Check out this Blender Demo Reel

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Now I have been using Maya for over 10 years and I am still a hardcore Maya junkie and have no plan of switching.  With that, every few years I give Blender a try and haven’t really been impressed, maybe because of my comfort level with Maya; I can navigate the interface with my eyes closed – literally.  If you are not familiar with Blender . . . It is a free open source 3d modeling and animation application. 

Check it out: http://www.blender.org/

Check out this Blender demo Reel, pretty impressive for an open source application.

Imagination Meets Inspiration: Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe

Where do ideas come  from?  Do Sci-fi writers influence future technologies?  I just watched ‘Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe’  . . . VERY COOL!!! 
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Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe
Premiere Date:May 15, 2013 - 10:00-12:01AM ET
Is building our own starship Enterprise possible? Will we ever travel between the stars as easily as they do in Star Trek? JJ Abrams' new feature, Star Trek Into Darkness, hits the screen in a golden age of scientific discoveries. HISTORY is there, giving viewers a deep look behind the scenes, on the set, and into the science–amazing new exoplanets, the physics of Warp drive, and the ideas behind how we might one day live in a Star Trek Universe.
Upcoming Airings:
  • May 16, 2013 - 02:01-04:02AM ET
  • May 19, 2013 - 01:00-03:01PM ET
  • May 22, 2013 - 09:00-11:00PM ET
  • May 23, 2013 - 01:00-03:00AM ET
http://www.history.com/shows/star-trek-secrets-of-the-universe

Ford GT-40: The Spirit of Speed

Check out this Industrial Design concept video:  This is a demo reel showing the Ford GT-40, entirely created by Luis E. Nieves, a digital artist based in Northern California. Software used include Autodesk Maya, Mental Ray and Adobe After Effects. Special thanks to Ivan Panqueva for doing the music. In addition is the making-of tutorial: Making of Ford GT-40 In Vegas

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A Day Made of Glass 2

FIND YOUR INSPIRATION!

"A Day Made of Glass 2," Corning's expanded vision for the future of glass technologies. This video continues the story of how highly engineered glass, with companion technologies, will help shape our world.  It is very cool!

GET INSPIRED! Hankook Tire: The Future of Tire Design

GET INSPIRED!

OMG! Check out this Industrial Design concept video:  Hankook Tire: The Future of Tire Design. VERY COOL!

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1st Unity plug-in for augmented reality on physical devices

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The makers of Sphero – the smartphone controlled robotic ball, have announced new ways developers can make the ball more appealing to consumers with augmented reality based gaming applications.

Orbotix have created a new Sphero augmented reality plug-in for Unity, as well as making a new Sphero AR SDK available on Github – the world’s largest open source code sharing community.

This means that developers can simply insert their 3D models and create games/apps around them – all using the Sphero ball as a physical moving AR marker.  There are already augmented reality games/apps available, such as Shaky the Beaver, launched in November 2012.   <<  More  >>

 

Activision R&D Real-time Character Demo

OMG! Very Cool, you need to check this out . . . keep in mind it is real-time rendering. It still hasn’t reached the other side of the Uncanny Valley yet, but this is real-time, but man they are getting closer. Man look at the eyes. It is better if you turn the voice off . . . Watch the Uncanny Valley, if you are not familiar.

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Will 3D Printing Change the World?

This PBS Special is a great video to initiate a discussion on  the future trends of the 3d industry and its impact on our society.  Honestly, it really gets me thinking about the future and the direction education needs to take.     ~Cornell


Watch Will 3D Printing Change the World? on PBS. See more from Off Book.

Medical 3D Printing – The Human Ear

I am always amazed on the latest innovations in 3d technologies.  Check this out, printing live cartilage of a human ear.   Wow, 3d technologies are just at its infancy and who knows it future.  It might help to watch more Star Trek.

