Virtuix Omni rendering (via Virtuix Gamers are constantly looking for ways to immerse themselves into the virtual world through interaction in order to gain an increased sense of realism.
This article explores a new piece of technology known as the Omni, created by an electronics company called Virtuix. The omni is a multi directional treadmill that allows gamers to move freely within a virtual environment. The article provides us with a video of a person using the Omni, they are able to walk, run and jump with their bodies, causing their in-game character to do the same. The omni is one piece of technology that will surely play a huge part in the uprising of virtual reality gaming.
After LucasArts' brilliant 1993 game Day of the Tentacle, cartoon-style point-and-click adventure games slowly became their own sub-genre. Although the genre has had its ups and downs, these games are still around: Think ...
New York Daily News Movie review: 'Olympus Has Fallen' New York Daily News It's inevitable that at some point during the movie, you'll wonder whether a version of this terrifying attack could actually happen.
"Here is a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry, be happy In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it do...
Continuing our week of looking at some of The Croods crew's work, take a look at the art of Nicolas Weis, who served as a visual development artist on the film...
Town Topics 'The Croods' review: Winning animation evokes classic 'Simpsons' Digital Spy The latest computer-animated movie from Dreamworks arrives with a high pedigree, bearing a story by John Cleese, co-direction from How to Train Your Dragon's...
Blender Portable 2.66a has been released. Blender Portable is the popular Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app ...
Blender Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Mirror.co.uk Doctor Who 3D film to celebrate the sci-fi show's 50th anniversary Mirror.co.uk Doctor Who is heading for another dimension – a 3D film to celebrate the sci-fi show's 50th anniversary.
“It is being planned as a TV movie to mark 50 years of the show. It will be the highlight of the celebrations. The episode has been written but we don’t really know yet whether it will be an hour, 75 minutes or 90 minutes.”
According to Annette Knowles, who co-chairs the event with her husband, Mark Knowles, “Our goal this year is to entertain parade-watchers. The theme is a natural fit for all age groups. We hope the community gets excited by the opportunity to have fun with the theme. The options are endless.”
ComingSoon.net Next James Bond movie expected within 3 years : MGM Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie studio MGM said on Tuesday it expects to release the next James Bond movie within three years, and hopes to announce soon a new director after...
Moviefone 5: Best DreamWorks Animation Movies Moviefone This weekend, "The Croods," the latest animated marvel from DreamWorks Animation, invades movie theaters nationwide.
Directed by Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco, the film follows a prehistoric family of Neanderthals who venture out after the only home they’ve known is destroyed.
To mark the occasion here is a look back at the five most soaring triumphs in the DreamWorks Animation canon.
Christian Neie presents, Apathy, an animated short movie made at DFI-Design Factory International College of Communication Arts and Interactive Media in Ha (#animation - Apathy, an animated short movie by Christian Neie.
Film description: Live is a gift. To enjoy every moment, to glory little things and treasure them ... is a capability only shared by few. "Apathy" is telling the story of creatures who fill their being with living beside it. They follow a blind goal, embossed by social constrains and ideals. They loose and forget themselves, ensnared in emptiness and lethargy. But is it really that hard to recognize the beauty of each single moment?
Wired.co.uk Updated Kinect for Windows software adds 3D scanning tricks Wired.co.uk The significance of the SDK version 1.7 is the addition of two new features for developers to get their teeth into: "Kinect Fusion", which transforms the device...
Microsoft's Kinect for Windows has just become a little bit more open for tinkering, thanks to a new software development kit (SDK) released by Microsoft on 18 March.
Short video tour of Laika, the stop-motion animation studio that made last year's ParaNorman and 2009's Coraline. Lead Animator Travis Knight talks about the nuances of stop-motion animation and getting emotional performances out of puppets. I like the time-lapse sequences that show just how long it takes to animate one scene. Also, notice how controlled the lighting is to each setup--light has to stay exactly the same throughout an entire shot to create the illusion of fluid movement.
In the late-1930s, Walt Disney enlisted German architect and industrial designer Kem Weber to design a state-of-the-art animation studio from scratch. Weber...
Singularity Hub 3D Microprinter Builds Spaceship Thinner Than A Human Hair In 50 Seconds ... Huffington Post UK The concept of 3D printing is nothing new - but printing spaceships smaller than a human hair in less than a minute is.
The European Space Agency have released a free app for owners of the Parrot AR.Drone – the iOS controlled home drone. (ESA launch crowdsource augmented reality game: The European Space Agency have released a free app for owners o...
Augmented reality is a new form of entertainment that was made large with the DS and 3DS by nintendo. But intergrating that with a quadcopter is a whole new level. Drones like the "Parrot AR Drone 2.0" have cameras that are able to track the ground and transmit to your Idevice, in doing this you controll your drone through a maze of bombs and mines, while its flying in real life!
Alexa Meade is an artist who has developed a unique method for her paintings. From the initial image above it looks like your run-of-the-mill style of painting. Only when you understand what her technique is can you really appreciate her talent. She takes real people and applies acrylic paint to them in order to create 3D-2D scenes. While bodypainting is by no means new, what makes Alexa’s work outstanding is how these scenes truly mimic a 2D portrait painting done in an expressive style.
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
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This article explores a new piece of technology known as the Omni, created by an electronics company called Virtuix. The omni is a multi directional treadmill that allows gamers to move freely within a virtual environment. The article provides us with a video of a person using the Omni, they are able to walk, run and jump with their bodies, causing their in-game character to do the same. The omni is one piece of technology that will surely play a huge part in the uprising of virtual reality gaming.