I know, I know, it’s been posted all around the world… still important enough for me to post it again:

Eclipse 3.1 has been released and comes with these improvements.

If you’re using a 3.0 release you can simply upgrade. Just make sure to set the following in Window - Preferences - Install/Update:

Valid updates: set to “compatible”

In Automatic Update, check “Automatically find new updates and notify me” and set the rest to your likings…

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to test it yet because their server seems a little overwhelmed by the huge interest…

Last weekend I saw the opening of this years Rohkunstbau exhibition just outside Berlin, where massive-single-user-isolation-fighting //////////fur//// (creators of the infamous PainStation) introduced their latest project Mr. Punch. Disguised as a Punch and Judy Show, Mr. Punch emerges as a crossover between an early automata from the 30ties and a modern videogame.

I very much enjoyed the whole Rohkunstbau exhibition and recommend it to anyone staying in and around Berlin! It’ll be showing until August 28th.

You can also see (and feel) the PainStation at etoy’s Berlin Operation and in London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

Surfing through the ActionScript projects listed at SourceForge, I found a very interesting library for simulating 2D physics in Flash using Verlet integration, developed by Alec Cove. It currently features particles, stick & angular constraints, wheels, and surfaces composed of line segments.

Click here to see the engine in action.

Less Rain is currently working on an online art project that involves browsing a large collection of videos / images in a 3-dimensional space.

We have been concentrating on concepts / drafts and we now need an experienced Shockwave 3-D programmer to join the team and create a prototype. Timelines are very tight and we will need to have something draft working by July 11, but we have applied for funding and the possibilities for the future are very good.

We already have £1000 that will go towards building this prototype, please mail vassilios@lessrain.com if you are interested. Ideally, we would like to find someone that lives in London, so we can meet up physically.