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    Kinect Real-Time 3D Reconstruction

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    / August 19, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Tweet A Microsoft sponsored talk that was presented at SIGGRAPH 2011 in Vancouver. As Ben Staples says, “This whole clip is amazing, but long… If you only check out a portion watch at 3:42“. It creates geometry and textures in real-time. They also use this geometry information for dynamic collisions...

  2. Clockwork Dolls That Can Paint

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    / July 3, 2011 / 1 Comment
    Tweet For hundreds of years, the Japanese have been making mechanical puppets called Karakuri ningyō. In this short documentary, you can see little clockwork dolls performing back-flips, painting calligraphy and shooting with a bow and arrow. [via William Gibson's twitter feed]

  3. 6 Minutes of Darkness from PostPanic

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    / June 25, 2011 / 1 Comment
    Tweet PostPanic recently spent 6 months creating this 6 minute title sequence for the 2011 OFFF Festival, hosted in Barcelona. If this dark accelerated cyberpunk future doesn’t disturb you, then maybe you kept your eyes shut for too long or forgot to put your headphones on.

  4. Aaron Koblin’s Data Visualization TED Talk

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    / June 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Tweet I recognize Aaron’s flight patterns work, but I love seeing some of his collaborative works. The Johnny Cash project and the The Wilderness Downtown are impressive. My eyes have been opened a little more to the unlimited possibilities. Note: I had trouble getting The Wilderness Downtown working in Firefox,...

  5. Minecraft Mod Will Twist Your World

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    / June 2, 2011 / 2 Comments
    Tweet I try to avoid posting random video game videos, unless there’s something be learned… but this was too trippy to pass up. It’s amazing what you can do with a procedurally built world. The bigger the monitor you have, the more immersive the experience. If, at first you are...

  6. Amateur Weather Forecasters Rejoice

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    / May 25, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Tweet Although some pretty impressive stuff is coming out on CSS3, there still seems to be some Adobe Flash applications to discover, particularly these powerful weather maps. WeatherSpark allows for an animated weather radar with 6 hours of history. Special thanks to Jonathan Voigt for Buzzing this one. Apparently Wunderground...

  7. GMUNK – Interface Artist from TRON

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    / May 25, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Tweet If you navigate past the monkey jerking off on his main page, you can see the massive portfolio that GMUNK has put together, including work from the recent TRON release. Checkout his work through the OUTPUT link.

  8. Little Dog Military Robot

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    / May 16, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Tweet With every iteration, these robot drones are getting creepier and creepier. Yes, this thing is real and not a movie prop. It’s the procedurally driven animation that procedurally drives me to link to it in this blog. If you haven’t already seen the video for the “Big Dog”, here’s...

  9. Fruity Loops 10 Gets More Procedural

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    / May 5, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Tweet I love seeing innovative leaps in software upgrades. Companies willing to take the gamble of creating grumbling purists in order to freshen the product… makes my heart melt. It seems like you can feel out dependencies better, which should help get the big picture, quicker. I’m guessing this would...

  10. Zombies Ruin Vacation

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    / April 26, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Tweet Zombies chomping (and being chopped) in reverse, for Zombie Island trailer. Houdini was used for rigging, animation, effects and rendering. A nice score for Toronto based SideFX software! Read the VFX breakdown here.