The exporter is coming along nicely. I’m really happy with the results. So much so that I decided to create a Q*Bert scene. Click on the image blow for the full sized image.
In the image you have 3DSMax in the background with all it’s wireframe goodness. The render on the right, and as you [...]
Silverlight 3 comes with the new shiny Projection and PlaneProjection for perspective 3D effects. One issue is to create rich 3D environments, you need a good toolset, and although Blend is a great tool, it’s not a 3D authoring environment.
Enter 3DSMax. 3D Studio has an awesome scripting capability in the form of MaxScript. Writing 3DSMAX [...]
Following a tweet from shanemo, I decided to check out fivesecondtest.com, and took the 5 second test. I had no idea what it was prior to turning up, but within 10 seconds the minimalistic site had me sold. From the site…
The five second test is a simple usability test that helps you measure the [...]
What does a developer do when exploring the possibilities of the new Silverlight MapControl. Create a pirate map of course!
Yarr! So how do you get the paper look and feel on the map? It’s a simple, and doesn’t require any C#, you can do it purely via the XAML.
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Street Fighter IV arrived on my coffee table last month. I can’t stop playing it. There are too many reasons why. Being addicted to Street Fighter II when it came out, I had been waiting a long time for the game to evolve significantly. Everything post Street Fighter II until now has felt like [...]
But the one movie I did see on the flight, was Man on Wire. The story of Philippe Petit, and his amazing stunt back in 1974, doing a wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Centre. Delivered in a similar fashion to Touching the Void, you can’t help but be captured by the [...]
I’ve seen a lot of movies over the last week with the flights to Vegas, so I’m throwing them all into a single post. Being in Vegas, I’ve also become quite fond of the word ‘bonanza’.
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Rachel Getting Married - Chick in rehab. Sister getting married. Drama. Cry cry. The end. [...]
Day 3 of MIX09. I head to a few sessions, all of which are interesting.
Virtual Earth integration from Silverlight was the highlight. Once again a nice clean API allows developers to pick it up, with fully integrated customised maps in Silverlight developed faster than previously possible. Video and media asset integration, scaling/zooming/”deep zoomesque” capabilities, and [...]
Day 2 at MIX has me talking to too many interesting people. VERTIGO’s presentation of Playboyarchive.com I’ll get to in a second, because yesterday I forgot to mention Sketch Flow. Sketch Flow is, at its heart, a collaboration feature for Blend. And the only way to really discuss it, is if you’ve seen some of [...]
I’m at MIX09 in Las Vegas the lone attendee in early waiting for the 2nd session I’m attending to kick off. Day 1 is turning out to be quite impressive. Up early for registration to miss the queues, and to hopefully catch breakfast (a 24 hour meal in Las Vegas). Registration was painless, and with [...]
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