MetaFilter posts tagged with 3D

Papercraft Self Portrait

OverlappingElvis — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:02:50 -0800

Animation by Daniel Greaves

Paragon — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:30:27 -0800

2D characters in a 3D world: Flatworld (part 1, part 2, part 3). One of the many funny, clever, and innovative animations by Daniel Greaves of Tandem Films. Other short films by Greaves: Manipulation (1991) Rockin' & Rollin' (2001) Beginning, Middle, and End (2004)

Many photos make light work

Monochrome — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:58:51 -0800

Assistant professor Noah Snavely at Cornell is into making models. Computer models of real scenes are assembled from photographs, and can then be used to create a better image, a better video, or a 3D representation of an entire city. Snavely was on the team that created the jaw-dropping demo video in 2008. That project, titled “Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene”, was followed by “Enhancing and Experiencing Spacetime Resolution with Videos and Stills” (without Snavely and some of the original team). Now Snavely is working with six people from his alma mater (the University of Washington) to re-create Rome, Italy. Pulling over 150 thousand photos from Flickr (tagged with "rome" or "roma"), the team used a cluster of computers working in parallel to compare photos and model the common buildings. This results in models of several sites, each with incredible precision.

Rhonda Forever.

chunking express — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:00:40 -0800

Rhonda Forever. A short video of James Paterson using Rhonda, a 3D drawing tool. Previously.

Your favourite modern artform sucks

mhjb — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:12:19 -0800

Peripetics is a short video by Zeitguised that "entails six imaginations of disoriented systems that take a catastrophic turn, including the evolution of educational plant-body-machine models and liquid building materials." I don't really know what that means either but it sure is pretty.

3D Mapping

netbros — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:44:55 -0800

Durango Bill's Home Page. With topics that include: 3D end-to-end tour of the Grand Canyon, the origin and formation of the Colorado River, and examples of river systems that cut through mountain ranges instead of taking easier routes around them in Ancestral Rivers of the World. But if geology and 3D mapping isn't your thing, Bill also entertains and informs with his evaluations of creationism and religious cultists, an energy/oil analysis, gaming probability analysis, graph and number theories and applied mathematics. Durango Bill is a busy dude.

you fly around, shoot some stuff, collect some other stuff OMG IT'S FULL OF STARS

juv3nal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:19:12 -0800

Polynomial (yt) is a 3D space shooter with mathematically generated fractal scenery and models by Dmytry Lavrov with demos available for Linux, (Intel) OSX, & Windows. (via)

It has 'meta' in the name, so it's good, right?

Sparx — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:44:14 -0800

Metaplace Raph Koster's customisable, isometric, browser-based 3d environment has now entered open beta. caveats: Registration required, some Beta flakiness (previously)

Welcome to movies .... in the Third Dimension!

filthy light thief — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:24:43 -0800

People have been trying to make the appearance of three-dimensional movement almost as far back as the first movie cameras. The very first efforts used stereoscopy (more pre-vious-ly), which wasn't functional for theater-settings. In 1915, the first public test of 3D film was deemed unsuccessful, as images presented with green/red lenses detracted from the plot, but that didn't stop people from trying to make 3D films. Polarized glasses are another inexpensive method of simulated 3D, while shutterglasses are a more costly method. Up to 1998 or so, there were approximately 187 3D movies made, not counting porn, cartoons and shorts (which bring the 1998 total to 263). 2009 is supposedly the year that 3D movies really take off, as it has been reported that 3D films are expected to gross over $1bn (£700m) at the box office next year, a five-fold increase on their $200m haul in 2008. There are some really big titles coming, including the "3D drug trip" that is Avatar, and all of the announced future Pixar releases will get the Digital Disney 3-D treatment. But 3D isn't limited to the big screen and big companies. The next format war could be over 3D TV. And now the independent production company MeniThings has released the feature-length movie, Battle for Terra. [via mefi projects, and a bit more on the movie after the jump] Battle for Terra is based the short film Terra, about a peaceful alien planet which faces destruction from colonization by the displaced remainder of the human race. But don't worry, it's not one of those movies, like the propaganda-lite Wall-E. You can see the trailer at Apple.com or on YouTube, or learn about the making of Battle for Terra. Here are showtimes in the US. If you think some of those voices sound familiar, it's probably because they are. Inspiration for the post title from Don Hertzfeldt's Intermission In the Third Dimension

3D macro photography

Upton O'Good — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:27:22 -0800

Brian Valentine takes 3D macro images of flowers and insects. (How do I view them?) He discusses his macro methods here; a more general guide for making your own (not necessarily macro) 3D images can be found here. More 3D goodness at the Flickr Stereophotography (and stereovideography!) pools. Via EMRJKC'94. Also, here's a bug in spinning 3D.

