4D dimensional space is a hard-to-imagine concept for people living in three-dimensional space. But today we have modern technology to present information visually, for example Virtual Really. According to
J. Collins et al. from the University of Otago, both experts and non-experts claim to have a deeper understanding of the 4D concept after immersive interaction with a hypercube. In this work, I continue the theme of teaching the four-dimensional concept using VR technology, adding the storytelling method. Placed participant in virtual room artwork creates full feeling of the idea at a level of nonverbal understanding.
The composition of the scene intuitively directs the visitor along a certain path through illustrations of two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces towards the concept of four- dimensionality. The environment, simulating the 2nd and 3rd dimensions, emphasizes the difference in dimension perception and translates understanding to a non-verbal level.
Climbing the steps of an open book, the viewer strolls through a park and approaches a stroller with a baby in the form of a blue pyramid. The pyramid is a character from Ray Bradbury's story "And Yet We Do Not Love You" (1948). By mistake, a future delivery machine gave birth to the baby in the fourth dimension. He is completely healthy, we just see him that way. Since it is difficult to imagine a four-dimensional space, interacting with a fantastic four- dimensional baby expands the boundaries of what is possible in the imagination. From the character of the story, the view shifts to the rattle on the stroller - a visualization of rotating N-hypercubes.
