Archive for August, 2007

Help me Obi-Won, you’re our only hope!

360 Degree Light Field Display. View 3D projections from any angle. As a game developer, I’m waiting for the day we can do holographic chess.

via Computerlove

Content Aware Image Resizing

“This image resizing and manipulation demonstration is sort of jaw dropping, particularly as the video goes on. The related paper, written by Dr. Ariel Shamir and Dr. Shai Avidan is available here.”

via TechCrunch

Business meets Design, produces beautiful babies…

“Let’s say you’re the typical business person who knows very little about design. Perhaps you equate Mike Meyer’s old SNL character on “Sprockets” with the typical designer. You know, dressed all in black, funny little glasses, all emotion no rational thought. Now, let’s say you’re being asked to integrate design into everything you do, and […]

Online games more popular than YouTube, Facebook

“Despite the growing popularity of YouTube, MySpace, and Facebook, gaming remains the king of online entertainment, driven largely by casual gaming activities.”
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Study: TV is taking a back seat to Web
“Personal time that consumers spend on the Internet is rivaling their TV time, with user-generated content and networking sites among the most popular destinations for […]

Extremely Happy Feet: Disney Acquires Club Penguin For Up To $700 million

“Club Penguin, a social network/virtual world that has been on the market for some time, was acquired by The Walt Disney Company. … The WSJ says the purchase price is $350 million in cash. Disney could pay up to another $350 million if certain performance targets are reached over the next couple of years, until […]

AnyMails

“a dynamic visualization of an email inbox, based on the metaphor of microbes. all emails are categorized in 6 person groups: family and friends, school, job, e-commerce, unclassified, & spam.
an animal conveys the condition of an email message: the age of an email is shown by the size & opacity of the animal. the status […]