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  1. Softimage’s ICE

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    / July 8, 2008 / Leave a comment
    Softimage has introduced ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) in XSI 7. Taking strong cues from Houdini’s procedural workflow, ICE finally brings XSI a particle system and much much more. Despite what the general public thinks, there is a LOT that can be done on a 3D production that does not require...

  2. The Sigularity: Documentary Human 2.0

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    / July 8, 2008 / Leave a comment
    One day movies and video games will meet in the middle, just as the boundaries between brains minds and machines will fade. Of course, this assumes we don’t blow ourselves up and out into space. Human 2.0 Documentary (48 minutes) Wired magazine’s articl on Ray Kurzweil was an informative article...

  3. Ghost in the Shell 2

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    / June 14, 2008 / Leave a comment
    Nope, it’s not a sequal, but a digital update of the original release. Does that mean there’s no more green holographic images? Well, according to these screenshots, it seems so. And all this time I thought they wanted it it to look retro. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining...

  4. Trusting “Trusted Computing”

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    / June 10, 2008 / Leave a comment
    Simple little short that does a good job of explaining the abuse of the term “Trusted Computing”. We tend to pay more attention when there’s a slick presentation.

  6. Evoluent Verticle Mouse

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    / June 10, 2008 / Leave a comment
    Last night was the first time in 2 years, where I could bust ass in Maya, with ZERO pain or tingling sensations in my forearm. Been using the Evoluent Verticle Mouse for about 2 weeks now. It took me about 4-5 days before I felt like my speed an accuracy...

  7. King Kong Dynamics

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    / June 10, 2008 / Leave a comment
    Without a doubt, there’s going to be some serious destruction in Peter Jackson’s rendition of King Kong. Word is, Weta Digital is currently using BlastCode to handle some of the tricky dynamic simulations. I’d highly recommend checking out some of sample movies they have in the gallery. Yeah. YEAH! NUKE...

  8. Plastic Animation Paper

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    / June 10, 2008 / Leave a comment
    Finally gave Plastic Animation Paper a try and HOT DAMN is it fun and simple to use. The free version functional enough to have fun with although it doesn’t include the blue sketch pencil or the ability to import sound. I hear that the application runs in 8 bit mode,...