Interactive 3D art
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At the exhibition “From Reality and Back” an interactive 3D art, denoted shadowspace, is showcased by Jens Evaldsson, an art student. His unique art piece spans over geographical barriers.
Be part of the artwork
Jens Evaldsson is a student at the Swedish Royal University College of Fine Arts. His art piece “shadowspace” is exhibited at the ongoing exhibition “From Reality and Back”. The exhibition will continue at Mejan Labs in Stockholm till March 4th.
Evaldsson has together with the Swedish 3D company Agency9 created a large virtual 3D room. The room is available on the Internet for all visitors. However if you visit the exhibition in person you have the chance to step inside the full-body laser scanner. The result will appear in the virtual room and you will be given the opportunity to position yourself in the room and be part of the art creation process.
All this happens as the whole world can interact and move around in the three-dimensional space, where newly scanned persons pop up continuously.
First on the market
Shadowspace uses an advanced web-deployable 3D-engine, called AgentFX. AgentFX makes it possible to create huge three-dimensional environments on the Internet. Unlike already existing technology on the market, AgentFX-based applications don’t require previous download and install. Everything runs from your web browser, making the user experience truly online while remaining 3D.
“Shadowspace has given us the possibility to take a step closer to realisation of our vision, to make three-dimensional scenes, environments and objects as web-accessible as video-clips are today.” Said Khashayar Farmanbar, CEO at Agency9.
Visit shadowspace:
www.shadowspace.se
Mejan Labs
Akadmigränd 3
Stockholm
Sweden
Interview at 3D-test
3d-test has posted an interview with Agency9 regarding about AgentFX. The interview is founded here: www.3d-test.com/interviews/agentfx_1.htm
About 3d-test:
Launched in January 2001, 3d-test is the first site specialized in 3d technologies for the Web. Consulted by many professionals and decision makers, 3d-test became a reference in the field of interactive 3d. For more information visit: www.3d-test.com
AgentFX 2.4 Enhances Content Path
Luleå, Sweden, February 3, 2006: Agency9 today announced the immediate release of the new version of their 3D-engine, AgentFX™. AgentFX is a powerful 3D engine available on multiple platforms. It is used in entertainment, industrial and defence applications.
Version 2.4 enhances the content path, making it smooth for transition of content assets from a various digital content creation tools, such as Maya®, 3D Studio Max® and Blender into AgentFX. This is done by support of the COLLADA v1.3 format. The engine also features automatic COLLADA XML scheme validation. Following is a list of import features support from the COLLADA format:
- Mesh
- Material
- Textures
- Multitexturing
- Dynamic lights
- Baked lights (ie pre-calculated ray-traced lights)
- Rigid-body animation
- Bone animation
- Camera animation
- Light animation
AgentFX v2.4 supports a new scripting architecture for developing vertex and fragment shaders, using the Cg language. Shaders can easily be scripted and plugged into the system. Other upgrades include:
- Picking
- Render-to-texture
- Massively added documentation in the API Specifications
- Added examples with source code
- How-to manuals.
Pricing and Availability
AgentFX is immediately available for licensing. The product is available for Windows (XP, 2000, ME, 98), Mac OS X, Linux systems, BSD systems, SUN™ Solaris™ and Java™ platforms. Documentation and manuals are available in English.
About Agency9
Agency9 is provider of technology and solutions for 3D real-time visualization. For more information, visit www.agency9.se
About COLLADA™
COLLADA is a COLLAborative Design Activity for establishing an open standard Digital Asset schema for interactive 3D applications. For more information, visit www.collada.org