Opaque Cube (Puzzle)

[BigBeachBanana]

You are making an opaque cube (i.e. you cannot see through its sides).

It can be any size that you want it to be.

Where do you place the cube so that you can see as many sides as possible?

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[Otis]

Where do you place the cube so that you can see as many sides as possible?

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Suspended inside a mirror-lined room

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[Deleted member 4993]

Spoiler

Suspended inside a mirror-lined room

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[imath]\;[/imath]

Then of course you would not know which end is up - or your left from your right!!

 

[Cubist]

Given my username I ought to have a go at this

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Maybe I could build the (large) cube around myself? But I'd still have to move my head to see every face, therefore I actually prefer the suggestion from @Otis

 

[BigBeachBanana]

Given my username I ought to have a go at this

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Maybe I could build the (large) cube around myself? But I'd still have to move my head to see every face, therefore I actually prefer the suggestion from @Otis

You must be a good kid and never have to go to a corner! Try standing in the corner of your room. How many "walls" do you see?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

You must be a good kid and never have to go to a corner! Try standing in the corner of your room. How many "walls" do you see?

Steve should have gotten this in a micro-second. He is very familiar with that perspective.....

 

[Dr.Peterson]

Given my username I ought to have a go at this

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Maybe I could build the (large) cube around myself? But I'd still have to move my head to see every face, therefore I actually prefer the suggestion from @Otis

But it's an opaque cube! You'd see nothing!

My immediate answer was

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Put it in front of a mirror. (You don't need more than one mirror; everything you don't see from the front, you'll see from the back.)

 

[Cubist]

But it's an opaque cube! You'd see nothing!

It's true that I wouldn't see the outside of the cube's sides ?
And it couldn't be a solid cube
And I'd probably need a gadget to provide light too ?

 

[Steven G]

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I would build the cube around me.