Medical 3D Printing – The Human Ear

I am always amazed on the latest innovations in 3d technologies.  Check this out, printing live cartilage of a human ear.   Wow, 3d technologies are just at its infancy and who knows it future.  It might help to watch more Star Trek.

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Turning Golden Age Masters into Digital Art

Check this out, it s very cool.  It bothers me that the video do

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/blog/turning-golden-age-masters-digital-art-122985

 

 

Here is a Van Gough piece that is very cool too . . .

Check out the Autodesk IBC 2011 Show Reel!

It is by far my favorite Autodesk show reel, check out.
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Great Video to Share With Your Class– Mister Rogers ReMix

This is a great song and it is awesome how It was remixed. “Garden of Your Mind” Mister Rogers

The Coolest STEM Artist! Golan Levin

About a year ago, I went to the Denver Art Museum’s Blink show an saw one of the coolest interactive artworks I have ever seen.  It was a projection that looked at you shadow and analyzed it for closed loops.  For example, if you made the OK symbol with your fingers, it would turn the shape between your fingers into a surface and fall to the ground making a crashing sound.  The larger the surface the deeper the sound.  It was awesome!!!
Some of the work was done by Golan Levin.  Check out his TED talk. ~Cornell
 

You can also check out his website! http://www.flong.com/
 
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Forensic Animation- Forensic Computer Animation

Here is a short interview about forensic animation – The Forensic Files.

Lexus Engineering – Virtual 3D Crash Test Dummies

Check this Lexus promo out,  they are using virtual 3D crash test dummies to enhance their existing research. Very Cool! ~Cornell

See how Lexus is engineering amazing with digital crash test models that give engineers a better understanding of the human body. To learn more, visit www.lexus.com/EngineeringAmazing.

3D Glass Printer??? - SolarSinter Project

Now it seems a bit crude, but think of the 3D potential – printing in glass.  Specially from the perspective of a digital sculptor.   I think is is way too cool!  We are just entering the teen year of 3D technologies, printers that print in food, plastic, wax, metal, tissue (medical uses) , and now glass.  The 3D industry is not going away; it has only just begun.  ~Cornell

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http://www.markuskayser.com/work/solarsinter/

In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology.

 

Markus Kayser - Solar Sinter Project from Markus Kayser on Vimeo.

Autodesk at IBC 2011–LIVE

If you happened to miss any of  the Autodesk live feed presentations, Autodesk added a cool feature DVR, which allows you to jump anywhere in the  presentation.  So if you missed the beginning, you can always rewind a bit.  Now since it is Live, you can’t watch the future unless you are in the past.  If that makes sense.  We just watched the latest Autodesk reel and Maya live feed in class to day.  Very COOL!

All the videos seem to be on-demand, so it is great for the varying classroom schedule, including interviews, on-demand demos, behind-the-scenes reports, and more.

*You need to at least watch the latest Autodesk Show reel.  It is awesome and the students really get  PSYCHED!  ~Cornell

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http://area.autodesk.com/ibc2011

A Different Side of Architecture

Interview with Paul Nicholls and Jonathan Gales (Factory Fifteen) - Winners of the 2011 CGarchitect 3Dawards Film and Image Category
By Jeff Mottle
During the Mundos Digitales conference in La Coruna, Spain this year CGarchitect sat down with Jonathan Gales and Paul Nicholls to talk about their recent 3D awards win. Jonathan and Paul were classmates at The Bartlett in the UK and were independently selected by this year's panel of expert judges as the winners of the 2011 CGarchitect Architectural 3D awards Film and Animation categories. Since their win they have gone on to form a new company called Factory Fifteen with several other classmates.

Video :  http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/article1_FF.asp

Interview with Paul Nicholls & Jonathan Gales (Factory Fifteen) from CGarchitect on Vimeo.

 

Interview with Paul and Jonathan at Mundos Digitales

Paul Nicholls - Winning Film entry from the 2011 CGarchitect Architectural 3Dawards.

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