Options for representation in 3D of a mushroom-spike

Reimagining Coronavirus in 3D as a Metaphor of Global Society in Distress (Part #5)

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The question is how a mushroom-like spike might be most imaginatively designed, especially if the design is to incorporate a dynamic -- in contrast to any simple static form implied by the term "spike".

The approach taken here exploited elements from a 3D model developed previously to demonstrate distinctive dynamics of a torus -- rotation as a ring and a "smoke-ring" dynamic (Interlocking tori: combining the two alternative representations, 2006). This featured in an argument for the Comprehension of Requisite Variety for Sustainable Psychosocial Dynamics (2006). The interlocking was later used in discussion of the "fearful attraction of a hole" with respect to Visualization in 3D of Dynamics of Toroidal Helical Coils (2016). The latter concluded with an adaptation of the earlier models into the form of a horn torus to represent Cognitive heart dynamics framed by two tori in 3D.

Earlier dynamic models in 3D serving as the basis for construction of a mushroom cloud
Animation of horn torus in 3D	Animation of interlocking tori	Compound of 2 horn tori	Stack of horn tori
The X3D and VRML models in 3D were originally prepared by Sergey Bederov of Cortona3D.

The coding for the earlier 3D models and animations above offered several possibilities of immediate adaptation, illustrated by the animations below.

Exploratory "mushroom cloud" dynamic models in 3D
Cyclic ring dynamic with narrowing stem		Smoke-ring dynamic with straight stem
Filled surface variant	Wire frame variant	Wire frame variant	Filled surface variant

In response to these exercises Sergey Bederov used some of his earlier coding to produce the following -- which offers another design of the stem of the mushroom and is visually enhanced by the dynamic cloud effects.

Experimental dynamic mushroom-cloud models in 3D
Clouded covering (mp4; x3d)	Wire frame variant (mp4)
Kindly prepared by Sergey Bederov of Cortona3D

• interlocking
• wire dynamic
• stem extension / contraction -- random?

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