animation of the MC Escher drawing Mobius Strip 2 (with the ants). Before I put the effort into it, has anyone seen anything like that on the net?

[benJamin]

One of the XWindows screensavers for GL does this.  The ant object is used for a few other things; the strip is two 'parallel' white bars with a red mesh structure joining them.  The ants crawl around it in both directions.  It's cute, but could be done better.

benJamin
"Life is like a computer: it drains energy."

[3246251196]

You have been reading into Hyperspace

Mobius Strips are brilliant things.

[Amiduffer]

Interesting! But, wouldn't it look better if the 'ants' were made out of boing balls and the strip had a red and white checkerboard pattern.  :lol:

[benJamin]

Yes, I would have to agree, that would definitely be cooler!

[weirdami]

Next, tackle, Esher's Klein's Bottle.  :-P

[JaXanim]

weirdami wrote:
Next, tackle, Esher's Klein's Bottle.  :-P

The Klein Bottle is a four dimensional object, though you could construct a 3D interpretation of one using Imagine. I think it would be a tough challenge. Even constructing the Moebius strip must have made him think a lot. I sure look forward to the anim if it materialises.

Escher's Ants animation:  Here's one someone made earlier.

[Amiduffer]

The Linux machine in the office has a screen saver with that Mobius strip and ants walking over it.

The project is on the back burner for now, but, in the future, plan on finishing it.

[weirdami]

@JaXanim

Oh, yeah, well.. well, then tessaract on you!  :-P