a sphere floating in precision

a sphere floating in precision is an interactive video and audio experience which confronts the compromise between precision and representation as experienced in digital systems which use floating point number formats. This project exploits the fact that floating point numeric systems cannot represent all real numbers. This can be seen in most digital 3d systems when geometry is modelled or moved very far away from the origin of the 3d scene. This is otherwise known as the Far From Origin problem. A sphere and a 440Hz sine wave were chosen because of their continuity. Both of these objects were subjected to the same manipulation in 3d space. As they move farther from their origin, they can no longer be represented as continuous elements. The digital systems designed to represent them break down. © 2021 Luis E. Fraguada, All Rights Reserved. https://linktr.ee/fraguada