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Blender: Impossible Cube [closed]

I'm working on a graphics project trying to create an impossible cube in 3D. An impossible cube looks like that:

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The trick behind this is two of the edges which are 'cut' and a picture taken from a specific angle to give the illusion of the impossibility. enter image description here

Well I'm trying to make this but instead of a static image, I want to be able to animate it (rotate around) maintaining the impossible properties.

I have managed to make a cube in blender as you can see in the screenshot below: enter image description here

I would like to hear your suggestions as to how I can achieve the desired effect. An idea would be to make transparent the portion of the edge that has an edge(or more) behind it, so that every time the camera angle changes, the transparent patch moves along.

It doesn't have to be done in Blender exclusively so any solutions in OpenGL etc are welcome.

To give you an idea of what the end result should be, this is a link to such an illustration:

3D Impossible Cube Illusion Animation

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Alex Encore Avatar asked Oct 24 '12 15:10

Alex Encore


1 Answers

It's impossible (heh). Try to imagine rotating the cube so that the impossibly-in-front bit moves to the left. As soon as it would "cross" the current leftmost edge, the two properties of "it's in front" and "it's in the back" will not be possible to fulfill simultaneously.

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FeepingCreature Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 16:09

FeepingCreature