Bridging the Gap Between 2D & 3D in Flash (Video #4)

Here we go again!

Sharing another FITC Toronto 2009 Video with you, so we can all get SMARTER!

All part of our "FITC Toronto 2009 Rocked" video series, filled with great video that YOU can use to learn more about the Interactive topics that matter. All these videos are sponsored by Aquent and shared here because we care about Y-O-U. 

In case you missed the first two awesome videos, you will find them HERE.

Enjoy - and keep an eye out for more as we post 'em right here to the Aquent Blog!

Dimension Wars. Bridging the Gap Between 2D and 3D in Flash 

Eric Decker, Jens Fischer, Dan LaCivita

The focus of this presentation will be the techniques used in creating 3D experience in Flash. We'll look at different means of accomplishing this, whether it is creating a fully 3D environment right in Flash, combining pre-rendered sequences within a 3D environment, or even faking the 3D completely. We'll be showing techniques that we have used in projects such as Sport Chalet: The Mountain, M&M's Join the Hunt, Puma and XM Wild Ride. In addition to these, we'll also be showing behind the scenes prototypes and demos, as well as internal experiments from our Firstborn Experiment Lab.

We will cover techniques from projects that use alternative means of creating 3D objects (how we created the mountain for the Sport Chalet site, first as based off of noise, then later from a VRML file), compositing rendered stills into a 3D-like environment (M&M's), displaying 3D assets in a non-3D environment and adding 3D as a detail or interactive component in the Flash experience.