VAM A.11-1940
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 20:35VAM 246-11-1870
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 16:59From CoForm project. Marble statue from V & A Museum.
VAM 246-6-1870
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 16:57From CoForm project. Marble statue from V & A Museum.
VAM 246-3-1870
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 16:56From CoForm project. Marble statue from V & A Museum.
VAM 246-1-1870
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 16:54From the CoForm EU project
Check Mobile Orientation
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 08:57Not all mobile devices and browsers correctly report the device orientation. According the the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Working Draft 1 from December 2011 "DeviceOrientation Event Specification" the orientation is given by three angles representing compass direction (α), tilt (β), and rotation (γ). The 0 values for these is with the device flat, screen up, pointed North.
Converting Maya FBX Files
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Thu, 02/19/2015 - 20:18Maya is used for a lot of 3D modeling. Modelers frequently save their completed work in a FBX file. FBX is a proprietary format designed by Autodesk (check this). In addition to the model, it contains the textures, rigging, and animation. It is a very convieient format, if you have an appropriate library of other tool to unpack it. Blender is an open-source modeling program. There is an FBX importer in Blender that handles many of the features and variations of the FBX format.
Creating 3D Scenes for the Browser
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Tue, 01/20/2015 - 16:16"Creating 3D Scenes for the Browser", a presention to Digital Designers Los Angeles and Digital Media Artists Los Angeles on 20 Jan 2015. The PDF of the presentation with slides and notes is available. This is the final version.
The presentation focuses on the capabilities and reasons for using X3D for Serious VR & 3D graphics .
Add X3D on Your Webpage
Submitted by Leonard Daly on Mon, 01/19/2015 - 15:39Getting X3D to display on your webpage is very simple. The simpliest example can be accomplished in three easy steps. These are summarized as