The person who put Doom in a Lego brick is now enjoying it on a volumetric voxel show Leave a comment

In 2022, I launched you to James Brown, the Weta Workshop graphics engineer whose passion is constructing wonderful shows. Now, he’s constructed a crystal ball crammed with shimmering, spinning volumetric mild — and naturally he’s enjoying Doom on it.

However not simply any Doom. Voxel Doom, the place each dot of the sport’s graphics lives in 3D area, similar to the dots of the volumetric show he’s created.

As he explains on YouTube, the bodily phantasm is pretty easy: “It’s like a hologram fan, however as a substitute of spinning a 1D strip to make a 2D picture, it spins a 2D panel to make a 3D picture.” On his Mastodon, he breaks it down a bit extra with visible aids:

Brown’s been engaged on this for over a 12 months now: if I’m not mistaken, he launched the mission in August 2023 by channeling his internal Doc Brown, saying “If my calculations are appropriate, when this child hits 300rpm you’re going to see some severe shit.” However he’s since found it must spin an excellent bit quicker than that for a easy picture, notably when he’s attempting to movie it. So maintain your fingers away.

You may observe his progress on his Mastodon, the place he’s not simply enjoying Doom — you’ll find volumetric lunar landers and skulls and dino heads, for instance. He simply revealed this to his YouTube too:

And sure, they will play Doom.