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Virtual Kinka Kuji
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Virtual Kinka Kuji, built in 1998
Researchers took a game system called “Unreal” modeled the temple and grounds, then created an artificial life ‘firefly’ that would come out at dusk and fly through the forests. Each firefly was connected to an American stock on the NASDAQ market, and depending upon how the stock was performing dictated much of the firefly’s behavior.
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CityEngine available for Mac
no responses - Posted 01.02.09
Procedural Inc. announced that their 3D city generation software CityEngine is now also available for Mac OS X and Windows 64-bit. In addition, the free 30-day trial version of the CityEngine comes now with stunning example cities such as a spectacular future New York City. Procedural Inc., an innovative software company located in Zurich, is home to the world's foremost procedural ... continue -
One Thousand and One Dreams
no responses - Posted 01.01.09
Rarely does digitally enhanced photography entrance the viewer the way Yasmina Alaoui and Marco Guerra's work does. In their life-sized photographic series "One Thousand and One Dreams", statuesque bodies appear frozen in time, covered completely in meticulously detailed, contemporary Arabic henna patterns. The effect is transcending, drawing the viewer delicately and gracefully into each form. Alaoui and Guerra were recently winners ... continue -
Enhanced Environments
no responses - Posted 01.01.09
Enhanced Environments is a new method for using real-time information to eventually support large-scale, climatic virtual environments that foster virtual life and natural eco-behavioral conditions. The purpose ... continue -
Virtual Kinka Kuji
no responses - Posted 12.31.08
Virtual Kinka Kuji was a virtual reality landscape of a famous Japanese temple in Kyoto Japan built in 1998. While the model of the temple was more of a artistic interpretation the research focus was upon creating emergent artificial life within the landscape. Researchers took a game system called "Unreal" modeled the temple and grounds, then created an artificial life 'firefly' ... continue -
Virtual Scylla Virtual Marine Ecosystem
no responses - Posted 10.01.08
In 2006, researchers from the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham took part in a new survey of Europe’s first artificial wreck, the Leander Class Frigate HMS Scylla, resting on the sea bed off Whitsand Bay near Plymouth. Prof. Bob Stone and Eugene Ch’ng joined forces with colleagues from the University of Plymouth, the National Marine Aquarium (NMA) ... continue
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CityEngine available for Mac