3d Archive

  • If you have been following the news coming out of CES its basically tablets and 3D monitors/TV’s.  Heck, saw a few 3D phones.  However, there was one 3D phone that really impressed me because it was an IPHONE!  Yes, view 3d content on the iphone. (Video at the end of...

    How to view 3D content on your iphone ipad $30 film overlay! pic-3D. Soon.

    Posted on January 11, 2012 | No Comments
    If you have been following the news coming out of CES its basically tablets and 3D monitors/TV’s.  Heck, saw a few 3D phones.  However, there was one 3D phone that really impressed me because it was an IPHONE!  Yes, view 3d content on the iphone. (Video at the end of...

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  • Perfect!  Have a great minecraft property you have lovingly shaped and worked on?  Why not make it a real model using a 3D printer!  Totally!  The WINS of minecraft just continue to pill up.  I remember first playing with it when it first came out thinking, what a cool little...

    Convert your minecraft modes to 3D printer friendly format. #Awesome!

    Posted on January 3, 2012 | No Comments
    Perfect!  Have a great minecraft property you have lovingly shaped and worked on?  Why not make it a real model using a 3D printer!  Totally!  The WINS of minecraft just continue to pill up.  I remember first playing with it when it first came out thinking, what a cool little...

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  • I just received my Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone. This is the first PlayStation certified Android smartphone, hence it is also known as the PlayStation phone. I won the phone from a party Qualcomm had during the Game Developers Conference 2011 for their new Snapdragon platform. I haven’t won anything...

    Unboxing the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and augmented reality

    Posted on July 8, 2011 | No Comments
    I just received my Sony Ericsson Xperia Play smartphone. This is the first PlayStation certified Android smartphone, hence it is also known as the PlayStation phone. I won the phone from a party Qualcomm had during the Game Developers Conference 2011 for their new Snapdragon platform. I haven’t won anything...

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  • Here is a rather cool hack that connects a Microsoft Kinect device to a 3D avatar by German based Bitmanagement Software. Bitmanagement Software GmbH is a developer of real-time 3D rendering, augmented reality, and 2D/3D/video multimedia software and tools for interactive online capable applications on crossplatform consumer hardware, based on...

    Microsoft Kinect gives a face to a 3D avatar

    Posted on June 19, 2011 | No Comments
    Here is a rather cool hack that connects a Microsoft Kinect device to a 3D avatar by German based Bitmanagement Software. Bitmanagement Software GmbH is a developer of real-time 3D rendering, augmented reality, and 2D/3D/video multimedia software and tools for interactive online capable applications on crossplatform consumer hardware, based on...

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  • At Google HQ in Mountain View, California right now attending WebGL Camp #3. WebGL Camp is a full day affair of WebGL demos, presentations, and code. A nice write up by fellow attendee Ates Gursimsek. See the videos when available at the WebGL Camp Youtube Channel .

    At Google HQ for WebGL Camp #3

    Posted on June 10, 2011 | No Comments
    At Google HQ in Mountain View, California right now attending WebGL Camp #3. WebGL Camp is a full day affair of WebGL demos, presentations, and code. A nice write up by fellow attendee Ates Gursimsek. See the videos when available at the WebGL Camp Youtube Channel .

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  • Just saw this across the twitters, bookmarked it, then forgot to post it up.  ah well.  I have not tried it but watched the video and yea, it looks like a much improved way to get your content into an AR app.  If anyone has tried this, give me a...

    3DAR make creating AR even easier

    Posted on June 3, 2011 | No Comments
    Just saw this across the twitters, bookmarked it, then forgot to post it up.  ah well.  I have not tried it but watched the video and yea, it looks like a much improved way to get your content into an AR app.  If anyone has tried this, give me a...

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  • I just saw this browsing the BBC site. My coworker who broke both of his writs skiing, so I let him borrow my ipad. As soon as I get it back, I’ll give this a shot and report back. The ad promotes ‘From the Edge’ a documentary for the Weather...

