Nuke and Ocula on Avatar

July 25th, 2010

“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.

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Part 2

GradProj blog template

July 21st, 2010

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!

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FBE Bb Template Cover Design July 2010

July 17th, 2010

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.

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Apple’s Multi-million Dollar Antenna Test Lab

July 17th, 2010

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.

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

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

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

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

Kinect’s Milo in action

July 16th, 2010

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

July 9th, 2010

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

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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

July 8th, 2010

Mirror’s Edge map with Portal gameplay:

Original Mirror’s Edge trailer:

Portal trailer: