The brilliance of inventor Lenny Lipton will continue to shine brightly. Lenny Lipton was born in Brooklyn in 1940 and went to Cornell, majoring in physics after starting out in electrical engineering. When he was 19, he wrote a poem, which he told me later, he almost doesn’t remember writing it. It’s called Puff, the Magic Dragon, which Peter, Paul, and Mary adapted into … [Read more...] about Remembering a stereo 3D pioneer
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Greyscalegorilla launches Tactile materials library
Realistic 3D materials offer rare fidelity in the world of 3D design. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s easy to see the stunning materials in the new materials library called Tactile from Greyscalegorilla. Using what they refer to as the Tactile Capture Process, the company has captured highly detailed imagery. Using a combination of artistry and … [Read more...] about Greyscalegorilla launches Tactile materials library
The metaverse, today’s white whale
Questions (and answers) abound, but many are antithetical at this point. What is the metaverse? If you ask 10 people, you are more likely than not to get 10 different answers. There is no metaverse—there will never be a metaverse. There are dozens of metaverses and soon probably hundreds. Which view you hold depends on the definition of what a metaverse is, and we … [Read more...] about The metaverse, today’s white whale
Cerulean Labs unveils Spaces v2
The new app gives designers more tools to further enhance their designs. By Joshua Volckaert New Zealand-based Cerulean Labs has hit a sweet spot with its iPad application, Spaces: Conceptual Design. It’s a tool that incorporates the iPad pencil as its basic input tool for concept sketching. It is a little like SketchUp, or maybe how SketchUp was once intended to be—an … [Read more...] about Cerulean Labs unveils Spaces v2
DWG update: a new view of an old standby
DWG plays a strong role in modern CAD workflows. The year 2022 marks the 40th birthday of AutoCAD and its native format DWG. The format has shown a resiliency that goes far beyond its original role as the carrier for AutoCAD data. Today, a number of companies offer DWG as an output option or even as their native format. As a result, the format has grown as an industry … [Read more...] about DWG update: a new view of an old standby
Khronos hopes to help enable the metaverse
Whatever that is. Khronos has formed a forum to create a venue for cooperation between standards organizations and companies to foster the development of interoperability standards for an open and inclusive metaverse. The organizations do not want to create any standards, unless the industry specifically asks them to, but rather to make sure that all its members are … [Read more...] about Khronos hopes to help enable the metaverse
The evolving world of 3D
It's all about your phone. By Omid Rahmat Who loses and who gains when consumers get access to vast libraries of content for a minimum monthly fee or because they are willing to put up with ads? If you ask musicians, they may have a case for decrying the subscription economy for reducing their opportunity to make money and turning them all into data analysts as they … [Read more...] about The evolving world of 3D
3D artists take a winning ‘Infinite Journey’
The competition aimed at bringing the artist community together. In February, director/artist/photographer Clinton Jones, aka PWNISHER, issued the latest 3D community creative challenge, Infinite Journeys, which challenged 3D artists to build their own custom scenes based solely on the words “infinite journeys.” The stipulation of the YouTube contest, sponsored by Maxon … [Read more...] about 3D artists take a winning ‘Infinite Journey’
Chaos adds digital replicas of real-world items to its Cosmos 3D library
Assets can be incorporated into the architecture and design projects. Chaos has forged a new partnership that gives architects and interior designers access to 480 digital replicas of Twinbru textiles and Haworth furniture models, available on Chaos Cosmos, a free library of ready-to-render high-quality 3D content that users can place within their projects. This marks the … [Read more...] about Chaos adds digital replicas of real-world items to its Cosmos 3D library
It’s National 3D Day!
Time to celebrate stereo 3D technology. Did you know there is a Thank God It’s Monday Day? It was January 3. Blue Monday? January 17. No Brainer Day? February 27. National Awkward Moments Day? For many of us, that is nearly every day. Officially, it is March 18—which seems fitting as it comes the day after St. Patrick’s Day, when the Irish celebrate big, and those who … [Read more...] about It’s National 3D Day!