    First 3D advert revealed on iPad

    Posted on May 26, 2011 | No Comments
    I just saw this browsing the BBC site. My coworker who broke both of his writs skiing, so I let him borrow my ipad. As soon as I get it back, I’ll give this a shot and report back. The ad promotes ‘From the Edge’ a documentary for the Weather...

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  • Well, maybe not.  But still, its kinda of nice to see a company you have watched from the inception get into the big game. The Unity Web Player is now certified to be used by the US Army and AirForce.   This basically means that the US Government can now be...

    Unity 3D goes military! Build 3D models for the next Bin laden mission!

    Posted on May 9, 2011 | No Comments
    Well, maybe not.  But still, its kinda of nice to see a company you have watched from the inception get into the big game. The Unity Web Player is now certified to be used by the US Army and AirForce.   This basically means that the US Government can now be...

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  • Remember Johnny Chung Lee who did that really cool hack on the Nintendo Wii awhile back?  He created a 3D simulation using head tracking… Video below the post in case you do not remember. Anyway, seems Jeremie Francone and Laurence Nigay from the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (EHCI) research group at...

    3D on the iphone ipad without glasses using head tracking!

    Posted on April 12, 2011 | 3 Comments
    Remember Johnny Chung Lee who did that really cool hack on the Nintendo Wii awhile back?  He created a 3D simulation using head tracking… Video below the post in case you do not remember. Anyway, seems Jeremie Francone and Laurence Nigay from the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (EHCI) research group at...

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  • You know something has jumped the shark when I write using ‘jumped the shark’.  Yes if “Mars Needs Moms” is proof of anything, making something 3D does not help make something bad, less bad.  What does that have to do with today’s (tomorrows) XKDC comic?  Not a damn thing..  Just...

    XKCD in 3D! Well, kinda 2.5D .. ishd

    Posted on March 31, 2011 | No Comments
    You know something has jumped the shark when I write using ‘jumped the shark’.  Yes if “Mars Needs Moms” is proof of anything, making something 3D does not help make something bad, less bad.  What does that have to do with today’s (tomorrows) XKDC comic?  Not a damn thing..  Just...

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  • With the Game Developers Conference (GDC) right around the corner, I am excited to see what the conference will bring this year as last year was a blast. On the list of things is the Unity3D booth. Unity is a tool for video game development that has taken the international...

    Unity3D And Microsoft Kinect

    Posted on February 18, 2011 | 3 Comments
    With the Game Developers Conference (GDC) right around the corner, I am excited to see what the conference will bring this year as last year was a blast. On the list of things is the Unity3D booth. Unity is a tool for video game development that has taken the international...

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  • We wrote about Google 3D body browser before.  Well now you can have the same 3D experience using some of the new Power Tablets coming out like the Motorola’s Xoom Seen blow. The honeycomb OS release does much better 3D support and from the video below (via VentureBeat); it works...

    Google 3D Body Browser now on a Tablet via Android 3.0

    Posted on February 3, 2011 | 3 Comments
    We wrote about Google 3D body browser before.  Well now you can have the same 3D experience using some of the new Power Tablets coming out like the Motorola’s Xoom Seen blow. The honeycomb OS release does much better 3D support and from the video below (via VentureBeat); it works...

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  • Talk about taking forever; but Layar is finally out. If you do not know; Layar was one of the first Augmented Reality Apps out there but not for iphone.  And funny enough, never saw it on Cydia.  Well no matter; its in the App store.  Most likely for 4.0++ but...

    Layar for the iPhone is finally in the App Store

    Posted on January 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Talk about taking forever; but Layar is finally out. If you do not know; Layar was one of the first Augmented Reality Apps out there but not for iphone.  And funny enough, never saw it on Cydia.  Well no matter; its in the App store.  Most likely for 4.0++ but...

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  • Earlier this month was the second WebGL Camp in Silicon Valley. Organized by Henrik Bennetsen (CEO of Katalabs) and Christian Greuel (Manager of SRI Geovisualization Center), the camp is a developer focused event that aims to bring together the people who are writing the WebGL spec with those who build projects on it for some show and tell.

