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Fallout T-41 Helmet (My Mini Factory)

Posted on December 20, 2016June 29, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

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

Posted on December 1, 2016September 5, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

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 …

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3D Geisel Floorplan in Sketchup

Posted on November 11, 2016September 5, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

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 …

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Building Augmented Reality Apps for Android

Posted on October 1, 2016July 1, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

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 …

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Flash Animations

Posted on May 30, 2016July 1, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

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 …

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Painting in VR with Tiltbrush

Posted on April 30, 2016September 5, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

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 …

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Beta Fish Puzzle

Posted on March 18, 2016July 1, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

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 …

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Flat Animation with After Effects

Posted on March 7, 2016July 1, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

We put this short minimalist animation together as a training exercise, all of the DML’s main equipment pieces transform into others. Great job Shaira! The Digital Media Lab is located Read More …

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Sculpting the Sungod

Posted on February 25, 2016September 5, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

Jorenne is learning to sculpt with meshmixer, it’s a fun workflow.  Like digital clay. It’s definitely not as powerful as Maya or Blender, but it’s a hundred times more accessible.We Read More …

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Digital Media Lab Now Open! Free 3D Printing

Posted on October 9, 2015June 30, 2017 by Scott Mcavoy

The Digital Media Lab is now open! Check out our intro video: The Digital Media Lab is located in Geisel Library, 2nd Floor South. We do free 3D printing and Read More …

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