The 3Doodler is the first of it’s kind. It’s a pen, but not quite what you are thinking. As you normally would use a pen to write, instead of ink coming out of it you can “write” with plastic, and literally draw in 3D form to create abstract art or even complex designs.
3D printers are a wonderful thing. You can literally print and create objects out of nothing, with do it yourself printers from your own home. 3D printing is a new technology, but is booming in popularity simply because of anything you can print. If you don’t believe me, check out 22 objects you can print with a 3D printer. But this new object, a gun seems to be the most controversial yet.
Being able to replicate a three-dimensional object that you hold in your hands by printing it on a printer might seem like a far fetched idea from the future, but it’s actually becoming a reality. It’s called 3D printing, and you may have heard of it recently, and is becoming increasingly more popular these days by hobbiysts.
Nintendo 3DS recently released the first version of Mario Kart in 3D. To help Nintendo bring Mario Kart to life for an even bigger 3D experience, Nintendo commissioned West Coast Customs to build a life-size functional models of the Mario and Luigi cars. You might remember WC Customs from their popular MTV show with Xzibit where they would “pimp your ride.” They really outdid themselves though with their life-size Mario cars which were unveiled at the 2011 LA Auto Show.
Adobe’s Creative Suite image editing software program Photoshop should be coming out with it’s newest version sometime around Spring 2012. When it comes out, it’s going to have a whole bunch of new features. Most notably confirmed in beta testing, Photoshop will have new 3D features that will have a whole slew of 3D functions to enhance shadowing and modify image axis for better 3D quality.
In a Chrome Experiment from Google, they built their very own online WebGL infinite bookcase. The bookcase just like a real one lets you browse books by subject, over 10,000 of them. The bookcase is three dimensional and by clicking on any book it will open up to Google Books using their API. If this bookcase looks familar to you, it’s because back in July Google built a live and working model at their Google NY offices.
Back in 1972, making 3D graphics wasn’t really too much different than the way it’s done today, it’s just more advanced now. The basic concept is still the same though, using polygonal vertices to make up three dimensional models. In this video which was created by Ed Catmull the founder of Pixar, you can see how the first digital 3D rendered images look like.
This game just blew my mind! Get ready for “awesomeness”. Kijjaa is the very first game for your iPhone and your computer. It’s an iPhone controlled flash based game that you play on your computer. The iPhone is the controller.
Ever wonder what a global map of tweets would look like in real time? Wonder no more.
I just came across this awesome real time Twitter website A World of Tweets (hat tip to Chris!). A World of Tweets is created and made possible by Frog Design.
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