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16.05.13Amazon 3D Smartphone RumorsVarious sources report that Amazon is working on a 3D smartphone to be released before end of 2013. More or less similarly to LG, Amazon's device is supposed to use retina-tracking technology to make images appear to be hovering above the surface of the screen from all angles, without requiring special glasses. So, it is not completely clear if the new phone will have a 3D autostereoscopic screen, or if images will be re-rendered in real time in 2D while following the user's head and eye movements ...
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18.04.133DCI for 3DIC: ExcursionAll participants of both the CI course held by Volker Pook as well as the corresponding 3D course by me are going to visit the 3D Innovation Center at next Tuesday, April 23rd. We'll meet in the building's foyer, ground floor, at 9:00 a.m., sharp: 3D Innovation Center Salzufer 6 10587 Berlin Attention: the entrance is to be found in Otto-Dibelius-Strasse, left side standing in front of the building! Due to this excursion both courses are held together on that day; that means, next 3D course will be on Tuesday, April 30th (not Thursday, 25th!).
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09.04.13Announcement for Summer 2013 (update 2)In addition to this summer's 3D II course (which from now on will be 3D IIb) dealing with character rigging and animation, there will be another 3D II course for a general introduction in 3D animation, including first looks in MoGraph and Dynamics. This newly added course is called 3D IIa because it provides the skills and techniques you'll need for all other 3D animation purposes, mainly character animation. We'll start next Tuesday, April 16th, 4:45 pm, in 3.19.
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07.04.13Announcement for Summer 2013 (update 1)According to temporary planning I may announce the following courses for summer 2013 (update): 3D IIb: Character Rigging and Animation In this course we'll rig a character and animate it using the bunch of completely new compelling character tools introduced with R13. Whether you'll build a character on your own, or together in the group, the goal is to get a short character animation feature at the end, rendered on our very fast BTK render farm with the C4D Sketch and Toon renderer which is one of the best non photorealistic render engines on the market. – Of course, there will be ...
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12.02.13Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway, and Edgar Pera are Going 3DRodrigo Areias, Fundaçao Cidade de Guimaraes, Portugal, will produce an innovative stereoscopic 3D feature film made of three humoristic short movies. Actually in post production, the movie is supposed to be ready for Cannes Festival in May: The Three Disasters by Jean-Luc Godard, a short film about the historical memory of the 3D. Just in Time One by Peter Greenaway where space is crossed by various layers of time: 900 years of compiled history. Cinesapiens by Edgar Pera is a short history of the cinema viewer, from the cave to silent cinema, through sound to colour and from stereoscopic 3D to holo cinema. Interesting, ...
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06.02.13Panorama / Full Dome Research ProjectIn cooperation with Planetarium Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian von Herrmann, TU Berlin, will start a 12-month panoramic full dome projection-research project in May. For this, they're looking for a student assistant (pdf) who should, but must not, have some experiences in media creation for digital dome projection, explicitly, however, in Adobe CS and Cinema 4D; the assistant's place will be in Berlin, particularly supporting the practical cooperation with the production department in Hamburg. Moreover, besides managing the rendering, the assistant will also be involved in the film design and 2D/3D animation, as well. Anyone interested should contact me directly – and very quickly!
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12.01.13World’s Largest Wave Field SynthesisNext Monday, January 14th, we are going for a rather spectacular demonstration of the world's largest wave field synthesis which is held by Berlin Technical University. Though this excursion is dedicated to the master students of BTK mainly, everyone else being interested in new technical inventions in the field of space perception resp. simulation will be very welcome! We'll meet at 6:00 pm, sine tempore, at Technische Universität Berlin Hörsaal 104 / Hauptgebäude Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Be prepared for an impressive sensation you never ever got before!
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25.12.123D I: Modelling a Gingerbread ManTo the participants of 3D I course: As we discussed in our last session before Xmas, I want you to do a little homework during holidays: try to build a sweet charming Gingerbread Man using different kinds of modelling techniques to get an idea of possible approaches in solving a certain modelling job. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="379"] Gingerbread Man ...[/caption]
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25.12.12Disney is Looking for Stereoscopic ArtistsIf you ever thought about working at Walt Disney Animation Studios with Stereo Supervisor, Layout Supervisor, Director of Look and Lighting to create immersive and comfortable 3D images in support of the story, you probably may want to check out whether their job offer will match your skills and interests, as well. – However, there are a lot more of career opportunities at Disney's, of course ...