Snow Leopard has been launched and it makes you want to do
64bit back flips. Almost like the X-Fighters Finals in Battersea Powerstation.
Nate Adams was this years Winner. This footage is from the Daniel Torres run.
Don't try it at home!
Now for something completely Different ...
Labels: Battersea Powerstation, Danel Torres, X-Fighters Motocross finals 0 commentsFireFox 3.5 Released Today
Labels: chromium, Firefox3.5, Internet browsers 0 comments
The Browser Wars are hotting up! A Developer Chromium Release is now available for Linux and the Mac. Firefox has released version 3.5. and Opera has released version 9.5 unleashing the concept of a Browser as a Webserver. It's all going down ... folks.
Next up is HTML 5 and V8 javascript OpenGL. Surf's up, so keep paddling or you will miss the Wave.
Check out these XCode iphone OpenGL ES Tutorials
Labels: 3D Tutorials, OpenGL ES, OpenGL iPhone 0 comments
Looking to Learn OpenGL ES for the iPhone. Then you need to visit iPhonedevelopment blog. This will give you a great grounding in iPhone OpenGL ES development, amongst other iphone related know how.
Here are all the tutorial links
Some ported ES NeHe OpenGL tutorials are available here.
Time to get xCoding...
GNU Image Editing Software v2.6.6 Released Today!
Labels: ASCII Art, Free Download, Image Editing on the Mac 0 comments
A new version of GNU Image Manipulation Program has been released.
The latest version 2.6.6 is available for download here!
On the Mac you will need to have X11 (Unix X window system) installed; part of the Optional installs package on the OS X Install Disc's.
For designers you may find a few filters (scripted image effects) that don't exist on Photoship.
The Interface gets a bit confusing with application bar and tool palette doubling up but once you get used to it, it's all good!
The Ascii art exports which use aalib library are fully functioning. So you can try this out.
All in all a great free image editing tool and the best thing is ... it is free!
A List of Top iPhone / iPod Touch Game Engines
Labels: iPhone Game Development, iPhone Game Engines 0 commentsWith the iPhone/iPod Touch being a great high performance gaming device and Apple's Gaming market growing at a phenomenal speed.
You may want to check out these Game & Physics Engines, to get your iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming App up and running in no time.
1. Torque
2. Unity
3. SIO2 interactive
Checkout the youtube tutorial which includes the 3D App called Blender.
4. oolong engine
5. chipmonk
A Physics engine only.
6. cocos2d
7. irrlicht
Three things look certain you'll need great 3D art, original gaming idea and one of these Engines to cut down your development time.
Plus Lots of perseverance Never ever Give Up ...
High Performance JavaScript Engines
Labels: JavaScript clock watch download, Javascript engines, javascript Games 0 commentsToday's top JavaScript Engines are Chrome with it's V8 Engine and Safari 4 Beta with it's Nitro Engine (formally know as squirrel fish extreme).
For more on the performance figures take a look at this article.
If you are looking to exercise your Browser on real world examples you can try these JavaScript games: Mario, Lemmings and minesweeper. You could even try the JavaScript implementation of processing. The Original Java implementation is here.
There is even a free browser clock available here.
md5sum checksum for watch.html is e8b57ea6c59d75cc016ee06804132400
Enjoy.
Safari 4 Beta released today!
Labels: Free Download, Safari4 Mac PC 0 comments
Safari 4 Beta has been released Today for Mac & PC.
The Nitro javascript engine is Four times faster than the previous version. Lets face it javascript holds the internet together like velcro. So the Faster the Better.
Safari4 has loads of new additions one of which is Top Sites, similar in function to the FireFox FastDial Addon as well as Coverflow Page Browsing. This feature functions like searchme.
The Coverflow Browsing History is accessible via the TopSites search option located on the bottom right of Safari.
There are many many more new additions too many to write about. Why not give it a go and speed up your daily surfin!
Stop Unix Time 1234567890
0 commentsUnix Epoch time stamp flips to 1234567890 on Friday the 13th?
What could possibly go wrong?
Use the Javascript below to see this chronological eclipse
<html>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1">
<body>
<script type='text/javascript'>var d=""+new Date().getTime();document.write("Stop Epoch Time "+d.substring(0,10).fontsize(5).bold());</script>
</body>
</html>
So Stop Watch at the ready!
Top Six Picks for your iPhone & iPod Touch
Labels: appstore, iphone Games and applications, iPod Touch apps 0 commentsHere are Six great Apps to try out on your shiny new Apple iPod Touch or iPhone. You can down load some of them for free.
6. It's a whole Band and recording studio.
Guitar, Piano,Bass and Drums even an audience.
5. It's a wifi remote for your apple, allowing you to view and change your iTunes song selection using your Ipod Touch/iPhone.
Download this Apple Application for FREE at the Appstore.
4. A virtual pint of beer rendered just like the real thing. You need to slide the pint to virtual buddy before you get to see the pint.
Download this one for FREE at the Appstore.
3. A Nicely polished cars and game play you can drive via the accelerometer, touching the screen or using a touch steering wheel.
2. All the internet radio stations you can think of with the option of saving them in your favourites; making them easy to find next time. All the music you could possibly want to listen to over wifi.
1. Great game! The only tricky part is setting the power and then taking the shot. This requires a back then forwards touch gesture. You can see why this game is top of the games Apps list. The video clips could be a bit better. But the game of 3D pool does not disappoint. Priced perfectly.
There are loads more Apps on the Appstore and SimCity has also just been released.
Enjoy.
Visualisation Toolkit Processing version 1.0 Released!
Labels: java visualisation scripts, Processing 1.0 toolkit 0 comments
The Java based visualisation tool kit Processing 1.0 has just been released.
Beautiful Visualisations of data, Art installations, Prototypes, Cinema effects, Adverts and Commercial Installations have been built using the power of processing.
The Application ships with working examples. Try it out, no coding required.
Once the sketch or example script is loaded hit play button (>) to execute it.
Hit the stop button ([]) to terminate the sketch/script.
It could not be easier. The author's site can be found on this link.
Enjoy...
Test drive Realtime Augmented 3D Reality!
Labels: 3D, Flash based Augemented Reality, Virtual reality 0 comments
Augmented reality blends real time video footage with the unreal 3D world. A really good example makes it hard to tell the difference between the real and the unreal.
There is a great on-line example available for you to try out on-line. This flash version was created using papervision 3D and an Augmented reality
Flash ARToolkit.
To Get the above example working jump to this address http://interactive.digitalpictures.com.au/
Scroll down past the video seen above and then Ctrl-click or right click on the flash window. Change the browsers flash setting to match your web-cam.
Set the permissions to enable access to your web-cam.
Print out the pdf augmented reality square and place it in-front of your web-cam.
The Question is: How real is virtual?
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