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Custom Risk board maps, Civil war US, Europe, UK, Solar system!This is very cool, and something I have thought about. How cool would it be to have Risk like boards but of different maps, like the US or Europe? Well Havoc has done that. Its a kick starter project but they have 15 designed maps so far, Civil War US,…
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Hyper Fast HTML5. Fastest Javascript CSS ever.
Posted on December 31, 2012 | No CommentsI cannot believe I did not write about this when I first saw it. Famo.us is a firm that decided to see just how fast they could get an HTML5 to render. The test was to render 3D in using HTML only, no plugins. The way they got this page... -
What can you make with a 3D printer? How about an airplane?
Posted on October 22, 2012 | No CommentsYup. A very cool project. A airplane made using 3D printing only. (I’m guessing this is san motor through). So we have cars, guns, and now a plane. I would really love to see this released as a kit. How cool with that be? Download a 3D airplane kit and... -
Here is a 14.5 million triangle model paged to an iPad…
Posted on September 19, 2012 | No Comments…with a smooth frame rate and built on open web technologies. The IGD team at Fraunhofer, a German research institute, is doing some really amazing things regarding delivering high polygon count web3d scenes on mobile devices using WebGL and X3Dom. X3Dom is a framework for integrating and manipulating X3D scenes as HTML5/DOM elements. Pat yourself... -
How amazing is gaming graphics now? Check out the trailer for Watch Dogs
Posted on June 5, 2012 | No CommentsThis is pretty amazing really. The graphics effects basically take us to a new never in CG. Water, clothe texture effects, reflections not to mention AI. However, there is still more work to be done on faces and true human animations. It still has the ‘game’ look and feel to... -
How to view 3D content on your iphone ipad $30 film overlay! pic-3D. Soon.
Posted on January 11, 2012 | No CommentsIf 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... -
Convert your minecraft modes to 3D printer friendly format. #Awesome!
Posted on January 3, 2012 | No CommentsPerfect! 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... -
Unboxing the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and augmented reality
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsI 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... -
Microsoft Kinect gives a face to a 3D avatar
Posted on June 19, 2011 | No CommentsHere 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... -
At Google HQ for WebGL Camp #3
Posted on June 10, 2011 | No CommentsAt 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 . -
3DAR make creating AR even easier
Posted on June 3, 2011 | No CommentsJust 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... -
First 3D advert revealed on iPad
Posted on May 26, 2011 | No CommentsI 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... -
Unity 3D goes military! Build 3D models for the next Bin laden mission!
Posted on May 9, 2011 | No CommentsWell, 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... -
3D on the iphone ipad without glasses using head tracking!
Posted on April 12, 2011 | 5 CommentsRemember 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... -
XKCD in 3D! Well, kinda 2.5D .. ishd
Posted on March 31, 2011 | No CommentsYou 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... -
Unity3D And Microsoft Kinect
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 3 CommentsWith 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... -
Google 3D Body Browser now on a Tablet via Android 3.0
Posted on February 3, 2011 | 3 CommentsWe 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... -
Layar for the iPhone is finally in the App Store
Posted on January 27, 2011 | 1 CommentTalk 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... -
Review of WebGL Camp #2 2010
Posted on December 27, 2010 | 1 CommentEarlier 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. -
Augmented Reality is getting hype, but is it real? Forrester thinks.. meh.
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No CommentsMost 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....
