At 00:14 21/05/2002, Franktal Gallery wrote:
From: "Morgan L. Owens" <packrat@nznet.gen.nz>
I think it's probably more likely due to the difficulty of manufacturing optics, mirrored spheres, and CCDs/film emulsions to the required precision/resolution.
No, what I meant was, if you build a physical mirror ball stack, with a physical camera mounted inside (no matter how precise/small), the resultant picture would be modified by the infinite reflections of the camera itself. So, you'd need a virtual camera to make sure there's no perturbation introduced.
Oh, right; very true - the same situation in Andrew's case, of course, where his own head would keep getting in the way of his view of the infinite corridor. But there's no "uncertainty principle" here. Morgan L. Owens "'Cos right before my eye"