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This is another projection of the '24 cell', which is the 6th regular convex form in four dimensions. Yes there are 6 'Platonic' forms in 4 dimensional space! The outer shell is an octahedron, as is the small inner solid form. Between them is a Cuboctahedron, the form that Bucky Fuller called the Vector Equilibrium.
The 24 Cell was voted the favourite higher dimensional geometry by a survey of geometrers due to its many fascinating properties.
For instance, it is the only non-triangular form that is its own 'dual', meaning that becaise it has 24 vertexes and 24 octahedrons a smaller version can fit perfectly inside itself with one vertex touching the centre of each of the larger forms octahedrons. Also it can tile space without rotation but is not a cube.
More info about it can be found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-cell
and you can also check out our own toroidal projection of the 24 cell by searching for 'Metatron's Compass'.
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