Ideas for Infinity Mirror Geometries

Jarvis323 · Jul 8, 2021

I'd like to make a large scale infinity dodecahedron, or icosahedron, or something similar. I'm just curious if anyone around here has an idea for a different/more complicated geometry that would work well?

Photo of an LED infinity mirror installation with pentagonal panels, showing repeating red, green and blue lights reflected in multiple nested dodecahedron-like frames.

Large illuminated polyhedral sculpture on a plinth in a dim brick hall, its black frame enclosing a glowing mirrored interior of repeating blue and white reflections.

Two people look closely at a large illuminated polyhedral sculpture on a white plinth in a gallery, with black struts framing glowing white and blue interior patterns; two more people stand in the background.

anorlunda · Jul 8, 2021

Note that the first picture shows one build of hexagons, and the others are triangles. Pentagons might also be good.

Suppose you suspended a different geodesic dome inside the first one? Then you could combine images with N sided and M sided factets.

If you made one of the facet faces a LED flat panel display, you could inject all sorts of other shapes dynamically.

In addition to a DIY shop project, it would make a great DIY software project to make simulators to preview the patterns you would get with different patterns.

Good luck. Don't forget to post pictures of what you come up with when finished.

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