Minko 2 FAQ
I've just created a thread dedicated to Minko 2's FAQ on our forum:
"About Minko 2" on Aerys Answers
Please feel free to ask there any question you might have about Minko 2 and the new features! You can also read this thread. It contains a lot of technical questions/answers about how the framework works and what it provides.
NAO AS3 API released as open-source
Long time no see! As you can imagine I'm quite busy with Minko and Flash 11 stuff right now. Still, I would like to introduce some related work. Do you know Nao?
Nao is a quite impressive humanoïd robot. It has a lot of features, from text-to-speech to face recognition. And of course, it can walk and look around... seeing it in action is actually completely amazing! As I introduced Aerys' work to Aldebaran, they asked me to work on an ActionScript 3.0 wrapper for Nao's remote APIs as a part of a bigger project I will speak about soon.
Technical details and code samples after the jump...
Aerys running for Start In Paris
- Go to the Start In Paris website
- Check "Aerys"
- Click on the "Vote" button
Thank you very much for your time!
New Minko demonstration: Citroen DS3
Update: The actual application is available here.
The above video demonstrates what Minko is capable of:
This application simple car customizer was created using Minko, a new 3D engine targeting the Adobe Flash Platform. The exhibited car is a Citroën DS3 with more than 150 000 polygons. It is rendered with dynamic lighting and reflection effects (use arrow keys to move the light, see the "Controls" section for more details). The car is made of close to 400 different objects (wheels, buttons, lights, ...).
This application uses:
- a 3DS file parser
- a high polygon car model, with close to 400 different objects
- dynamic Phong lighting with specular effect
- reflection effect with dynamic spherical environment mapping
- lighting/reflection blending using multipass
- multiple cameras in a single scene (inside/outside the car)
- up to 300 000 polygons rendered per frame
The actual application will be released tomorrow during Adobe Lightning Talks.
Back from Adobe “Retour de MAX” 2010
I was at "Retour de MAX" ("Back from MAX") 2010 - an Adobe France event - to present Molehill, the new 3D API for the Flash Platform, alongside Adobe's web consultant David Deraedt. The goal was to present the technical details about Molehill and the pros and cons of the API. We also wanted to demonstrate how Minko, our 3D engine, adds all the features Flash developers might expect when dealing with 3D.
We also presented a worldwide premiere demonstration of the new Flash 3D capabilities right in the browser (Internet Explorer 8 in this case). This experiment follows my work on rendering Quake 2 environments with Flash 10 using Minko. Of course, the new Molehill 3D API and the next version of Minko built on top of it makes this kind of work a lot easier. For this demonstration, we chose to present a Quake 3 environment viewer using HD textures provided by the ioquake3 project. Here are some screenshots (more screenshots on the Aerys website):
#air24h Challenge: First Video!
Here is the very first video (in French) of the Aerys team during the Adobe AIR 24H Challenge that took place last week. The first half of the video was shot only 2 hours after the begining of the contest. The 2nd half was shot only a few hours before the end of the event...
Adobe AIR Challenge : interview equipe AERYS from michael chaize on Vimeo.
Please support Aerys for the Adobe AIR 24H Challenge
That's it! The challenge is on, every challenger knows his opponents... In 8 days, we will unleash Minko and our secret project to conquer the world... or at least the Flash platform!
In the meantime, we need you! YES, YOU! Our team needs supporters, and you can help up by simply clicking on the above picture or here. You will then be asked to log into your Facebook account to show just how much you love us and you want us to win!
Thank you all for your help. I just want you to know we are setting up for a great show!
Pixel shader demo using Flash 10, Pixel Bender and Minko
I'm really excited to announce Minko (which is, by the way, the final name for my 3D library) has reached a new level: pixel shader integration! Pixel shaders are little programs that run on each pixel and can modify their final color. They are often written in C-like languages and in this precise case we use Pixel Bender, the shader language introduced with Flash 10.
In this post I will:
- Explain how any 3D scene is built when using Minko
- Explain how pixel shaders are integrated in the 3D scene
- Explain how pixel shaders are built using Pixel Bender
- Show you a very simple demo of the kind of effects pixel shaders will provide
- Explain how the demo was built
Here are a two screenshots to show the results:
Phong shading + spheric environment mapping on a 2700+ polygons Lamborghini
Phong shading + spheric environment mapping demo
Aerys joins the 24H Adobe AIR Challenge
The 24H Adobe AIR Challenge is a 24 hours long contest that will take place the 18th of June in Paris, France.
During this coding challenge, 15 teams of two people will have to build the best AIR application regarding a precise subject. This very subject will be unveiled as the competition starts.
The challenge will be broadcasted live from http://www.adobeairchallenge.com/.
Aerys is very proud to join the competition and we hope to see you there!
And here are a few useful links (in French) :
Video of the Minko presentation at the TTFX barcamp
Here is a link to my first official presentation of Minko, the 3D library I am working on (and which was previously called "DirectFlex"):
This video was shot the 23rd of March by the people from BAAO. A very big thank you to Yann Chevalier, who's leading the TTFX effort, Michael Chaize, our awesome french Flash platform evangelist and Olivier from BAAO who gave me the link to the video.
You can find the slides here.
Aerys
Aerys- @makc3d @inspirit @joa @pleclech we created AS3 shaders, much more powerful than GLSL/FLSL, why don't you use it?
- @makc3d yesterday I implemetend a radial blur in 10 minutes. Too bad you still refuse to work with tools for grown ups :)
- just implemented BF3-like screen space lens flare with #minko #as3 #shader http://t.co/kXUZtC0a
- Someone implemented AS3Mod for Away3D 4 on the CPU... SERIOUSLY?! You REALLY don't want to learn anything new Flashers?! man shaders!
- RT @DisneyPixar: One thing you’ll never regret is giving your best effort.
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