Star Wars Celebration VI was held in Orlando, Florida from August 23 – August 26, 2012. Here’s my attempt at capturing a few photos from event. So many toys so little time. Enjoy!
To read why I was there check out the NASA/Star Wars panel post.
This Star Wars Celebration VI Gallery Includes Stormtrooper Cosplay, Star Wars Masks, and Lightsaber Fights!
Lucasfilm and ILM will Change how Movie Special Effects are Made
Kim Libreri of Lucasfilm spoke at the Technology Strategy Board event at BAFTA this week, presenting a demo of their motion-capture stage. They are gathering the actor’s motion captured data and putting their virtual characters in fully rendered environments in real time. They are also manipulating the assets, buildings, weather, landscape on the fly.
Project Holodeck, The Future in Virtual Reality May Be Closer Than It Appears
When asked what piece of science fiction technology would you like to see become a reality, one of the top answers will invariably be the Holodeck, a virtual reality world…
The Faces of Lincoln Animated Gif
Over the years, many actors have portrayed the Great Emancipator, from Daniel Day-Lewis’ Oscar winning performance to Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure schtick.
As a tribute to the tributes, we’ve created an animated gif of the actors who’ve played Lincoln.
Reviewing Wonder Woman – Instant Appreciation, Delayed Appraisal
It happened, I finally saw Wonder Woman!
In order to see this movie, just so it would not be completely sold out, I had to go midday on a Saturday during perfect beach weather in L.A. 6 weeks after it premiered.
Why 16-year old Jackson Laverman Made an Iron Man Suit
There is a fantastic blog post titled “Why Make an Iron Man Suit? A 16-Year Old Artist’s Story…” over at the website for the Stan Winston School of Character Arts. In the post, Jackson Leverman describes in great detail the process of pepakura and sculpting a suit for himself. Jackson originally planned to build a Halo suit but changed his mind after seeing an Iron Man 2 trailer.
Creating Sustainable Systems through Collaboration and Crowdsourcing
“In 2010 150 billion garments were produced around the world…a dye house uses up to 200 tons of water for each ton of fabric it dyes…”
With those words a challenge has been posted to http://launch.org to try and solve the unsustainable components of the materials development system.
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