Fallout T-41 Helmet (My Mini Factory)
We used the Winter break to build this full sized PowerPoint helmet from Fallout. We get a lot of cosplay projects coming through the lab, it’ll be cool to be Read More …
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3D Data Crystals
Trying to represent Library checkout transactions and foot traffic over a whole year. We formatted an excel spreadsheet into an OBJ file, so that every value corresponded to a vertices. Read More …
3D Geisel Floorplan in Sketchup
Playing with wayfinding application, we decided to make some 3D floorplans of the Geisel Library’s 2nd floor. We already had the CAD floorplans, so for most areas it was just Read More …
Photogrammetry – 3D Scanning Gnome
This is our lab’s pet Gnome, we love him despite his sad judgmental gaze. Using photogrammetry software we were able to take a bunch of pictures from different angles and Read More …
Building Augmented Reality Apps for Android
Augmented reality is the future, and it’s surprisingly easy to get started with. We used the Vuforia plugin with Unity to create a simple image target recognition app which overlayed Read More …
Flash Animations
Virginia, one of the more artsy DML staffers, took some time this week to learn the workflow to animate with the Wacom Cintiq Tablet in Adobe Flash. Even with all Read More …
Solidworks Phone Case Workshop
This week we held a workshop in the new Envision Maker’s Studio teaching students and staff to create and 3D print personal phone cases with Solidworks. The idea was that Read More …
Painting in VR with Tiltbrush
Tiltbrush isn HTC Vive VR game which lets you paint in 3D space with your controller. It’s really fun to work this way. Here’s one of Crystals creations, a beta Read More …
360 Video: Torrey Pines Gliderport
We’re building VR services for the coming year and got some nice little 360 video cameras. The image quality isn’t quite where I’d like it to be, but the concept Read More …
Beta Fish Puzzle
Crystal used Photoshop to model the fish slices, then pulled the pieces off while they were still hot to make the fins flowy and natural looking. Autodesk’s 123d make has Read More …