Thomas Kole

What if, instead of steps like this, you add a "crown mold" like curve profile to the arc?

What a funny guy. I love how the wing tips look like gabor noise. "Hard surface" insects must be easier to capture than fuzzy ones, no? Even still, the benefits over normal photogrammetry are obvious.

Anyway, the reason I remembered this is because I'm getting Google Play spam mails and want to close my account. If you want to play it, you'll have to find some shady apk. You probably need an old device / old android anyway.

This is how the scene builds up. It's a short and sweet experience, you land and then get to unpack and drive the rover. Driving was unhinged, as there was no input, the rover would steer where you were looking.

Funny enough I did not actually have a smartphone then, so I was constantly bothering others whenever I wanted to try a new version. It felt a bit like "drawcall-golf", as VR on phones then was super taxing. Like, this is the terrain. I think it turned out decent looking, especially in VR.

Heh, about 10 years ago, I developed a little VR application for google cardboard, titled "Apollo 15 moon landing VR".

It was kind of a hit in that niche, as there wasn't much available.

I did it while in school, I thought VR was super interesting!

Godot and Blender have the most impressive release pages

Godot 4.6 Release: It's all about your flow With the stability gained over the past five releases, it's time for polish and quality of life improvements for everyday development.

#Godot 4.6 is out, and all about your flow!

This release puts you and your workflow first with a new theme, flexible docks, and dozens of UX improvements. And Jolt Physics by default, revamped IK, better reflections, and more.

Less wrestling with UI. More making games.
godotengine.org/releases/4.6

My new Gaussian splat: www.patreon.com/posts/common...

Sometimes I forget that VR exists natively in Blender.
#b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan

First Person Tenochtitlan
Sometimes I forget that Walk/Fly navigation exists in Blender. Obviously the scene is not meant to be seen like this, but, why not?

#b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan

A very fast to render transmission shader that is fully opaque and relies on reflection probes to achieve a convincing look.

An inverted normals ambient occlusion map is used as a thickness map. This approach could be further extended with an SDF of the model to perform more accurate refractions.

The Blender file of the 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is released. You can download it from the main website.

It's like a digital twin, made for tinkering. It has a lighting and material setup to get you started. It renders in both Cycles and EEVEE

retratodetenochtitlan.mx

#b3d #tenochtitlan #threejs

YouTube video by Thomas Kole Retrato de Tenochtitlan - Lanzamiento: visualizador interactivo 3D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oELk...

Capturing a 3D Scene in Blender, step-by-step, for the Portrait of Tenochtitlan 3D viewer. The presentation is up on youtube!

#tenochtitlan #threejs

CDMX & Tenochtitlan: ¡Explora ambas ciudades! El visualizador 3D interactivo está en línea ahora mismo
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CDMX & Tenochtitlan: Explore both cities! The interactive 3D viewer is online right now

#tenochtitlan #b3d #threejs #cdmx

I had a great time releasing this at the Centro de Cultura Digital in Mexico City yesterday. Thank you all that could attend!

Tenochtitlan 3D viewer | retrato de Tenochtitlan interactive 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan

It's live! My Interactive 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is available online. Please give it a try and let me know what you think!

retratodetenochtitlan.mx

#tenochtitlan #cdmx #b3d #threejs

Finishing touches, Wednesday fast approaching...
#tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan #cdmx

What a gorgeous and clear day today in Mexico City, this view makes me so happy.

One more week! Wed. 22nd of October, 18:00, @CCDmx!
I'll be launching my 3D interactive viewer of #Tenochtitlan. See you there :)
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¡Una semana más! Miércoles 22 de octubre, 18 h, Centro de Cultura Digital CDMX. Lanzaré mi visor interactivo 3D de Tenochtitlán. ¡Nos vemos ahí! :)

Register here:
tenochtitlan.eventbrite.com

More info:
centroculturadigital.mx/actividad/re...

Launch: 22nd of October, 18:00, at the Centro de Cultura Digital, CDMX. Don't forget to sign up at the eventbrite on the poster!
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Lanzamiento: 22 de octubre, 18 h, en el Centro de Cultura Digital. Entrada libre. ¡No olvides registrarte en el eventbrite que aparece en el flyer!

#tenochtitlan #b3d

This has been in the making for a while, and it's coming soon:

An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.

More details to follow. Stay tuned!

#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs

I'm working on something, and it's almost done. More soon :)

#tenochtitlan #webgl #blender #b3d

I will never not enjoy the wildly inaccurate battery level estimations of my laptop

@aras-p.bsky.social would be proud

Señor Flow in Mexico