the oeuvre of Tommy Wong

Nuke and Ocula on Avatar

Tommy — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:23:28 +0000

“Robin Hollander from Weta Digital talks us through their use of Nuke and Ocula on Avatar at NAB 2010.” I’m starting to comprehend a little of what is being said, since I’m now studying 3D Stereographic Cinematography at COFA.

Part 1

Part 2

GradProj blog template

Tommy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:58:53 +0000

Here’s a screen shot of the template I created for my GradProj Webteach blog. If you’re a UNSW FBE student, you can view GradProj 2010 student progress here. And clip art rocks!

FBE Bb Template Cover Design July 2010

Tommy — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:10:39 +0000

This year, I designed the cover based on recognisable elements and patterns of the Faculty of the Built Environment. I then applied a certain colour on top of all the images to subdue the many contrasting colours. Compare it to last year’s design.

Apple’s Multi-million Dollar Antenna Test Lab

Tommy — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:34:08 +0000

I was quite surprised at the look and design of Apple’s antenna test lab which holds $100M of state of the art equipment. It reminds me of first year design studio – a space I never would have thought existed in the real world.

Ha, good to know your iPhone is going under rigorous testing – rubber bands do the trick.

Each chamber is connected to racks of equipment that simulate actual cellular base stations, wi-fi networks, bluetooth devices and GPS satellites.

The walls are lined with a carbon-impregnated foam that eliminates any extraneous variables from within the room like signal bounce.

Official screen shots and video can be found here and here.

Kinect’s Milo in action

Tommy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:03:55 +0000

Some great work going on here in the world of games and human interaction. I’m eager to try this and I hope there won’t be any delay in the response or action.

Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update Site

Tommy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:43:43 +0000

Great job on the graphic design of TF2′s Engineer Update:

View it live on the web at http://www.teamfortress.com/engineerupdate/. It’s a shame that the image (the site is 4 images placed next to each other) doesn’t link to anywhere particularly informative or interesting – they could have linked to more information on the shotgun Frontier Justice.

Portal vs. Mirror’s Edge

Tommy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:42:56 +0000

Mirror’s Edge map with Portal gameplay:

Video Games | | Mirror’s edge vs portal

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Original Mirror’s Edge trailer:

Portal trailer: