Marco Rapino is doing the coolest experiments with Blender. Last time, he linked his N95′s accelerometer to Blender. Today, he shows how to do real-time laser or object tracking using nothing more than a webcam, a laser pointer and a pen.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
BlenderCamp2009 Russia: August 2-9, Nizhny Novgorod
2009 Blender F1 Challenge — Voting is Open!
Pepe-School-Land Student Demo Reel
Pepe-School-Land students are doing some awesome modeling and animation in Blender as evidenced by these videos. The demo reel has a mixture of work done in Blender and other programs and is well worth watching. A Blender icon will appear in the lower left hand corner of the demo to designate work completed in Blender.
Game Contest – Voting Now Open!
The game contest (being run by malCanDo) has been going for a few months now is into the final stage: Voting.
There’s a lot of great game entries to check out and play, so get voting!
Ben Dansie’s Flame Test
You might have seen this in Ben Dansie’s Durian application demo reel (after being selected as one of the final Durian team members), but he has recently come up with a very cool way to make flames and fire using Blender.
New Linux distro for artists: openArtist
Videotutorial: Using lightgroups in LuxRender
Here’s a good demonstration by Allan Brito of ‘light groups’, a feature of LuxRender that makes it very easy to tweak the settings of the lights in your scene. (Remember to turn on ‘HD’ once you’re over at Vimeo).
4th Animarte – International Animation Festival 2009
The 4th Animarte – International Animation Festival is receiving submissions until September 30, 2009. Animarte is open to animated and mixed media shorts with a duration of 15 minutes or less. There is no entry or registration fee and all animation techniques are accepted.



