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And here's how they did it.
@ChrisGrayson, your Twitter stream is on fire.
Commercial 3D projection mapping that rocks
Suspend a car on a vertical wall. Insert real life driver. Project 3D maps around that hanging car on the wall, stir in music and one enthusiastic Malaysian audience. What's not to like? Hyundai's Accent costs less than $10,000 US
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Buying art via KickStarter
I've just invested in this mesmerizing open source piece of 3D kinetic art by Jeff Lieberman using KickStarter.
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Beautiful, beautiful physics
"Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements– the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life– weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.”
| — | Lawrence M. Krauss |
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Get thee some sugar - More 3D projection mapping
Sugarland, Texas brought in the New Year with this show, produced by Texas Video and Post. According to Wikipedia,
Sugar Land is a city located in Fort Bend County in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytownmetropolitan area. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in Texas, having grown more than 158 percent in the last decade. In the time period of 2000–2007, Sugar Land also enjoyed a 46.24% job growth. In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the city's population was 79,943 with Median family income of $110,327 and Median home price of $272,151
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The fool in the junkyard - A machinima
Via Blotto Epsilon, co-creator of the Bogon Flux along with Cutea Benelli, we discovered Aston Leisen in Second Life a few days ago. Now Blotto has shared this lovely bit of machinima by Aston.
And here is Aston's latest, shot at his Sumi ink drawing of a build.
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Australia's Internet censorship rears its fugly head AGAIN
Juko Tempel is an Australian now living in Paris. She's deeply concerned about Australia's new compulsory Internet filtering plans and especially how they will affect the burgeoning arts and education in virtual worlds. I agree. Many of my favorite virtual artists and educators are from Australia, including Adam Ramona (aka Adam Nash), Glyph Graves, Pavig Lok, Gary Hazlitt (aka Gary Hayes), Nonnatus Korhonen (aka Andrew Burrell), Jo Kay (aka Jokay Wollongong), Juanita Deharo, the University of Western Australia, and many, many more. Juko just sent me this email and it is well worth reading.
This article fairly neatly sums up the current drama in Australia about Net 'filtering' http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/15/2772467.htm. What it doesn't mention is that the Australian classification system does not have a 'Restricted' classification at all, so a lot of adult material cannot be classified, and is lumped together with child pornography, and will therefore be potentially subject to the ban on offensive material. Many people believe that this will include Second Life, ironically even more so now that LL has created an explicitly adult area...As the article points out, many people will find ways around the restrictions. However, it may spell the end of many projects in arts and education in Second Life, as funding bodies will not be willing to break the law to run their projects. We have yet to see whether Second Life will be on the ban lists, but we are understandably concerned. I will be keeping in touch with my friends who will be most affected, and hoping the bill currently proposed will not be enacted...
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Video and light
More 3D projection mapping on buildings, discovered via Aenea Nori (thank you Aenea!). There are some great effects here, but others fall short design-wise. Just because you can, doesn't mean that you should. Also, I can see that some elements were meant to appeal to the kiddos, but even kiddos draw the line on taste. I'm guessing the music is some kind of national favorite in Lithuania?
No, you haven't had too many drinks...
The Danish company, Obscura, is doing some novel things with video and light...... and 3D projection mapping...
Here, Obscura deployed a 4-D Hypercube User Interface System as a dynamic media portal that is capable of viewing real-time web based content that is integrated into public art sculptures.
CO2 CUBES - Visualize a Tonne of Change is a digital media art installation and global communications platform presenting engaging visual content about our individual impact on climate change. What does 1 metric tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) look like? Measured and stored at standard atmospheric pressure, it occupies a cube the size of a three-story building 8.2m x 8.2m x 8.2m (27ft x 27ft x 27ft)! This is the amount of CO2 the average person in an industrialized country emits each month. Running from 7-18 December 2009, during the historic UN Climate Change Conference, the CO2 CUBES exhibit enables participants to physically and virtually take part in the global dialogue on reducing our CO2 emissions, and provides a portal for sharing ideas and solutions.
CO2 CUBES - Visualize a Tonne of Change is presented by Millennium ART in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information, powered by Google and YouTube, produced by Obscura Digital, hosted by the City Council of Copenhagen, and located at the Tycho Brahe Planetarium. For more information visit: www.millenniumart.org and www.tycho.dk
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Brazil close to banning "offensive" games
Seeking to "curb the manufacture, distribution, importation, distribution, trading and custody, storage [of] the video games that affect the customs [and] traditions of the people, their worship, creeds, religions and symbols," Brazilian Senator Valdir Raupp has proposed a bill (translation here) that would make the sale of even one copy of the games Grand Theft Auto, Postal or Carmaggedon subject to one to three years of imprisonment in Brazil. The bill has been approved by the Senate's Education Commission, and now has to get through the Committee on Constitution to become law. Brazil already banned Everquest and Counter-Strike last year, on the grounds that they promote "the subversion of public order; are an attack against the democratic state and the law and against public security."
What might this mean to virtual worlds? Is Second Life next?
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