The Digital Molecular Matter system from Pixelux is now available as a Maya Plugin, allowing a previously unavailable degree of realism to your physics simulations.
GraphicsRandall Hand17 years agoComments Off on New Deal Studios chooses Real Models over CGI Models1.5 K
In Night at the Museum 2, New Deal Studios helped build Amelia Earhart’s escape flight through the museum and opted for physical miniature models over CG.
GraphicsRandall Hand17 years agoComments Off on Augmented Reality Poster for Gamer937
Simply print out the black-and-white marker and go to the Gamer website, and see the Movie Poster appear in 3D thanks to some clever augmented reality work.
Adam Aston, over at BusinessWeek, has an article up about everyone’ favorite visualization Guru Edward Tufte. In it he discusses the “less is more” mantra, and the power of “sparklines” .
Starting with a collection of 2D Photographs of an object, David McKinnon’s new software tool 3DSee can generate an accurate 3D model in mere minutes thanks to the power of GPGPU computing.
As part of the VizWeek Discovery Exhibition, Microsoft Research has published a detailed document of the result of their “Heatmap” project which monitors and visualizes access to the Microsoft Virtual Earth system.
GraphicsRandall Hand17 years agoComments Off on The Art of Tiling in Public Enemies1 K
Robert Stadd, visual effects supervisor on Public Enemies, gives tips and tricks on created large tiled images suitable for use in backgrounds of VFX work.
