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Re:Quaternions: the Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra by mkl on Friday September 07, 2018 @06:53PM (#17938258)
VR is by definition 3D, so quaternions should be enough, right? The reflections method could also be done with quaternions.

Full abstraction over dimension is certainly interesting, but often not necessary.

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Re:Quaternions: the Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra by wolfgke on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:02PM (#17938293)
> Full abstraction over dimension is certainly interesting, but often not necessary.

Already the capability that is works both in 2D and in 3D is in my opinion reason enough.

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