3D Teddy

February 22, 2006 9:21 AM

Teddy: A sketching interface for 3D freeform design (in Java). Noodle around with the online applet (see the tutorial for instructions; there's also a demo in .avi format), or download the program so you can save your creations. An even niftier upgrade is available, SmoothTeddy (.avi demo), but SmoothTeddy doesn't have an online version to play with.
posted by Gator (11 comments total)

That's insane.
posted by signal at 10:15 AM on February 22, 2006

That's insane.
posted by signal at 10:16 AM on February 22, 2006

The applet runs in a separate applet window (It works reliably only in IE4.0).

This is so last century.
posted by dash_slot- at 10:30 AM on February 22, 2006

Looks cool, but I can't get it to work.
posted by Freen at 10:49 AM on February 22, 2006

Works fine for me. Cavat: I'm a java developer and I have the latest JDK installed.

But you can download and install the java plug-in to update your system to the latest version.
posted by delmoi at 10:52 AM on February 22, 2006

Actualy you would want to go here and download the latest JRE.
posted by delmoi at 10:53 AM on February 22, 2006

Er, I mean 'Caveat'
posted by delmoi at 10:54 AM on February 22, 2006

This used to come bundled with Alice99. It totally kicked ass. Too bad Alice 2.0 lacks some of the best stuff (most notably collision detection). :-(
posted by rbs at 11:51 AM on February 22, 2006

Sweet. I wish this was a plug in for 3DS Max or MAYA.
posted by slatternus at 12:33 PM on February 22, 2006

Pretty old stuff, but fun. I remember playing with this on the web before it came out in Magic Pengel form.
posted by darksasami at 1:00 PM on February 22, 2006

One of my professors in college was the guy in charge of the Alice project. It was a pretty cool class.
posted by Happy Monkey at 4:49 PM on February 22, 2006