A big bag of news and stories about the technology as it becomes relevant to my little world of computer graphics.
Stereo 2009
With all the turmoil in the world seems technology is moving fast and may be a key component in the recovery, all studios seem to be investing in stereo feature films, suddenly there is a true interest in stereo content, games are getting into it too and now nVidia has presented a stereo capable graphics card.
LIDAR with Trimble VX and GX
Although not so very very new it is important to put this post to remind myself of the excellent product range Trimble has come across, specially interesting are the VX and GX solutions. Not only scanning get’s clever by simplifying the amount and distribution of data via their proprietary technology but they have the better idea of adding a digital stills camera so you can get a reference of what you have scanned and even a scan overlay. Trimble VX Trimble GX Plus of course a proper software kit to handle the vast amounts of data and specialized manipulation needs [...]
WordPress vs. Drupal
Seems fair now that I have been playing around with both CMS (Content Management Systems) that I should write something about my experience and how I see this “battle” of two titans.
BBC iPlayer on Mac and Linux
Finally the BBC have released the BBC iPlayer as an Adobe Air application and now you can download it for your Mac or Linux. This will let you download the programs so if you are on a trip you can still see them even if you don’t have an internet connection. Be aware the settings by default are to send statistics to the BBC so if you are a privacy paranoid, well, go straight to change that. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm
OpenCL is here
Seems the push from Apple in getting OpenCL v1.0 specification in record time will pay off big time if Apple’s predictions are true, I can’t wait to the new generation of applications and operating systems that use these super-graphics cards we have nowadays inside our machines. Open CL news at The Register
Softimage XSI v7.01 released
Seems Softimage have been very busy and v7.01 is now released with plenty of bug fixes that were quite important and I would suggest to upgrade as a matter of urgency, is much much more stable, the rendering is way faster and seems to me is the first post-autodesk release which should be something to celebrate. Kudos.
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