Discovery Earth Live :: Discovery Channel

What an awesome visual tool to understand how dynamic our Earth is! Be sure to look at the "Living Planet" section and think where you would most want to live year round?

Have fun exploring!

Swimming in Augmented Reality

A funny example here of combining real and the virtual environments together. One can only think of the what the future has in store for those who need an escape from reality.

Beowulf 3D: a case study Rob Engle

I had the privilege of seeing Beowolf3D twice while it played at the theaters some time ago. It was an immersive and engaging experience that left me feeling I was transported into another world - the wild visions of Director Robert Zemeckis.

At any rate, I found this technical talk of Rob Engle, Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was presented 29 January 2008 at the annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications (SD&A) conference, San Jose, California, USA.

Rob's talk discusses the creative and technical challenges encountered during the production of "Beowulf 3D," director Robert Zemeckis' adaptation of the Old English epic poem and the first film to be simultaneously released in IMAX 3D and digital 3D formats.

Photo Illusion- software for creating 3D prints

The following from Photo Illusion's website:
"Paint depth right into a 2D image. Simple depth maps can result in fantastic 3D images. Put on some 3D glasses to view the results of the simple depth map in this example. All layers in Home illusion support their own depth maps so every layered object can have many levels of depth within itself."

"When working in Home Illusion you can wear 3D glasses while painting and see the depth change as you paint. Paint the earth forward and it pops out as you move the brush. Paint space with the far setting and it sinks into the screen right before your eyes. This allows for the artistic creation of 3D in an interactive way."

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Link to Photo Illusion videos

Real-Time Shape Deformation

The following video showcases new development of shape deformation. I can see this technology make real-time computer animation interaction fun and entertaining.

T. Igarashi, T. Moscovich, J.F. Hughes, "As-Rigid-As-Possible Shape Manipulation",
ACM Transactions on Computer Graphics, Vol.24, No.3, 2005

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Link to PDF

Link to MovingSketch software