Exploring Hyperobjects: A Metaphor of Higher Dimensions

The idea that 3-D projections of 4-D objects are analogous to 2-D projections of 3-D objects is an old one, but the ability to represent and explore these 3-D images in detail was impossible before the advent of computers and 3-D modeling programs. This paper will defme "hyperobjects" as a loose 3-D analogy of the 2-D images. It will explain how these hyperobjects must be viewed from the inside and how reflective materials provide a simulation of fourth dimensionality. It will describe how images produced by various classes ofhyperobjects differ and how they can generate some very sophisticated images that can certainly be taken as representing recursive mathematical concepts as well as higher spatial dimensions.