One of the most interesting projects I have worked on recently has just been launched!
It’s called Bandcamp, and is the brain child of Ethan Diamond and Shawn Grunberger, both from Oddpost (which you’ll know these days as Yahoo! Mail).
In short, Bandcamp is a “free hosted publishing platform for musicians”, although there is much more to it than that, including… Read : Bandcamp Music Visualisations »
There’s been some great experimentation with 3d lines and ribbons in Papervision3D, notably Felix Turner’s Ribbon3D and of course the Audi A5 website.
A project I’m currently working on requires the drawing of ribbons in 3D space, and it’s such a simple yet beautiful effect that I thought it was time to have a quick go at it myself. Read : 3D Ribbons in Papervision »
Update
Ok, you can now grab the MotionTracker source code (AS2 & AS3). Version 2 eventually will include the other methods for detecting and tracking motion which I mentioned. For now I have just included code for the technique used in the demo.
Download: AS3 Webcam Motion Tracking
Read : AS3 Webcam Motion Tracking »
Inspired by Conway’s game of life, I decided to program a 2 dimensional Cellular Automaton in Actionscript 3.
I had been reading up on complexity theory for a recent project and the Cellular Automata just kept on rearing its head. Of course it displays the fundamental qualities of complexity; starting with an object following a set of simple rules and then creating multiple instances to form complex and unpredictable patterns. Read : 2D Cellular Automata »
Ok, so there’s not much to say here!
I’m no mathematician, but I’ve been working on putting together a simple particle engine which harnesses the awesome power of Actionscript 3. Read : Alphabet Particles AS3 »
Looking forward to the F1 season kicking off tomorrow! @jakehumphrey updates are building the excitement #f1