Just a reminder that tomorrow is the official release date of the new Tron Legacy movie on DVD and BluRay. It’s available in both 2D and 3D formats, and you can even get the original Tron!
Available right now on Amazon, you can even get a great 5-disc pack containing DVD, BluRay, BluRay3D, and the Original movie remastered in High-Def, and only for $65!
Tron has long been a movie for geeks, by geeks. The latest addition, “Tron Legacy”, is no exception. In a writeup by jtnimoy, he covers his additions to the film that are based on some tried and true computer geekery like EMacs and the Processing library.
When fixing Quorra, there was an element in the DNA interface called the Quorra Heart which looked like a lava lamp. I generated an isosurface from a perlin-noise volume, using the marching cubes function found in the Geometric Tools WildMagic API, a truly wonderful lib for coding biodigital jazz, among other jazzes. The isosurface was then drawn along different axes, including concentric spheres. The app was mesmerizing to stare at.
Recently, the International 3D Society held it’s second annual awards show, handing out awards to some of the biggest names in 3D Cinema. Broadcast internationally in 3D on 3Net, it proved a unique challenge as cameras recording the event caught the 3D movies shown to the audience in only 2D, meaning they all had to be corrected in post.
Miller also faced the reality that the 3D clips shown to the audience would only record in 2D when shot with stereoscopic cameras. So all those clips would have to be replaced during post production at Digital Revolution Studios.
“All of these techniques are still evolving,” Miller said. “For example, we could not tie the Steady Cam’s 3D camera rig directly into the production truck so that crew had to carry their own recorder with them on set.”
I have to admit, I never considered this problem before. It’s obviously a pain for the crew, but seems like it’s going to becoming a bigger one as more 3D movies hit theaters and crop up in awards shows.
April is here, and as usual, started with the traditional April Fools Day. Some infographics were made about it, which we’re bringing today, starting with Socialcast‘s April Fools’ Day in the enterprise, followed by the main pranks online, brought by Zippy Cart. Next, Lab 42 presents the April Fools’ Day by the numbers, and 411 tells us what’s that day like in Canada. To close, we go for a different topic, although sometimes associated with bad taste prnks and jokes: Cyberbullying, as seen by Zone Alarm.
Take one beefy PC, one GTX590, three 3D-capable high-resolution projectors, and some patience, and what do you get? An impressive triple-display projected screen running at 3840×720. Not extreme resolution, but massive size.
The final result looks like it would be a blast to play, but my personal preference would be to see some blending in the edges instead of simple transition. See his creation in the video below.
YouTube – GTX 590 Triple Projector GeForce 3D Vision Surround Gaming Setup Linus Tech Tips.
I initially didn’t report this, hoping it was a sinister April Fool’s day joke, but it seems it’s legit and frankly disappointing. It seems that several US Government websites dedicated to open and easily accessible data are being shut down, a victim of budget cuts. The list so far:
And more. Now, several of these sites have taken their ‘open’ foundations to the next level, and begun dumping their source bases to projects like Code For America, hoping that someone independent will at least attempt to continue their efforts. Some sites have decided to take their fight right to Congress, and the Sunlight Foundation seems to be spearheading the “Save The Data” initiative, hoping to get Congress to keep these important transparency & accountability projects alive.
I’ve seen some really great stuff coming out of the Sunlight Foundation and Data.gov over the last few years, and they’re just the tip of the iceberg in what I would really like to see for Open Data in government. Let’s do what we can to keep them alive!
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