Virtual Reality Magic Cube

Jan/1997

Creative Entertainment Choice Award

APR/1996 #B050402-5

JARS Award

Usage

• Select Cube Rotate Mode by press 'Cube' Button. Use Mouse to rotate the cube.
• Select Face Rotate Mode by press 'Face' Button. Use Mouse to rotate the faces.
• Select 2x2x2 puzzle by Press '2' Button.
• Select 3x3x3 puzzle by Press '3' Button.
• Select 4x4x4 puzzle by Press '4' Button.
• Select 5x5x5 puzzle by Press '5' Button.
• Press 'Original' Button to return the original viewport.
• Press 'Arrange' Button to return the original cube arrangement.
• Press 'Puzzle' Button to randomly rotate the cube and create a puzzle.
• Press 'Solve' Button to solve the puzzle step by step.
• Press '+' or '-' Button to increase/decrease the puzzle's level of difficulty.

The face rotated is selected by the particular spot and action chosen - give it a try!

Note: I have tested this applet on SGI/Irix, Sun, Mac, and Win95 platform. You may encounter some display disorder problems in Win95 or NT.

 * Magic.java        -- the Main Applet
 * Viewport.java     -- the Viewport and Operation class
 * Cube.java         -- the Cube Object
 * Coordinate.java   -- Coordinate Transform class
 * Point2D.java      -- 2-dim Point class
 * Point3D.java      -- 3-dim Point class
 * Button3D.java     -- Motif Look 3D Button
 * Panel3D.java      -- Panel with 3D Outlook
 * Label3D.java      -- Label with 3D Outlook
 * Canvas3D.java     -- Canvas with 3D Outlook
 * Setting.java      -- Global Setting Interface
 * Exclusive.java    -- Mutual Exclusion Object
 * Delay.java        -- Delay Interrupt Object
 *
 * The Class Hierarchy:
 *
 * Object -+- Delay
 *         |
 *         +- Exclusive
 *         |
 *         +- Point2D
 *         |
 *         +- Point3D -+- Coordinate
 *                     |
 *                     +- Cube
 * Applet --- Magic
 * Panel  --- Panel3D
 * Canvas --- Canvas3D -+- Label3D --- Button3D
 *                      |
 *                      +- Viewport

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