Archive for September, 2009

PV3D Training Autumn 09

September 3, 2009

Toronto: John Lindquist

Dates: September 21-22

Official Papervision3D training from the guys who developed Papervision3D. We’ll cover everything to getting you started with Papervision3D to making a fully interactive 3d scene with 3d objects, lights, shaders, textures, are more.

Edmonton: Ralph Hauwert

Dates: October 16, 2009

In this one day course we will cover a great part of the capabilities of the Papervision3D API for Flash. From concept to execution, Ralph Hauwert will take you through the process of creating an implementation of the Papervision3D api, be it an application or website. During the day we will cover Papervision3D hands-on, with narrative by one of the developers of the API.

New York: Seb Lee-Delisle

Dates: October 19, 2009

All the way from Brighton UK, Seb Lee-Delisle is offering a day of official Papervision training in New York City. Learn all the skills you need to create professional 3D Flash projects from the acclaimed Papervision team member and Plug-in Media Technical Director.

London: Carlos Ulloa

Dates: November 2-3

Dive deep with the founder of PV3D in this 2 day intensive Advanced Papervision3D Training Course for experienced professionals who want to be able to create advanced interactive 3D experiences. The course will focus on the techniques, workflow and planning necessary to overcome the creative and technical challenges of real time 3D in Flash.

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.net Awards 2009 Nominees

September 3, 2009

Papervision3D and two other PV3D projects have been nominated for a .net Best of the Web Award from .net magazine.

Papervision3D has been selected as finalist for the OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION OF THE YEAR category. Last year with your much appreciated votes we received the INNOVATION OF THE YEAR award and it meant a lot for us and our community. Thanks!

And for the INTERACTIVE SITE OF THE YEAR category you can choose between two great PV3D sites: Big and Small from Plugin Media and GE Smart Grid Augmented Reality by North Kingdom.

The .net Awards celebrate the best in web design and development, and are brought to you by .net, the world’s best-selling magazine for web builders.

Many thanks for your support!

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The Profiler

September 3, 2009

Combine Facebook with YouTube and Flickr, and you have The Profiler, a website that lets you discover more of the things you find interesting, and the things your friends find interesting. So next time you see your best friend, you’ll finally have a topic to talk about.

Created by Famous in Brussels.

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Red Bull Soap Racer

September 3, 2009

If you enjoyed building and flying airplanes in Flight Lab, you’ll love Red Bull Soapbox Racer. This time it’s cars, super fast racing, very steep hills, ultra downhill, everything in full physical and 3D glory.

Our friends at Less Rain have set once again the benchmark for 3D games in Flash, using the powerful combination of Papervision3D and Box2D. Check out their blog for more info.

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Papervision3D Essentials

September 3, 2009

Packt Publishing has just released today the first PV3D book, Papervision3D Essentials written by Jeff Winder and Paul Tondeur.

This book is a comprehensive guide to getting you started, as well as being an invaluable reference for every PV3D developer, describing how the engine works and how real world applications are built.

Jeff and Paul have worked very hard to create the definitive guide to Papervision3D, looking at every option, examining the source code and asking us many questions. Their experience and understanding of the engine is spread across 13 chapters, available in paper and PDF eBook formats:

  1. Setting Up
  2. Building Your First Application
  3. Primitives
  4. Materials
  5. Cameras
  6. Moving Things Around
  7. Shading
  8. External Models
  9. Z-Sorting
  10. Particles
  11. Filters and Effects
  12. 3D Vector Drawing and Text
  13. Optimizing Performance

Every chapter is packed with in-depth coverage of important 3D concepts with demo applications, screenshots and example code.

Take a look by yourself check out the table of contents, these two excerpts about Lines3D and VectorVision and sample Chapter 8: External Models.

In behalf of the Papervision3D team, I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this book. We are certain it will prove invaluable to our development community.

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