Program Lets People Design 3-D Objects
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It's the Internet Revolution meets the Industrial Revolution: a new program that lets people design 3-D objects like car parts and door knobs in metal or plastic then order them online.
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Metaplace builds a different architecture for virtual worlds.
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A new technique measures visual clutter, creating a tool for desginers of all types.
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Teaching online isn't unusual, but professors are taking advantage of Linden Lab's 3-D metaverse to shape meeting spaces to their needs and provide an added dimension to learning. By Daniel Terdiman.
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New development kit will let anyone build a game for the Xbox 360.
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Academics and game designers are working on ways to make games that are fun but have a serious bent too.
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Adobe Integrated Runtime paves the way for Web applications that perform like desktop-bound programs.Images: Building apps on AIR
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Completing a jigsaw shows if you can collaborate with others, research finds.
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Program offers mapping software, services free to nonprofit organizations for promotions.
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Using the Nouse in three-dimensional environments, such as design and game software, requires the use of two broadly spaced Web cams.
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Radar technology to provide 3D data on players and golf ball movement to viewers.
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Holographs could become much more widely used as US scientist discover a quick way to make the 3D images.
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A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.
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Partnership with Dassault Systemes on free online application will allow users to build and share virtual 3D structures.
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New 3D menu system will take advantage of forthcoming game service.
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3-D printing is poised to grow rapidly in the next few years.
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Programs for computer-aided design, or CAD, have been around for decades, but eMachineShop.com appears to be the first service that checks whether a design can be made, tells the customer how much it will cost. If the customer wants the item the design goes to a "real world" machine shop for manufacturing.