vHelix - Free-form DNA-nanostructure Design

Check out this cool Scientific Plugin for Maya . . .

~3DTeacher

Download the vHelix plugin for Autodesk Maya http://www.vhelix.net/

The plugin is available for the 64-bit versions of Autodesk Maya 2011, 2012 and 2013 under Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is currently not available for other versions of Maya and not for the 32-bit versions. The plugin might work with other versions of Maya but that has not been tested. If you are interested in using the plugin with another version of Autodesk Maya, you will need to download the source and compile the module for your system.

The plugin is hosted https://github.com/gardell/vHelix The files hosted there are updated regularly with fixes and new features, but might also suffer from regression.

Installation instructions at the github repository are given in the given on the first page of the repository at https://github.com/gardell/vHelix or directly at https://github.com/gardell/vHelix/blob/master/README.md. The instructions contain a brief description of the organization of the files and how to enable Autodesk Maya to use the plugin. The links below point directly to the binaries required. Along with the binary versions below are some brief installation instructions as well.

 

 

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

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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WEB BASED? 3D Modeler?

OK, it is no Maya, but very cool . . . where is this technology going to go?  This is a web based 3d modeling engine. 

http://mrdoob.github.com/three.js/editor/

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.

CG Architect: What is Real?

Check out some of the inspirational images that CG Architect shared recently.  CGarchitect is the leading community of architectural visualization professionals. 

http://www.cgarchitect.com/

 

Inspiration - Entourage & Stuff

Posted by Jeff Mottle yesterday

 

blalank 3dviz

Mohamed Abuyhia

H twenty six studio


mohamed sabry

Eric Mehl

FACTORY FIFTEEN

FACTORY FIFTEEN

matthew bannister - dbox

DIEGO Querol - 3DQART

Matthew Duff - Sixthlaw 3D Visualisation

karina theresia

Luis Jaramillo

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Great Podcast on “Imagine: How Creativity Works” with Jonah Lehrer

Check out this.  Daniel Pink has a podcast once a month called “Office Hours” and talks with leading professionals.  This episode is with Jonah Lehrer author of “Imagine: How Creativity Works”.  Check it out.

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 . . .

Free Virtual Autodesk Virtual Entertainment Conference

Leverage production-proven creative tools, open data workflows, and industry standards to realize your creative vision faster and more efficiently.

At this exclusive event, see how the new 2013 Autodesk Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) solutions can help you take your most innovative ideas to a new level. Register now to hear from industry experts and leading Autodesk customers Sony Pictures Imageworks and Blitz Games Studio to see how Autodesk solutions can help you produce entertainment content that pushes creative boundaries and overcome complex production challenges—all while staying within budget and meeting ever-tightening deadlines.

In addition, you’ll see the all new Autodesk® Smoke® 2013 which was recently announced at NAB 2012. Register for this event to find out how you can take a project from start to finish in the all-in-one solution that connects editing and effects like never before.

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Check out the Autodesk IBC 2011 Show Reel!

It is by far my favorite Autodesk show reel, check out.

http://area.autodesk.com/ibc2011/showreel/showreel?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=450&width=650

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

'Design Thinking' Concept Gains Traction as More Programs Offer the Problem-Solving Courses

BY MELISSA KORN AND RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN – Wall Street Journal

Forget b-school. These days, d.school is the place to go.

Stanford University's d.school—the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design—has gained recognition in recent years for introducing the trendy, but murky, problem-solving concept known as "design thinking" to executives, educators, scientists, doctors and lawyers. Now other schools are coming up with their own programs.

Design thinking uses close, almost anthropological observation of people to gain insight into problems that may not be articulated yet. For example, researchers may study the habits of shoppers waiting to pay for groceries in order to create a more efficient checkout system that maximizes last-minute purchases while ...

The Rest of The Story . . .

Pixar Story (22) Rules

Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 03:39PM

From: The Pixar Touch Blog

Pixar story artist Emma Coats has tweeted a series of “story basics” over the past month and a half — guidelines that she learned from her more senior colleagues on how to create appealing stories:

#1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.

#2: You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun to do as a writer. They can be v. different.

#3: Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is actually about til you’re at the end of it. Now rewrite.

#4: Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___.

#5: Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You’ll feel like you’re losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.

#6: What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?

#7: Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard, get yours working up front.

#8: Finish your story, let go even if it’s not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time.

The Rest of The Story . . .

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/

 

Chrysler Uses 3D Animation: An Assembly Line Gone Hollywood

Chrysler workers are using tools normally found at film animation studios -- such as 3D videos and computerized motion sensors -- to reshape the way they assemble a car or build an engine.

The automaker and the UAW have created an amusement park-like atmosphere in a generic industrial building in Warren to teach problem-solving skills that workers apply back at their plants, said Scott Tolmie, World Class Manufacturing academy leader.

By Brent Snavely Detroit Free Press Business Writer

Read Article

http://www.freep.com/article/20120124/BUSINESS01/201240322

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.