SpaceEngineMacer wrote:Source of the post i am thinking it may be until like October or something because of the obstacles....
Ensabahnur wrote:I wonder if in the final version of SE the size of the physical universe will be larger than 10x10x10 gigaparsecs.
HarbingerDawn wrote:Ensabahnur wrote:I wonder if in the final version of SE the size of the physical universe will be larger than 10x10x10 gigaparsecs.
The plan is for it to be unlimited. Not necessarily infinite, but definitely unbounded.
HarbingerDawn wrote:The shape of the universe might not be a cube anymore, he has previously talked about a 4D shape, like a hypersphere or hypertorus. This would result in the user being able to fly in one direction and eventually return to their starting point without ever reaching an edge.
Ensabahnur wrote:Source of the post still can he increase the actual size of the hypersphere to be similar to the actual observable universe?
Hornblower wrote:Source of the post Unless...light curves with it
Hornblower wrote:Source of the post So...given enough time, we should be able to see ourselves in every direction we look, almost like an eerie backdrop because in every direction we look, light has traveled around the hypersphere from ourselves back to ourselves. (Emphasis on given enough time)
This is impossible, due to the expansion of the universe (and anyway, the real universe is probably not shaped like that)
HarbingerDawn wrote:Ensabahnur wrote:Source of the post still can he increase the actual size of the hypersphere to be similar to the actual observable universe?
I don't see why not.
Ensabahnur wrote:Source of the post And is it possible to implement this increased size, i mean does the engine have a limit to the size of the hypersphere?