Category: software
SynthEyes motion tracking
http://www.ssontech.com/synsumm.htm https://vimeo.com/14352900
Brekel kinect real-time motion capture
http://www.brekel.com/?page_id=155
It allows you to capture 3D objects and export them to disk for use in 3D packages. As well as do skeleton tracking which can be streamed into Autodesk’s MotionBuilder in realtime, or exported as BVH files.
Tracing Spherical harmonics and how Weta used them in production
A way to approximate complex lighting in ultra realistic renders.
All SH lighting techniques involve replacing parts of standard lighting equations with spherical functions that have been projected into frequency space using the spherical harmonics as a basis.
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~cs4162/slides/spherical-harmonic-lighting.pdf
Spherical harmonics as used at Weta Digital
https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/the-science-of-spherical-harmonics-at-weta-digital/
Unity 3D resources
http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/12321/how-can-i-start-learning-unity-fast-list-of-tutori.html
If you have no previous experience with Unity, start with these six video tutorials which give a quick overview of the Unity interface and some important features http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/video/
Fabric engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50qCYaCapi0
Fabric Software has discontinued work on Fabric Engine, its much-praised framework for developing custom tools for VFX and games pipelines, along with its supporting tools for DCC software.
a computational engine, that will enable web developers to tap into a computer’s multi-core power to bring multi-threaded performance in a web browser.
Used for Image/video processing – 3D Interaction (games, storytelling, interactive manuals) – Perceptual/Visual computing – Simulation (physics, crowds, financial, etc) – Visualization for use in medical, engineering, and oil and gas – Raw computation – Data mining – Business intelligence – Semantic analysis – Recommendation engines – Large-scale simulations – Other computationally intensive applications
How to become an apps developer in a few easy steps
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/feb/10/gameculture-apple
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/11/the-ultimate-toolbox-for-iphone-development/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2010/12/30-plus-tools-for-building-your-own-mobile-app.php
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