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Fluid Simulation Pendant

Watch the following video to experience the narrated design and construction: I produced the first pendant in March 2024, and then several more over the next few months. I now have a small handful of pendants, and if you'd really, really like to own one, then while stocks last, a few of them are for sale.

The motivation and initial design is described extensively in the youtube video, so I won't repeat myself too much here, but in short, following the volumetric display animations, I've been looking to implement a realtime fluid simulation that ultimately could create a 3D virtual snowglobe. Barely a fortnight after posting the Simsim concept, I produced the Simsimsim demo, as an internal testing tool to determine how low we could make the LED density and still call it a fluid. At the same time, my usage of the workshop, in addition to being limited to business hours and only when the machines aren't otherwise in use, is a favour, and one that, if we're honest, I suspect was granted at least in part due to my youtube subscriber count.

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