Archive for AS3

Finishing My BlackBerry PlayBook App With A Little Help From You – A Request for Robo Designs

People of Earth, Somewhere between client visits, site launches, a massive internal project and a bad “man” cold, I’ve been able to cobble together something resembling a tablet friendly version of a Robo drawing app for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Here are some teaser screen shots…

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Adding a Beard to Your Conan O’Brien Paper-Robo

It’s been well over a year since my last blog post. What’s changed since then? I’m living in a new city and working at a new interactive shop with a talented crew. What hasn’t changed? I’m still getting to develop cool interactive work and still…

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Oh My Bosh! Design Your Very Own Chris Bosh Paper-Robo in Augmented Reality – Adding Interactivity to Your AR Apps

With Chris Bosh’s  contract with the Raptors expiring soon, there’s been a lot of talk of him being shopped around next season. Sources say that the Cleveland Cavaliers have targeted Bosh to play along side King James. While I don’t want to see Chris leave…

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Starscream, Boba Fett and Jabba the Hut…er…Jasmine the Cat…FlarToolkit AND 3D Animated Models with Keyboard Control

Here’s a link to the live demo to try yourself: Boba Demo Direct your iphone here (don’t waste paper, if you can help it!!): Boba – http://www.suniljohn.com/labs/boba/markers/boba.jpg Starscream – http://www.suniljohn.com/labs/boba/markers/starscream.jpg Print the markers here: Boba – http://www.suniljohn.com/labs/boba/markers/boba.pdf Starscream – http://www.suniljohn.com/labs/boba/markers/starscream.pdf There are keyboard controls for…

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FITC Toronto 2009 Top Ten Round Up

I just got back from volunteering at FITC Toronto 2009. I HIGHLY recommend volunteering. It’s a great way to attend the sessions for free and meet amazing new/old talent in the interactive field. I’ve come away from the conference with a lot of new ideas…

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Revisiting Multiple Pattern Recognition Using the FLARMultiMarkerDetector and an iPhone

I was able to revisit the spaghetti code on my FLARMultiMarkerDetector prototype and improve performance 100 fold. Thanks to the guys at Squidder.com for sharing their source for the virtual drum kit. Here’s a post explaining their demo. Here’s a link to their source. The…

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Goodbye Jamario Moon and Hello FlarToolkit/Flash Augmented Reality Papervision3D

With Jamario Moon being dealt away to Miami just last week, it seems fitting that I revisit an old project Paper-Robo and resurrect Paper Jamario Moon. I finally got a chance to sit down and play with FlarToolkit. For those unfamiliar, FlarToolkit is a open…

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Adidas Paris – 3D Shoe Designer with Gesture Tek Interface?

Welcome to my first blog post, in the post-IMM era! Right after the IMM Open house and volunteering at FITC 2008 Toronto, I parachuted out of Toronto with my girlfriend for a much needed vacation to Paris (France not Ontario). I had a relaxing vacation…

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3D Panoramas – Comparing QTVR and Flash using Papervision3D Classes and AS2

So here’s my first attempt at creating 3D panoramas in QTVR and Flash using the Interactive Multimedia Lab as a demo. I used a “point and shoot” Canon PowerShot and a tripod. Things to note: – Flash file isn’t optimized for the web – The…

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Portrait Assignment

Here’s a link to my portrait assignment. It’s still a work in progress. The beat animations and song choice are a more of a commentary on the hip-hop world reaching back and getting great vintage stuff, than of my personality. The picture is my take…

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