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interactive on-surface signal deformation

Tobias Ritschel, Thorsten Thormählen, Carsten Dachsbacher, Jan Kautz and Hans-Peter Seidel present an interactive system for the artistic control of visual phenomena visible on surfaces. The method allows the user to intuitively reposition shadows, caustics, and indirect illumination using a simple click-and-drag user interface working directly on surfaces. In contrast to previous approaches, the positions [...]

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frankencamera platform for computational photography

I have been wondering why there is no such thing really as an open source camera where the camera would be able to do all kids of wonderful things while taking a picture, or after taking a picture. This thought process stemmed from my attempt to find a “lomo” style digital camera, when all i [...]

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the visually stunning game that is “limbo”

There has been quite a bit of hype over Limbo a game in development by Play Dead an independent game studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark. A lot of hype with some good reason, it is nothing short of stunning! To find out more, you can read an interview with the CEO of PlayDead, Dino Patti on IFC. You [...]

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how to build your own render farm

Tom’s hardware guide with an older post on how to build your own render farm, I like how the article starts out by asking “do you need your own render farm?” pffft who doesn’t?

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intro to pixel bender a tutorial for Non-Programmers

Satya Meka demonstrates a great introduction to pixel bender in this tutorial that geared towards after effects users. “This is a tutorial I created long time ago, but never had a chance to post it. This is a theoretical introduction to Pixel Bender to many non-programmers out there like me, who have no prior programming [...]

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google buys bumptop, 3d technology

Google has acquired Bumptop a slick little application for turing your desktop into a 3d environment where you can navigate through 3d space to manage and find files. For more information and what it means for the technology, check out the BumpTop page, an article at TechCrunch, and of course the article at Mashable.

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