DIGITAL MAZE SYMMETRY PROJECT

Hermann Weyl, a math professor at Princeton states that the mathematical idea of symmetry is common to both nature and art; “the mathematical laws governing nature are the origins of symmetry in nature, the intuitive realization of the idea in the creative artist’s mind, its origin in art.”

“Digital Mazes Symmetry Project” is being considered for programming by various institutions, as an interactive web project and adapted for a CAVE immersive environment. It is demonstrative of the mathematical, scientific and artistic principles of symmetry (interactive digital 3D drawing/sculptural projection generated by random software algorithms activated through game engine via keyboard or joystick) whereby the user can grow their own maze interactively in real-time according to the laws of symmetry.

The three dimensional mazes will be created and animated in Maya for the CAVE environment and adapted in Flash for the internet version and hosted on a web-site using Dreamweaver.