Adobe Light-Field Lens
Adobe’s got a prototype of a 19-lens lens array which allows after-the-fact focus and depth-of-field modifications. The main impetus for the lens (apart from The Awesome) is the spectre of 20-megapixel...
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YouTube Quality Boost
In a satisfying validation of my Internet heavyweight status, YouTube finally took the hints I’ve been dropping and started the slow, insidious process of upgrading their image quality. According to...
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3ds Max Viewport Problems
This just in from the Troubleshooting Desk: 3ds Max 8 and 9 do not play well with Microsoft’s Direct3D 8 or 9 drivers as served by this author’s Nvidia GeForce card in XP, at least with ForceWare...
View ArticleRhonda drawing tool
Rhonda : http://rhondaforever.com/ Drawings by James Paterson aka presstube. This trackball/stylus/cintique combo would make a great texture-painting interface. Combine it with teddy, and you’ve...
View ArticleBasic Arduino to Maya Communication
This article describes a basic setup allowing an Arduino microcontroller board to communicate with Maya via a serial connection. Assumptions You have an Arduino board. You have successfully uploaded...
View ArticleBasic Arduino to Maya II
Here’s Maya reading real-time input from an Arduino board, set up in the circuit from the Arduino Button tutorial, and assuming the environment setup from my first Arduino post: I’ve tweaked the code...
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Baby steps while I bonk my head against the Maya API: Code follows:
View ArticleBasic Arduino to Maya Mocap
Once again, The Mystery Hand starring in Proof of Concept: MOCAP. I’m transmitting from the Arduino 10 times a second, which is slow enough for the Python to behave in an orderly fashion. The Arduino...
View ArticleArduino to Maya Mocap II
Another proof of concept: Maya processing and recording three simultaneous data streams from the Arduino at ~30 fps. There’s still only the one button on the Arduino, but I’m faking three sensors by...
View ArticleWii Nunchuk to Maya
Simple proof of concept: A Wii Nunchuk controller connected to Maya via an Arduino, which sends the Nunchuk’s accelerometer data through the serial port. Maya uses PySerial to open the serial port,...
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