Disgruntled Rats Podcast for March 20, 2011

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

http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Unauthorized+Smartphone+Tetherers+Get+Ultimatum+from+ATT/article21167.htm

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.dentsulondon.com/

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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Podcast

Podcast for March 20, 2011