Kinect + Stage3D + Away3D + AIR = pure gold!

Posted by on Jan 31, 2012 in AIR, Cool stuff | 4 comments

Check. This. Out!

Wouter Verweirder (lector at HOWEST in Kortrijk, Belgium, Adobe Education Leader and wizard owner of/consultant at Happy Banana) recently released an extension for AIR that allows you to use Microsoft’s Kinect sensordata in your AIR applications. To showcase the power of this he just released this video where he’s actually controlling a 3D model (rendered with Away3D on Stage3D in AIR) with his own movements. Pure gold! Can you imagine the possibilities?

3LiveShop: A new innovative way to shop on the web powered by Flash

Posted by on Apr 4, 2011 in Cool stuff, Flash Platform | 1 comment

I’m sure you remember seeing these really cool online shopping demos where you could talk to a real person instead of just clicking a few links. 3 Sverige have actually done it for real now and it looks amazing. It is truly innovative work from B-Reel.

We have created 3LiveShop for one reason only – to make it easier for our customers to choose the mobile device, the subscription and the service that suits their needs.

With 3LiveShop you get all the services and personal contact that you get in a regular store – even though you’re sitting somewhere else. You and the sales person can see and talk to each other while the sales person demonstrates products and services to you, just like on a video conference – only better.

Check out this video below to get an idea of what it looks like or if you happen to be in Sweden give it a try yourself!

More Molehill goodness

Posted by on Mar 25, 2011 in Cool stuff, Flash Player | 3 comments

Another fantastic example demonstrating the power of Molehill. In this video Eugene Zatepyakin produced a special shader to control the light in an AR 3D scene using a real world lightmap from his ASFEAT 3D engine.

Molehill can also be used for 2D projects. Terry Paton recorded his findings in this video:

Flash on!

Happy 10th birthday Ultrashock!

Posted by on Mar 10, 2011 in Cool stuff | 1 comment

Wow… Ultrashock.com is 10 years old! Thinking about Ultrashock brings back a whole lot of memories! I did some work behind the scenes in its early days and I’m really happy to see it’s still around.

Ultrashock is one of the original Flash community sites created by Peter “NRG” Van den Wyngaert and Patrick Miko. It’s fantastic to see that the Ultrashock community is still alive and kicking. Back in the early days it was mostly just a forum but these days Ultrashock is so much more. They are now also selling the coolest creative assets around. From the coolest and most original background music to some amazing particle engines. You can find it all on Ultrashock these days.

To celebrate their 10th anniversary they put together an amazing bundle with tons of creative files and vouchers. Instead of paying $1500 you can now get it for just $49! Go grab it today!

New Molehill demo video by Flare3D

Posted by on Feb 23, 2011 in Cool stuff, Flash Player | Comments Off

Flash is great for social gaming. We all know that. But Flare3D is showing off the “next generation of social gaming” using the upcoming Molehill APIs. Molehill is going to bring Flash (and the web) to a whole new level!

Flash on!

(Hat tip @JosephLabrecque)

MTV launches personalized video application

Posted by on Jan 31, 2011 in Cool stuff | 6 comments

If you’ve been following me for a long time you know that I absolutely love personalized video applications. The one that MTV just launched is just one of the best I’ve ever seen. After you’ve picked your favorite music style you can upload or take a photo of yourself. After a few easy steps the application will map your photo on to a 3D character… You know what… You just have to see it for yourself! Here’s me having a party ;-)

Hat tip Rob Ford @FWA