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๐Ÿ’ก Light & Visual

Builds that bend, focus, project, and manipulate light in ways that make people question reality โ€” holograms, lasers, optics, and things that glow.

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๐Ÿ’ก Light & Visual

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๐Ÿ’ก Light & Visual

Light & Visual

19 Builds

Builds that bend, focus, project, and manipulate light in ways that make people question reality โ€” holograms, lasers, optics, and things that glow.

This category covers everything that plays with the electromagnetic spectrum: lasers, LEDs, lenses, UV, plasma glow, optical illusions, and projection. Some are pure art, some are real science instruments, and some are both.

Common salvage sources: CRT TVs (flyback transformers, electron guns), rear-projection TVs (Fresnel lenses), old monitors, LED strips, laser pointers, mirrors, lenses from cameras and projectors.

Suggested Build Order

Start with passive optics, progress toward motorized displays:

  1. #020 โ€” Fresnel Lens Solar Forge โ€” Pure optics. No electronics.
  2. #175 โ€” Camera Obscura Room โ€” Passive pinhole optics.
  3. #179 โ€” Solar Projector โ€” Lens-based light projection.
  4. #171 โ€” Pepper's Ghost Hologram โ€” Classical optical illusion.
  5. #180 โ€” Retroreflector Array โ€” Reflective geometry.
  6. #177 โ€” UV Mineral Display โ€” UV light source + specimens.
  7. #017 โ€” Laser Fog Projector โ€” Laser + fog machine.
  8. #016 โ€” Infinity Mirror Table โ€” LED strips + mirror arrays.
  9. #023 โ€” UV Reactive Water Wall โ€” UV lighting + water circulation.
  10. #174 โ€” Polarization Art โ€” Polarizer filter experiments.
  11. #176 โ€” Laser Maze โ€” Laser grid assembly.
  12. #173 โ€” Fiber Optic Star Ceiling โ€” Extended installation project.
  13. #015 โ€” Giant Plasma Globe โ€” High-voltage plasma filaments.
  14. #021 โ€” CRT Oscilloscope Visualizer โ€” CRT deflection circuits.
  15. #018 โ€” Shadow Chandelier โ€” Complex 3D shadow geometry.
  16. #172 โ€” Schlieren Optics โ€” Advanced optical theory.
  17. #022 โ€” Holographic Fan Display โ€” POV display synchronization.
  18. #019 โ€” POV Globe โ€” Fast LED control + rotation timing.
  19. #178 โ€” Light Painting Robot โ€” Motorized light source + camera sync.

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