The Cubatron seems to be one of the world’s coolest (and probably most expensive) trip toy. It consists of a circular 3D matrix of color-changing LEDs which look like ping pong balls. Each light ball is individually controlled within the group by a computer.
Amazing waves of color and light swirl around the cubatron which evokes the distinct feeling of a psychedelic trip. The light-changes however seem not to respond to the music, instead it just follows random patterns.
These psychedelic computerized patterns seem virtually endless, each one breathtaking in its own stunning way.
Lotter’s cubatron at the Burning Man 2009 festival in the Black Rock desert in Nevada was made up of five individual 8 x 8 x 8 foot sections placed next to each other, raised up 5 feet from the ground so one could crawl under it.
Each section contains 1’000 ping pong ball-covered lights that glow in countless different hues and colors.
It somehow reminds of the psychedelic 3D art installation ‘NOVA’ at Zürich main station in Switzerland.
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Love this installation, would enjoy laying underneath it thanks for sharing!