If you’re looking for some reading matter on a cold winters evening, there’s quite a collection here. Fairly technical and related to the on-going work by Henrik Wann Jenson – Associate Professor in the Computer Graphics Laboratory of the department of Computer Sceince and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. enjoy
http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~henrik/papers/
Still one to watch …
Blender v2.41 is released. Blender is Open Source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.
You can read about features in the latest release at
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender_2_41.731.0.html
or visit the blender home page at
The ESA (European Space Agency) Technology Transfer Program details how new technologies developed by European space comanies is being used to develop innovative products to benefit both industry and society.
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Technology_Transfer/SEMO5TRMD6E_0.html
One such item is a virtual photo studio
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Technology_Transfer/SEM8Y0ULWFE_0.html
which is being developed by News’UProduction within the framework of ESA. The objective is to produce high-quality images and animations of industrial items while they are still in the design stage; images that in quality and appearance are comparable to photographs of the final product. (In other words a photo-realistic render ! )
What sounds interesting is the description of the creation of a materials database which stores the optical behaviour and visual appearance of materials together with other characteristics and physical properties. The visual appearance is described using the standards defined by the International Commission on Illumination
The database allows the user to visualise the optical behaviour of a material in normal pre-defined conditions and to modify the visual appearance of an object by modifying the composition of the material.
Other success stories from the ESA Technology Transfer Program can be seen at
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Technology_Transfer/SEME31SMD6E_0_ov.html.
Blender is an integrated 3D creation software suite release with source code under the GNU Public license.
Version 2.37 is now available and details can be seen here
http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Blender_2_37.496.0.htm
It’s not for photorealistic but interesting nonetheless.
Chromium Homepage at
http://chromium.sourceforge.net/
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