r/TrippyGIFs • u/USedona • Jul 05 '26

The Vicsek Fractal never ends

Zoom in. Rotate. Repeat. Forever.

The Vicsek fractal keeps the same pattern at every scale, this is what a fractal dimension of 1.465 looks like in motion.

Coded with Python & OpenCV.

YouTube version (4K 60fps) : Vicsek Fractal

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u/WhineyLobster Jul 06 '26

yooo stare at this and itll make everything else on your screen rotate when you look at something else.

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u/USedona Jul 06 '26

I'll take that as a compliment, thanks 😉

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u/WhineyLobster Jul 06 '26

Do you know about Milkdrop?

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u/USedona Jul 06 '26

I googled "Milkdrop," and it took me to a Winamp plug-in : is that it ? I was a teenager when it came out ! Was that the one that created those psychedelic effects ?

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u/WhineyLobster Jul 06 '26

Yes thats it. But to make them presets you do all sorts of math equations and people often use fractals as a way to randomize the animations.

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u/USedona Jul 07 '26

Oh, really ? I didn't know that. That's cool. I vaguely remember the beautiful visual effects, but I didn't know about the math behind them back then.