Computer Graphics World articles from March 2009

Computer Graphics World archives from March 2009

A perfect 'fit'.(Editor's Note)(Survey)(Column)
March 1, 2009... Many Americans made New Year's resolutions this year, and by now, most of those goals are long forgotten. According to surveys and published articles, the number-one resolution for 2009, yet again, is to lose weight. Count me among those...

Okino ships new conversion version.(PRODUCT: CAD-DCC)(Okino Computer Graphics Inc.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Coinciding with the SolidWorks World 2009 conference recently, Okino Computer Graphics unveiled an updated version of its CAD conversion system for SolidWorks 2009. The conversion pipeline allows native SolidWorks BREP CAD assembly, part, and...

JPR: gaming PC market bigger than anticipated.(NEWS: GAMING HARDWARE)
March 1, 2009... Jon Peddle Research (JPR) announced amazing growth for the estimated worldwide PC gaming hardware shipments and regional market share out to 2012. In particular, JPR predicts the enthusiast segment to have a compound annual growth rate of 9...

Back to the retro future: Bethesda turns the 1950s world of tomorrow into a radioactive wasteland in fallout?(Gaming)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The year is 22077, and the US has been laid to waste for two centuries now following a global nuclear war with China. But what remains of Washington, DC is no ordinary postapocalyptic nightmare. Set in an alternative...

Monsters of the deep: DreamWorks authors a CG-animated creature feature in stereo 3D.(CGI-Stereoscopy)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You'd need to have a mighty inventive mind to think of combining Mad Magazine with 1950s monster movies and the film The Dirty Dozen, but that's exactly how two DreamWorks Animation directors started when they...

Game-changing technology: stereoscopy adds a new dimension to interactive play.(Stereoscopy)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When you stop to think about it, three-dimensional imaging, in all its forms, is a logical step in the evolution of visual technology. We are stereoscopic by nature: We see with two eyes. However, finding an...

Once in a blue man: Sony Pictures Imageworks creates an iconic character for the film Watchmen.(Character Creation)
March 1, 2009... Once upon a time in the 1980s, so the story goes, the US was sliding down the slippery slope toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Enter a group of retired crime fighters and costumed superheroes who either had melted into everyday society...

Super set: digital techniques help ensure a broadcast-effect set during Super Bowl XLIII.(Design)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With an event as big as the Super Bowl, not much is left to chance. Sure, the final outcome of the game is anyone's guess, but the players are well prepared, having spent the entire season and post-season practicing...

Game theory: using video game development to educate, foster social change.(Education)
March 1, 2009... AMD, for one, sees video games as an ideal platform for not only educating kids, but also for addressing social issues. And, AMD is not alone in its thinking. A number of companies, organizations, schools, foundations, governments, and...

Alioscopy stereoscopy.(DISPLAYS)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Alioscopy USA has unveiled its 3DHD autostereoscopic, 3D LCD display technology, well suited for media and entertainment, scientific, medical, architectural, and design applications. The 3DHD display, developed and manufactured by Alioscopy,...

Widescreen desktop.(DISPLAYS)(NEC Display Solutions of America )(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... NEC Display Solutions of America has introduced its MultiSync P Series. including the 22inch P221W LCD professional-grade desktop monitor. For professionals working in color-critical environments, the P221W features hardware color calibration...

DreamWorks Animation and Intel: forging alliance to advance S3D entertainment.(INTEL-SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT)(Reprint)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) cinema has proven a surefire way to ignite interest in cinema and get movie lovers off the couch and into a theater seat. The current resurgence in 3D entertainment, marked by increasing numbers...