A preliminary presentation and description of the properties of "The Amazing Virtual Cube" - subsequently renamed as the Virtual Light and Colour Cubes, and dedicated as Peace Cubes - incorporating a template for assembling a cube. The "Amazing Virtual Cube" is a virtual cube with dimensions of red, green and blue, in which the colour at any point is equal to the sum of its red, blue and green coordinates - as expressed in HTML as #rrggbb where rr, gg & bb are 3-digit hexadecimal numbers. For more information, visit http://peace-cubes.net

1. a preliminary demonstration
of some properties of the
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amazing
virtual
cube
the amazing virtual cube is a virtual
object in the form of a cube
the colour at any point in the cube
corresponds to its
red-green-blue
and/or its
cyan-magenta-
black
coordinates in the cube depending on whether you consider
black or white to be zero
the amazing virtual cube has no
"real" existence - by its nature it is a
virtual entity and aspects of it are
only visible thanks to information
technology
yet the essential properties that the
amazing virtual cube embodies are
natural properties of colour and light
and thus should be registered as
properties of nature
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this sheet shows a simplified view
of the outside faces of an unfolded
amazing virtual cube. an advanced
version of the display would have
continuously variable colours and
no white lines. by straightforward
and reasonably careful cutting,
folding and gluing you can create a
very rough approximation of how
the amazing virtual cube would
appear from the outside
the amazing virtual cube is a project of
information habitat - where
information lives" a non-governmental
organization in special consultative
status with the economic and social
council of the united nations.
you can obtain more information on the
amazing virtual cube - including
downloadable graphics files of this page
on the world wide web at
http://www. illc. apc. orglhabitatlcube
or from cube@infonnation-habitat.net
the amazing virtual cube is
© copyright 1996, all rights reserved,
information habitat - where
information lives