    Review of WebGL Camp #2 2010

    Posted on December 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Earlier this month was the second WebGL Camp in Silicon Valley. Organized by Henrik Bennetsen (CEO of Katalabs) and Christian Greuel (Manager of SRI Geovisualization Center), the camp is a developer focused event that aims to bring together the people who are writing the WebGL spec with those who build projects on it for some show and tell.

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  • Most of the points in the Forrester report is for the mostly spot on, and this is coming from someone who created Virtual Reality Apps back in the beginning and knows what overhype looks like. I think a good definition of what Augmented Reality for mobile is; should be considered....

    Augmented Reality is getting hype, but is it real? Forrester thinks.. meh.

    Posted on December 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Most of the points in the Forrester report is for the mostly spot on, and this is coming from someone who created Virtual Reality Apps back in the beginning and knows what overhype looks like. I think a good definition of what Augmented Reality for mobile is; should be considered....

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  • The augmented-reality (AR) “Digital Box” application for Lego made by augmented reality company Metaio came out in Lego stores world wide earlier this year. I got the chance to play with this for the first time at a Lego store at Northpark Mall in Dallas, Texas. See video here Augmented Reality...

    Hands on Lego Augmented Reality

    Posted on December 20, 2010 | 7 Comments
    The augmented-reality (AR) “Digital Box” application for Lego made by augmented reality company Metaio came out in Lego stores world wide earlier this year. I got the chance to play with this for the first time at a Lego store at Northpark Mall in Dallas, Texas. See video here Augmented Reality...

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  • I update my Chrome browser to give the Google Body Browser a test drive. I really wanted to test it on the Google CR-48 Chrome OS laptop, but you cannot update to a Beta version of Chrome, and as you will read, there is no point anyway. So I gave...

    Review: Testing out the Google Body Browser, tips for viewing on older computers

    Posted on December 17, 2010 | 6 Comments
    I update my Chrome browser to give the Google Body Browser a test drive. I really wanted to test it on the Google CR-48 Chrome OS laptop, but you cannot update to a Beta version of Chrome, and as you will read, there is no point anyway. So I gave...

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  • I was at the WebGL Camp today at SRI and the WebGL team from Google gave us a sneak peak at a web3D medical application called the Google Body Browser. (video)  After watching the video at the link, one can quickly see the possibilities of how this could help anatomical...

    Web3D + Body = Google Human

    Posted on December 15, 2010 | 33 Comments
    I was at the WebGL Camp today at SRI and the WebGL team from Google gave us a sneak peak at a web3D medical application called the Google Body Browser. (video)  After watching the video at the link, one can quickly see the possibilities of how this could help anatomical...

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  • Oh I.. cannot.. .wait.. As seen on Gizmodo, Google is about to release a 3D maps app, Maps 5.0,  for Android that is vector based!  How sweet is that?  For those of you who do not know, vector based graphics are images created by drawing shapes and lines based on...

    Google maps in 3D on Android phones? Yup Map 5.0 SWEEEET!!

    Posted on December 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Oh I.. cannot.. .wait.. As seen on Gizmodo, Google is about to release a 3D maps app, Maps 5.0,  for Android that is vector based!  How sweet is that?  For those of you who do not know, vector based graphics are images created by drawing shapes and lines based on...

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  • This just came up in TechCrunch so I’m sure my email will be along soon.  Apple is now opening up the door for iPad applications March 27.  So..  How many apps will be NEW and and how many will be existing apps just reformatted for the iPad?  Hmm… Almost all?...

    Time to port your iPhone app to iPad. Doors open on March 27th

    Posted on March 19, 2010 | No Comments
    This just came up in TechCrunch so I’m sure my email will be along soon.  Apple is now opening up the door for iPad applications March 27.  So..  How many apps will be NEW and and how many will be existing apps just reformatted for the iPad?  Hmm… Almost all?...

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