Adidas jumps on to the WebGL track
Stopp has recently created a WebGL interactive for the new Adidas f50 football shoe. Although simple in its use, it's nice to see some of the bigger players embracing this new technology.
DiSTI Unveils New GL Studio ES Package
The DiSTI Corporation launched a new package of its award‐winning GL Studio software toolkit that streamlines the creation of interfaces for enhanced embedded applications. Without compromising performance or fidelity, GL Studio ES (Embedded Systems) enables a seamless transition from prototyping, to testing and to the deployment of graphical interfaces on embedded systems. Current GL Studio users now have the option to extend their existing interface designs into the embedded domain with a single unified code base. A PDF of the full news release is available on the Disti News site.
CNN utilizes WebGL in their Ecosphere Twitter discussions
The CNN Ecosphere Project was conceived by Heimat-Berlin and developed and produced by Minivegas (Amsterdam, Los Angeles) in partnership with Stinkdigital (London, New York). Utilizing WebGL to visualize represent growing discussions on twitter.
OpenScales soon to have a little brother based on WebGL
OpenScales announce that they have created the first version of OpenScalesGL, which uses HTML5 and WebGL. Like OpenScales, OpenScalesGL will be distributed with a LGPL license. More information and a proof of concept video is available on the OpenScales website.
Triton Ocean SDK 1.2 Adds Shoreline and Spray Effects
Sundog Software has released a new revision of the Triton Ocean SDK, featuring support for sloping shorelines and particle-based spray effects. Using OpenCL and OpenGL together, tens of thousands of waves with tens of thousands of particles are rendered at hundreds of frames per second. Triton supports flat and geocentric coordinate systems, rendering open ocean and shallow water scenes with ship wakes as well. Triton is compatible with OpenGL 2.x - 4.x, as well as with other technologies. A free demo, evaluation SDK, videos, and images are available on the Sundog Software website.
ARM announces Mali-T658 to support OpenCL, OpenGLES and OpenVG
ARM announced the ARM Mali-T658 GPU, the latest member of the Midgard architecture-based GPU family targeting high performance devices, such as superphones, tablets and smart-TVs. The ARM Mali-T658 GPU supports a wide range of graphics and compute APIs, including OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenCL, Google Renderscript, Microsoft DirectX11 and Microsoft DirectCompute.
Heterogeneous Computing News launches OpenCL App gallery
If you are interested in know what apps currently use OpenCL, there's a resource for that. Heterogeneous Computing News, sponsored by AMD has launched an online resource center for OpenCL news and apps.
Firefox 8 introduces CORS for WebGL
Firefox 8 adds support for a WebGL security feature: cross-origin resource sharing (CORS), which provides a secure method for loading textures from other domains.
NFB Builds One Millionth Tower Interactive Web Doc on New Mozilla Platform
A new interactive Web documentary from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) lets users see online video in a whole new way. Touted as one of the world's first interactive documentaries to utilize WebGL technology to generate realistic, interactive videogame-like graphics, and also incorporate Mozilla's new Popcorn.js interactive web video technology. Mark Surman, Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation, said it is "a prime example of the work we are doing together to empower makers and build tools that anyone can use to make awesome things happen-on the Web and in the world. It's a testament to how we are building a better Web together."
My Robot Nation offers personal 3D printing with a little help from WebGL
With the launch of My Robot Nation almost anyone can now go online and create the droid of their dreams. My Robot Nation is from Kodama Studios, a Silicon Valley startup founded by two longtime video game industry veterans. The service offers a chance to craft your own robot design and have it quickly 3D printed and delivered to your door. The service uses WebGL, and since WebGL is integrated with the latest HTML technology, we can provide you with a seamless creation experience, meaning that the robot you see on your screen is just like the one you will receive in the mail. If you want to learn more about how My Robot Nation uses WebGL, they will be the guest speaker at the San Francisco WebGL MeetUp this Thursday October 27th. Learn more about My Robot Nation and let us know what you think.