As computers become more powerful, new tools are opening up fascinating new ways of displaying and organizing our data for us.
Browsing Archive June 2009
A fascinating 290 megapixel image has appeared on gigapan, created by stitching 136 separate images from a Scanning Electron Microscope.
Science Randall Hand 17 years ago Comments Off on Infrastructure Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction 1 K
Infrastructure Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction
A government project aims to develop a system for remote analysis and visualization of pipes to detect fractures and weaknesses before they break.
A new immersive edutainment system will allow visitors to experience the view from the peak of Mt Everest, or browse the surface of the moon.
A new short from Imaginary Forces for the GoogleChrome youtube project visualizes the internet as a 3D Object.
Lukas Veverka and Petr Skala collaborated to create this 20sec spot for the Brno University of Technology. It’s a short but beautiful piece, fun to look at.
Graphics Randall Hand 17 years ago Comments Off on Poke London’s augmented reality RubberDuckZilla mini-games 792
Poke London’s augmented reality RubberDuckZilla mini-games
An augmented reality website promotion built around Coca-Cola’s new fruit drink Oasis taps into graphic talent from Rex Crowle.
io9 has a list of 7 virtual reality technologies that actually work and are in use today, following up on their previous list of 7 VR failures.
Graphics Hardware Science Randall Hand 17 years ago Comments Off on NVidia’s presentations at SIGGRAPH2009 1.1 K
NVidia’s presentations at SIGGRAPH2009
NVidia has announced a preliminary list of their presentations and papers at SIGGRAPH2009, and it’s an impressive collection of 13 papers and 6 special sessions.
Adrien Toupet creates a fabulous fantasy steampunk world in “La Main des Maitres” using Houdini.
More rumors about NVidia’s GT300 chipset are coming out, backing up previous claims of 512 cores and 3-teraflop Tesla’s.