Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game

Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game

November 22nd, 2009 | 3D, Technology, Videos, Virtual Art

Avatar Machine [LONDON] 2008 from MARC OWENS on Vimeo. Boing Boing: “Marc Owens’s augmented reality project ‘Avatar Machine’ puts its users in VR helmets that display the world around them as though they were playing a third-person game, so that their own body is seen… Read More

3D Valencia, Spain in Google Earth

3D Valencia, Spain in Google Earth

November 22nd, 2009 | 3D, Architecture, Internet, Technology, Videos

This is a pretty impressive look at what Google Earth can do. To view the entire city modeled in 3D visit Valencia, Spain in Google Earth.

Bave Circus

Bave Circus

October 24th, 2009 | 3D, Animation, Kids, Videos

Bave Circus from DuDuF on Vimeo. (c) Copyright 2008 Supinfocom Valenciennes On a rainy afternoon, a child plays with his snails and falls along with them in a dreamy circus. – Sweet animation for kids

Sony shows off 3D TV technology

Sony shows off 3D TV technology

October 2nd, 2009 | 3D, Film, Technology

BBC: “Sony has shown off a new single-lens camera able to capture 3D images. The majority of existing 3D set-ups use two-camera systems to record images tailored specifically for the left and right eye of the viewer. The new camera takes a single image that… Read More

Neo City

Neo City

September 11th, 2009 | 3D, Animation, Architecture, Videos

Neo City from Hao on Vimeo. Awesome 3D animation! Check out Hao’s unique moving still lifes in his demoreel 2009

Scottish laser pioneers lead way in preserving world heritage treasures

Scottish laser pioneers lead way in preserving world heritage treasures

August 24th, 2009 | 3D, Technology

Photo: Doug Dreyer/AP The Observer: “British scientists are to begin work on a revolutionary project to record three-dimensional models of world heritage sites so that they can be re-created if they fall victim to climate change, natural disaster, war or terrorism. The team of six… Read More

Ramadan Sessions in Second Life

Ramadan Sessions in Second Life

August 19th, 2009 | 3D, Arab World, Internet, Islam, Religion, Virtual Art

Animation Blog: “Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, the Mecca director of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Saudi Arabia, will be in charge of the speech this Tuesday evening inside a virtual mosque in Middle East Island. This is part… Read More

Warner Bros. Is Playing With Legos

Warner Bros. Is Playing With Legos

August 12th, 2009 | 3D, Animation, Film, Kids, Music, Videos

Vulture: “Warner Bros. has acquired the rights for, and is moving forward with, a live-action/CGI-hybrid full-length feature Legos film. There are no plot details, of course — that stuff can get hashed out later! — but the general direction will be a movie that “centers… Read More

3D NYC iPhone App

3D NYC iPhone App

August 11th, 2009 | 3D, Architecture, Mobile, Technology

Paris is over here! 1 idea, 2 development teams! May the best one win! YouTube: “iTunes Link: http://www.itunes.com/app/upnextnyc UpNext 3D NYC: http://www.upnext.com/iphone Application Description:UpNext NYC is an interactive 3D map to explore Manhattan. With UpNext you can fly and zoom through the city fluidly, in… Read More

3D TV edges closer to the lounge room

3D TV edges closer to the lounge room

August 8th, 2009 | 3D, Technology, TV

Ice Age 3D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Sydney Morning Herald: “3D movies are all the rage in Hollywood once again, and this time flatscreen TV makers are joining in the party, promising to release a slew of 3D-ready TV sets for our lounge rooms as… Read More