3d matrix as "rubik's cube"

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> I am "misusing" jit.matrix (three dimensions, 1 char plane) to store state information of my monome (16x16) for multiple switchable pages (16). The state information will be quite dynamic due to automation etc., and I would like to visualize the state as a rotatable cube (16x16x16) where lit led's are represented by smaller white boxes.
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I'd actually use 16 videoplanes (or plane gridshapes) stacked on top of each other rather than a cube, it seems easier to tell where things ought to be (the lit LEDs). Otherwise you'd actually be drawing them all as little cubes (65536 of them...) to fill your main 16x16x16 cube. Rubik would be proud, but your processor might complain.

With videoplanes you can create the coloration using data from the third plane of your matrix and apply it as a texture, rather than drawing each cell (on=white off=black or clear), which seems like it would take much longer to do. You could have some scaling of your z values to allow the planes to separate or collapse in a stack, and of course move them independently if you want. To rotate the whole mess use a jit.gl.handle on the scene itself rather than the objects (with inherit_transform=0).

Having controllable blending on each plane, plus maybe different colorations, would look really great and allow you to see lots of your states at once. Maybe a mode where all 16 are laid out flat and shrunk would also be helpful, so scale x and y positions to fit the overall scene in a 4 x 4 layout, and keep the z at 0 for this mode. You can still use the handle to navigate around this mode, of course.