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Claude builds a walkable, physically accurate O'Neill cylinder

Original: I asked Claude build a physically accurate O'Neill cylinder you can walk around

A developer used the AI assistant Claude to build an interactive simulation of an O'Neill cylinder, a proposed rotating space habitat, designed to be physically accurate and explorable from a first-person perspective. The project lets users walk around the interior of the habitat, which generates artificial gravity through rotation. Commenters are discussing the physics accuracy and how well AI coding tools handled the challenge.

Why now: Interest in AI-assisted coding and space habitat concepts is driving attention to the project.

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• I asked Claude build a physically accurate O'Neill cylinder you can walk around · bilsbie · 31

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