[Papervision3D] Makingof Razr2

[Pete Hobson]

No, sure, and the site works well.   The movement is beautifully  
fluid and the ambience is spot on.

I just think we all have an interest in bringing more modelers into  
web based projects.  Not just blindly adding to projects for no  
reason though, of course.








On 22 Oct 2007, at 20:01, Zeh Fernando wrote:

> Also, when you want to present data that's basically a collectionof
> planar images and videos, there's not much you can do - using a sphere
> or a cylinder wouldn't really help much.
>
> Maybe I'm biased on this particular case, since I know the people who
> developed the website (www.gringo.nu), but I can tell you they picked
> the solution they have because it was exactly what they wanted.  
> They do
> have talented modelers available - for example, the recent
> www.absolut.com.br website was also done by them, including  
> modeling the
> individual bottles, and many other examples available on their  
> portfolio
> - and if they used planes on this one, it's because they actually  
> wanted
> planes, simply as that.
>
> Using 3d models just for sake of using 3d models on this case wouldn't
> be an evolution; it'd just be 1998 all over again.
>
>
> Zeh
>
>
>> A little creativity is all that's needed... even with simple  
>> primitives,
>> shapes, colors & pictures, the possibilities are practically  
>> limitless.
>> Custom models and textures will surely add to the mix, but it's not a
>> crutch we want to rely upon, is it? Especially given the performance
>> limitations we're currently dealing with.
>>
>> Just my 2 cents.
>>
>> Raj
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:09:02 -0400, Pete Hobson  
>> <pete at 99lives.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Evolution's usually a gradual process I guess.
>>>
>>> I agree though that although still  impressive (to me) the era of
>>> carousels and floating planes has aged very quickly.
>>>
>>> One major thing i think separating many efforts form the type of
>>> sites being produced by Carlos and Den Ivanov are perhaps a lack of
>>> people with  modeling / texturing experience available to web
>>> agencies??  I think once thats resolved we will get a more mature
>>> result for sure...?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 Oct 2007, at 17:16, Jon Bradley wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's nice as an 'experiment' but the whole field-of-planes-with-
>>>> images-on-them is getting old fast, ala Skip Intro days. It's also
>>>> not user friendly.
>>>>
>>>> I just hope we'll will see more creative uses of 3d technology  
>>>> in the
>>>> near future.
>>>>
>>>> just my opinion, of course...
>>>>
>>>> - j
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 22, 2007, at 11:13 AM, GNF wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Simple but cute.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/razr2/razr2makingof/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not mine!!! (I wish so!)
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