We just relaunched the Red Bull Formula Una Flash site and freshened it up with animated vector illustrations and a more girly-like atmosphere. Again we took care to support browser back-buttons and deeplinking.
Expect the site to fully come alive in March when the girls apply to cheer up at the GPs of the Formula 1 and do their best to become the Formula Una of one of the 17 countries participating.
Sound Design by Owen Lloyd.
Nice use of physics in Flash, and a 3D character builder, by Japanese designer Masayuki Kido.
Finally I had a little bit of time to play around with Papervision 3D, a fantastic 3d engine for Flash.
At the moment I couldn’t play with the AS3 version because some conflicts I have between Flex builder and Eclipse, but so far the AS2 version of the engine is quite impressive.
I’ve been trying to spread a FLV around the walls of a cube, it took me around 15 minutes to do it, easy, clean and fantastic performance.
Papervision 3D Links:
Other Flash 3D Engines and Links:
[UPDATE]:
So you want to stream to your music into your living room, but can’t afford a media-center? If you own a Nintendo Wii, here is the solution: DOT.TUNES is a server application which allows you to stream your music to any place connected to the internet. It works on every browser with Adobe Flash support, so you can connect via your pda, mobile phone, psp, wii etc.
If you are too stingy to buy a lincense for DOT.TUNES there is a free alternative aswell, called WiiAudio, which is in it’s beta stage right now. Happy listening!
You will be coding interactive environments mainly in Actionscrtpt 2.0, ranging from mini-sites and virals to large scale consumer & corporate websites. Here are some examples of the level of coding we expect:
Your role involves working with our front-end designers and back-end developers. Every project we do has a great concept / idea behind it and pushes the boundaries of what is possible, so you will never get bored doing the same website over and over again.
As a person you are quick, accurate and stress tolerant, a problem solver with good communication skills. You have a wide knowledge of Flash programming and in-depth experience in web development.
Skills:
Initial salaries are comparable to the market level and there will be a chance to negotiate as you develop.
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Nice 3D Flash experiments by Mathieu Badimon.
Perfect for your winterly gadget needs, the iTWYF gloves. (via Riesenmaschine)
Yesterday I finally managed to get my Wii online and immediately installed Opera (after downloading R-Type). Quite a few websites get now Wii-friendly to work on the low resolution, with big chunky buttons and larger type.
Wiiflow for example has a collection of Flashgames, easily accessible - best of all, it has Zookeeper!
Finetunes is a music player specifically designed for the Wii, with a cover-flow-like interface.
And from Winksite you can download a WordPress plug-in to get your blog Wii-ready.
Apparently coming out for DS and Wii (Kotaku).
A Berlin Wall scale model we got from Metrofarm, cast out of steel-reinforced concrete. The concrete used is so fine that even the cracks look the right scale:
Have a look at their amazing concrete furniture, too.
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