Show Notes
Team
Mike Boldischar
Sean Godinez
Karl Hauber
Brian Morgan
Computer Graphics
1. The Khronos Group has released the final WebGL 1.0 specification.
http://www.khronos.org/implementers/webgl/
2. More news from the Khronos Group.
http://www.cgw.com/Press-Center/News/2011/Khronos-Group-Releases-Free-COLLADA-Conformance-.aspx
Android
1. Amazon is launching their own Android App Store.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/03/amazon-app-store-tuesday/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/is-amazon-working-on-an-android-kindle/
2. Dogcatcher podcast client on sale and proceeds benefit the Japanese tsunami victims
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/g76dd/doggcatcher_podcast_player_price_cut_now_299_all/
3. AT&T is cracking down on smart phone tetherers
4. Piracy concerns are mounting on the Android Market.
http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/licensing.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/mar/17/android-market-pirated-games-concerns
3D Modeling
1. Dentsu London has developed a process for displaying 3D data in video and images.
http://www.geeks3d.com/20110318/digital-art-ipad-light-painting/
2. This is a call for help. If you are listening to this podcast and are a modeling expert, we would like your advice on what news sites you use and community pages you belong to.
Gaming
1. Angry Birds Rio is being worked on.
http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/18/check-angry-bird-rio/
2. Battlefield 3 is ready for preorder.
http://www.ea.com/battlefield3/videos/faultline-episode-2
http://www.ea.com/battlefield3
3. MIT Media Lab and the Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab have released Improviso.
Source: SoulSkill (slashdot)
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/17/0534219/MIT-Designed-Game-Used-To-Train-an-AI-System
http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/improviso.php
Spotlight
Guest: Sean Godinez
Tegra 2 Processors
http://tegradeveloper.nvidia.com/tegra/
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/tegra-2-tegra-geforce-smartphone-superphone,12303.html
Shader Overview
Conclusion
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Hi nice podcast, Heard about your show in java posse.
Like the kind of in depth shader talk in the end.
More such things would great.