Microsoft Photosynth turns photo collections into 3D walkthroughs

Based on a very powerful piece of software from University of Washington, Microsoft’s Photosynth is able to reconstruct a 3D virtual spaces by analyzing similar photos from sites like Flickr. The software allows the user to annotate an object in an image as if he or she is navigating through a 3D virtual space.
The software [...]

Ancient Islamic Penrose Tiles

Islamic artisans constructed exotic nonrepeating pattern 500 years ago, well ahead of modern science which only manage to discover this pattern making technique 30 years ago. This ancient islamic penrose tiles was re-discovered by Peter J. Lu when he traveled to Uzbekistan, he had no idea of the mathematical journey that he was about to [...]

Caversham Wildlife Park

Went to Caversham Wildlife Park this Saturday, and the best part is the grass is covered with Kangaroo Dung… I think its Kangaroo Dung, it doesn’t stink and apparently the Australians don’t even care about it, they even play cricket barefoot on the park. We barbecue there.

Saw some Kangaroos, and white Kangaroos actually exist. Personally [...]

AutoCAD 2008 - Let There Be Lights and Materials

Let there be lights and materials, here is the all new AutoCAD 2008 that comes with even better mental ray rendering engine. Its a big improvement over AutoCAD 2007. Forget about 3D max! Anyway, only 3D artist are required to produce a realistic rendering, a strong concept is what architecture all about.
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Bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong

I was reading archidose and found this image kind of interesting, its an image of bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. Its kind of weird when construction technology has improved so much that I see no reason why should someone use bamboo as scaffolding. I’ve never been to Hong Kong but from most images and TV [...]

Fluid Stairway by Bosch & Fjord

Fluid stairway concept by Bosch & Fjord. I’ve got no idea what it is all about but what ever that is, it is scary! Its like blood flowing down, not red wine.
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Virtual City and Virtual Bilboards

After months of rumors, its official now that Google has acquire a company called adscapemedia for 23 million dollars. Adscape is a video game advertising company that place dynamic ads right inside the game. This is an interesting development considering Google’s acquisition of Sketchup, and with the combination of Google Earth, a virtual world with [...]

Curtin University Architecture and Planning

That’s me in black, well… Curtin University is indeed impressive. Architecturally wise the overall concept is beautiful. Kind of like it, I mean the Brutalist architecture, the exposure of raw concrete, the celebration of concrete. I am a big fan of Tadao Ando, I guess concrete runs in my blood, face bricks, steels, glass, and [...]