Worldwide Haxe 2012(wwx) has just ended. The long awaited Haxe Java and C# targets by Cauê Waneck (@cwaneck) were pushed to the official Haxe trunk (For now you have to build the Haxe compiler from source in order to use it). Cauê is kind enough to let me play with it before wwx and I coded two little ...
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Here above is my haXe implementation of head-tracking 3D, creating motion-parallax effect using Away3D 4. You can play with the live demo or grab the source. This type of head tracking VR has been around for quite a long time. The first popular one should be Johnny Lee’s Wiimote hack, back in 2007, built in ...
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For the absolute latest solutions in creating standards based websites and applications... you need to hit REFRESH! Adobe Refresh 2012 is coming on 23 February 2012. The event covers various web design and application development technologies this year, including HTML5, CSS3, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, Typekit and Edge. Refresh 2012 is aimed at developers and designers who are wanting to
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The installation art I have been working on since last month have been installed. You can now see it in action in Hong Kong Book Fair from 20-26 July at Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, inside the booth of CityU Press (1D-A28). 103" Plasma HD TVBy City University of Hong Kong Press | View ...
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The generative arts are going to be shown in Playful Media, which is the showcase of BScCM, the Bachelor degree program I graduated last year. This is going to be my 4th year joining the exhibition(2010, 2009, 2008)! If you are in Hong Kong and have time, come to have a look! It’s almost half a year, ...
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I’ve recently updated jQueryExtern to align with jQuery 1.6.1. To get it, use the usual “haxelib upgrade” (or “haxelib install jQueryExtern” if you have not installed it previously). I introduced some changes that would like to expain here: package jQuery; Finally jQueryExtern has its own package, “jQuery”. The previous “jQueryPlugins” package is also moved to ...
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The fifth month of doing a piece of generative art everyday using haXe and openframeworks. As a reminder, all the pieces can be viewed from my Flickr set. Also the haXe source code for generating those images can be found in the description in the corresponding Flickr page. Here below are the selected pieces made ...
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Here comes the forth month of doing a piece of generative art everyday. Every time I ran out of ideas, forcing myself to code brought me some unexpected results. It’s a starry night on a overcrowded planet. A simple but beautiful piece. Nothing complex there, just some random circles/rectangles placed together with a very thin ...
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Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 trial is now available from Adobe.com The new version includes an updated Eclipse, 3.6 SDK and mobile
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6÷2(1+2)=? It's a question that comes around in Facebook recently (I've also read it somewhere in the past). There are two major answers: "1" and "9". For "1", (Assuming “multiplication by juxtaposition” has higher precedence than regular division. Whether the assumption is true, is depending on which literature is being referred to. If you don't ...
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