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Microsoft France 3D in Virtual Earth

Posted By: Benjamin Gauthey | Feb 15th @ 6:55 AM
In 2009, Microsoft France will move in a new building very close from Paris. Working with Dassault, we realize a 3D view of our futur building on Virtual Earth 3D with 3DVia
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You can be an Animation Master

Posted By: Laura Foy | Dec 19th, 2007 @ 10:12 AM
I've been fiddling around with Photoshop for years now and I love manipulating my pictures and putting my friends heads on Fabio's body (good times) but I've always been hesitant to make the jump into animation. I've tried here and there but never went full force into learning good technique. Then I found Animation Master. It makes animating objects really simple and fun to learn. This is definitely a program for beginners and not expert animators but for people like me, its a quick and fun way to get your foot through the animation door.
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High Performance Low-Cost 3D Printing Technology

Posted By: Laura Foy | Nov 8th, 2007 @ 2:01 PM
3D printing has been around for a while but the prospect of actually having one of these badboys on your desktop were slim to none. The price has always been astronomical. But now, Desktop Factory has created a way to reduce the price and give us all the opportunity to scan and print any 3D object we can imagine. The potential uses for this are countless. In this clip you can learn just what the process is and then, of course, how you can get your very own.
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New release of Virtual Earth

Posted By: Laura Foy | Oct 22nd, 2007 @ 1:22 PM
This application just keeps getting better and better. My favorite part about this, is the 3D modeling feature in the authoring section. I love the way the tools we use to make our lives easier are more and more turning into mini-games. Besides that they've done a seamless blend of 3D imagery with Live Search. There's a ton more stuff to help you learn things and get from point A to point B in style. Take a look.
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Breakfast as a 3D scanner

Posted By: Larry Larsen | Jun 14th, 2007 @ 3:24 PM
Qualifying as a "why didn't I think of that" project, Milkscanner uses some legos, a webcam, and a bowl of milk to scan a physical object. As the milk rises, it defines the edges of the object which is captured 'slice by slice'. Sure, there are some limitations; hidden features won't pick up (a pyramid will work, an inverted pyramid not so much), buoyancy is your biggest enemy, and of course there's the issue of having your favorite objects lying in a bath of tepid animal lactate. Still, what a good idea.

Milkscanner is part of Moviesandbox, which is a graphical scripting tool that assists in the creation of Machinima using the Unreal Engine. The toolkit to do this can be found here, a video showing the process can be found here, and tutorials are here.
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Nova: La 3D du sud de la France

Posted By: Benjamin Gauthey | Jun 14th, 2007 @ 9:41 AM
VERTICE est une société d’ingénierie toulousaine. Elle vend des solutions 3D temps réel basées sur son moteur baptisé NOVA. J'ai eu l'occasion de rencontrer David Catuhe qui est à l'origine de ce projet pour une présentation de leur solution mais également du SDK permettant à des développeurs n'ayant pas de compétences sur la 3D de débuter très simplement.
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High Tech Specs

Posted By: Larry Larsen | Apr 16th, 2007 @ 4:01 PM
When it comes to high tech specs, Darpa’s wetware-enhanced Luke Skywalker binoculars make up the bleeding edge, Tenebraex’s color night vision specs take the slot for leading edge, binoculars with integrated digital camera, well those are getting dull. So what’s cool in the middle?

That answer might be the 3D VuCAM from StereoVision Imaging. The VuCAM binoculars will let you zoom in on your subject and then snap twin 3.2 Megapixel images that can then be viewed on a glasses-free 3D monitor, traditional 3D displays, or with 3D (red/blue anaglyphic) glasses. Kind of cool, but at $1999, probably not ready for consumer prime-time.

Examples of some of the anaglyph photos can be seen here.
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GDC '07: EyeTronics

Posted By: Laura Foy | Apr 9th, 2007 @ 12:53 PM
Have you ever been blown away by the realism and accuracy of a 3D facial skin? Well then the chances are you were looking at an Eyetronics creation. Check out this clip to see how its done.
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Newtek Lightwave 3D creates emmy nominated nuclear explosions!

