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As we've seen here, PolyJet 3D printing has advanced to the point where you can print very detailed opaque objects inside of transparent resin, giving them a suspended-in-ice look. UK-based startup 3Dice has taken advantage of the technology to target the lucrative gamer market, creating transparent dice filled with creatures and objects.
Neat as they are, my main gripe is that they appear a bit difficult to read.
The company calls their dice "perfectly balanced," and insist they "can control and balance the die to minimise imperfections and bias." For those interested, they've posted this 15-minute video demonstrating their balance testing using water and table salt:
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I'm not sure how scientific that is, but it's presumably good enough for the casual gamer.
If this is your thing, sets of 7 dice start at £50 (USD $68) and you can order them here.
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Interesting, I've been working on a similar project for the last few months albeit much more labor intensive, haha. I 3d sculpt and make molds of mine, then cast them in the same resin so that the weight will be homogeneous all the way through. I imagine since theirs are all 3d printed you'd get the same effect. Them saying they control the balance to make there isn't bias is probably just marketing wank for "they're cube shaped, and also it really doesn't matter that much"
Nice as objects, too visually confusing to be good dice.