http://words.transmote.com/wp design + art + code Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:12:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en i'll be showing a new version of Elastotron this wednesday, from 6-7pm (shortest. opening. ever.) at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, in the Forum, as part of the TV of Tomorrow Show, an interactive TV conference. http://words.transmote.com/wp/20100228/elastotron-visage-ybcatvot-weds-mar-3/ i'll be speaking on the topics of FLARManager, FLARToolkit, AR for the web in general, maintaining an open-source project, and marker-based interfaces. or some combination of the above. FLARManager: AR and Alternative Controllers i'm also participating in a panel on "inspiration", along with Brendan Dawes, Tali Kraokowski, and Craig Swann. ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20100116/flarmanager-fitc-toronto-2010/ been trying to figure this one out for about a year and a half now, and finally stumbled across the answer. those of you who've tried to fullscreen an AIR app in OSX know about the annoying grey bar across the bottom of the screen. apparently, that's a status ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20100112/true-fullscreen-in-air-on-osx/ i will (most likely) be speaking at the first Augmented Reality Development Camp this saturday, december 5, @ Hacker Dojo in mountain view, CA. http://www.ardevcamp.org/ my session will address the web component of AR, and will tie in with discussions on mobile AR, standards, experience design, and more. i believe (free!) ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20091202/flar-presentation-ardevcamp-2009-dec-05/ v0.5 introduced some issues with automatic camera selection (in FLARCameraSource) that went fairly unnoticed until v0.6. this primarily affected users with USB cameras on Windows, as well as a couple of other edge cases. v0.61 corrects those issues, thanks to some help from jim alliban. download it here: http://words.transmote.com/wp/flarmanager/   what is ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20091107/flarmanager-v0-61-augmented-reality-in-flash/ On to version 0.6. 1.0 is around the corner... download here: http://words.transmote.com/wp/flarmanager/   what is this? FLARManager is a lightweight framework that makes it easier to build FLARToolkit augmented reality applications for Flash. it is compatible with a variety of 3D engines, and provides a more robust event-based system for managing marker addition, ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20090923/flarmanager-v0-6-augmented-reality-in-flash/ just realized i never posted this on my own site. i was recently contacted by InsideRIA.com to write an in-depth article about FLARToolkit and FLARManager. you can find it here. http://words.transmote.com/wp/20090816/insideria-article/ another upgrade, hot'n'fresh for you. download here: http://words.transmote.com/wp/flarmanager/   what is this? FLARManager is a lightweight framework that makes building FLARToolkit augmented reality applications easier. it is compatible with a variety of 3D engines, and provides a more robust event-based system for managing marker addition, update, and removal. it supports detection and management ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20090718/flarmanager-v05-for-flartoolkit/ Jonathan Harris, creator of We Feel Fine and the lovely I Want You To Want Me (shown in MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind show last year) sent out an invitation today to his latest piece, the Sputnik Observatory for the Study of Contemporary Culture. The Sputnik Observatory collects video interviews ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20090630/sputnik-observatory/ i'm pleased to announce the release of a new-and-improved version of FLARManager! this one has been a while in the works, due in part to general busy-ness, in part to my laptop threatening death, and in part to the fact that there are SO MANY NEW FEATURES. download here: http://words.transmote.com/wp/flarmanager/ (NOTE, this ... http://words.transmote.com/wp/20090618/flarmanager-v04/