Posted By: Laura Foy | Mar 29th, 2007 @ 7:08 PM
If your friends are anything like mine- you guys love to settle in front of the TV and watch Jack Bauer kick ass on 24. Well- the season premiere episode this year created a ton of buzz amongst digital artists and graphic animators. Jarrod Davis of Zoic Studios created the most realistic, brilliant nuclear explosion to ever go off over the city of Angels. I tracked down the man himself to see what software, hardware and undeniable skill is required to create this kind of digital art. And now...he shares this knowledge with you. Watch and learn.
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Gentle Giant Studios at GDC 2007

Posted By: Tina Wood | Mar 27th, 2007 @ 1:04 PM
I bumped into Scott on the floor of GDC who was hosting the Gentle Giant Studios booth.  Scott is an artist and Gentle Giant is one of the world reknown facilities for Motion Pictures.  They do everything from 3D scanning to concept art to Wax Molds to full size replicas.  Here is a tiny glimpse into Gentle Giant Studios but I was so impressed I hopped on a flight to Burbank to check out the actual studio first hand.  I will be bringing you those two pieces soon.
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Quand la 3D rencontre la réalité

Posted By: Benjamin Gauthey | Jan 15th, 2007 @ 8:33 AM
Voici une vidéo réalisée hier chez Total Immersion. Cette entreprise fait partie du programme IDEES de Microsoft visant à aider les startups, environ une cinquantaine en France coordonnées par Julien Codorniou. Nous les avions fait venir aux DevDays l'an dernier pour présenter leurs technologies. Assez difficile à décrire mais heureusement la vidéo est juste ci-dessous. C'est une des startups qui m'a le plus bluffée, spécialiste mondial de la Réalité Augmentée. Leur logiciel phare permet d'intégrer en temps réel, dans de la vidéo, des images de synthèse 3D interactives parfaitement réalistes.

 
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Virtual Earth 3D Launch Party....what people are saying

Posted By: Laura Foy | Dec 14th, 2006 @ 5:42 PM
If you haven't checked out Microsoft's Virtual Earth yet, you definitely should. I swung by their offices and got a preview of it about a month ago and I was utterly impressed. In fact, I liked it so much that I headed down to San Francisco to celebrate with the team and some esteemed journalists at their launch party. While I was mixing and mingling I decided to bust out the camera and get on tape some peoples first impressions about Virtual Earth 3D. Take a look and see what other people are saying and then try it out for yourself and let me know what you think!
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Virtual Earth 3D -The next dimension in search! Well, at least the third dimension :)

Posted By: Laura Foy | Nov 6th, 2006 @ 7:01 PM
Virtual Earth 3D is the future. I haven't been so impressed or had more fun with a software application in a long time. Seriously. Not only can you zoom in fly down the street you live on- but you can do a search and find all the cool used record stores in your neighborhood. This team has created the most photo-realistic search tool out there and the proof is obvious. Check out how seamlessly you can zoom in and out of these virtual cities and you can't help but notice the lack of "grey boxes" you may find instead of actual buildings- like you would see in some other 3d search engines ;P
Plus Stephen Lawler talks a little about how this was done and what to expect from it in the future... 

Check out Channel 9's coverage of Virtual Earth 3D
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Photosynth: A global 3D world on your PC!

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jul 28th, 2006 @ 1:02 PM
Imagine being able to click your way through the Eiffel tower with perfect photographic reality...or walk the Venice Beach boardwalk...or simply show off your new living room to your friends over the net. Well, it's all about to become real. Photosynth is an incredible new application takes multiple photographs of any location and merges them together to create a interactive 3D landscape. In the not too distant future we all might be able to walk the globe...through Photosynth. Is that cool or what?

To find out more on how the code works, watch the Photosynth video on Channel 9.
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Oh my! What a big screen you have!

Posted By: Laura Foy | Jun 9th, 2006 @ 2:45 PM
We all know that bigger is better, right? Well it doesn't get any bigger than the IMAX movie screen and it doesn't get any cooler than 3-D movies coming at you from that IMAX screen. Check out this episode to see what goes on behind that screen...
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