You are about to enter the Gallipoli Peninsula at Z Beach

tellurian — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:21:14 -0800

Gallipoli: The First Day [flash] An ABC documentary site about the WW1 ANZAC landing at Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915.

Beautiful, beautiful, just beautiful

gwint — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:10:46 -0800

Lunar Lander 3D in 5k

watch the american housing market spiral out of control

uncle harold — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:41:17 -0800

subprime. Beautiful animation about the US housing market.

Road Warrior

Artw — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:44:08 -0800

Lifting it's script from the abandonned fourth movie, Mad Max will be returning, sans Gibbo, as a 3D animated feature. I'll see you on the road, skag!

Ötzi the Iceman

merelyglib — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:01:54 -0800

Ötzi the Iceman. Up close and personal.Really close.

Molecular Movies

Korou — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:10:33 -0800

Molecular Movies features cell and molecular animations, along with animation tutorials. Animations range from apoptosis, to microtubules, multiple sclerosis, and chromatin packing. A longer, narrated version of DNA visualization is available on Youtube. (via)

3d context free

signal — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:57:58 -0800

Structure Synth is an application for creating 3D structures from a set of user specified rules. It is an attempt to make a 3D version of Context Free.

The View-Master Mistress

Astro Zombie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:22:51 -0800

View-Master. It's was, for many, their first exposure to 3D. But where did all those little dioramas come from? Well, sculptor Florence Thomas for one, responsible for these Tom Corbett images. More. Via. Previously.

Ecoda dobutsuen

Artw — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:58:46 -0800

The Eco Zoo - some amazing Japanese 3D Flash. If you take a close look at the animals there... you might be able to get some tips to live in a more environmentally friendly way!

Painting 10,000 words, surely

artifarce — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:26:07 -0800

Area 56: Peeing robots, rockin' office workers, engaging panoramas, and even a few sexy girls.

Butsky! Vutsky!

tellurian — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:46:23 -0800

Virtual Vaudeville [shockwave] Watch a 3D simulation of legendary comedian Frank Bush in a vaudeville performance from a variety of perspectives. Switch between any of eight perspectives at any time and read the extensive hypermedia notes to gain a richer understanding of the performance in its historical context.

It's sort of like Minority Report, I guess.

signal — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:27:35 -0800

the first full release of Photosynth. Stonehenge. Venice. Previously 1,2,3. PC only.

The Bedlam Cometh

chuckdarwin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:24:05 -0800

A film adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Hugo Award winning novella, Coraline will be out (in 3D) in early 2009. [Previously] Adapted and directed by Henry Selick Dakota Fanning ... Coraline (voice) Ian McShane ... Mr. Bobinski (voice) Teri Hatcher ... Coraline's Mother / Other Mother (voice) Keith David ... The Cat (voice) Jennifer Saunders ... Miss Forcible (voice) Dawn French ... Miss Spink (voice) John Hodgman ... Coraline's Father / Other Father (voice) Music will be by They Might Be Giants

3D renderings of the inner workings of human body

Surfin' Bird — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:20:17 -0800

Fascinating 3D renderings of different processes inside of a human body. Yes, the style is quite similar to The Inner Life of The Cell, but this one is different. Dissolving of the pills was definitely entertaining. It would be great if a doctor could comment on the other processes that are displayed.

Don't be 3dvil

acro — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:19:08 -0800

With 'Lively' Google tries something more interactive in the 3d space after buying SketchUp in 2006. Tools to create modifications to the environment and avatars haven't been announced... Also, no OSX version yet.