Amazing fur texture and realtime bloom filter demos + source code created by Kode80, a very talented developer worth following.

Before the advent of per pixel shaders, developers were creating faux-3D textures for things such as grass and fur by giving the target object several layers. If the layers are close enough together and the object is far enough away from the camera a texel will have the illusion of being a 3D strand.

House of Code is an excellent blog from Benny Bottema, with a series of tutorials to create a space earth scene, complete with clouds, particles and skybox. Also has done great work on adding realtime updating to PV3D.

Scott King has launched Papervision Showcase, a portfolio style showcase of web sites for PV3D based projects. Includes ratings and screenshots. Check it out at papervisionshowcase.com.

HIDIHO! is a great blog with a very nice selection of graphic experiments with source code.

Author Nicolas Barradeau uses bitmap processing to create effects like noise, moire, seam carving or homographies. He’s also posted interesting polygon algorithms for triangulation and isosurfaces.

To get the COLLADAMaya plugin to work on Maya 2009 for Mac, you need to install the latest COLLADAMaya NextGen (Beta)

The very talented Joa Ebert has just started an ActionScript Wiki at wiki.joa-ebert.com, a knowledge base for ActionScript optimization techniques, data structures and code snippets, including most of the articles from his old optimizations paper and some new stuff. A must read for all AS3 developers.

Great post at BLITZ Labs titled Using Papervision3D with the Jiglib physics engine with a few examples of the potential of JiglibFlash, an amazing Open Source AS3 3D Physics Engine.

Our friends at BLITZ are recruiting:

Once again, BLITZ Agency in Los Angeles is casting it’s net and looking for that rarest of rare breeds, the Senior Flash Developer. But we are not content to seek out just a strong ActionScript Programmer. We are looking for one with unmatched knowledge in Papervision3D, Motion Math Algorithms, AI and Physics Engines who can transform our client’s goals and our creative teams fantasy’s into compelling, usable reality.

What clients will you be working with? On the Tech side: projects for Adobe, Microsoft, nVidia and Google to name a few. All really cutting edge stuff on future platforms. On the consumer end you?ll work with Guitar Hero, Naked Juice, FX Networks and many more. There are lots more, really cool specifics that require an NDA for us to share. The type of projects vary as well – immersive experience sites, desktop AIR applications, Mobile interfaces, configurators and RIAs.

Salary? BLITZ pays some of the highest salaries in the industry, and we know good talent is worth it. We also have 401K matching and a very strong Profit Sharing Plan that bonuses everyone nicely at the end of the year.

Beyond the requirements in our job posting (http://labs.blitzagency.com/?page_id=602), we are looking these three qualities; Hungry, Humble and Smart. Hungry to be the best at what they do and produce great work. Humble because we don’t have room for large egos at BLITZ, and Smart because you need to be on par with everyone else around you.

If you think this describes a position you want, check out the full job listing on our Jobs page, and submit your resume today.

Andreas Jirenius has started a new blog called A Whiter Shade of Paper and focused on the creation of games using Papervision3D.

It contains both tutorials, tips and tricks and general thinking and knowledge about how to set up the design, avoiding classical mistakes, using effects, network and of course a lot of Papervision articles.

His work is based on the development of a game called Archon 2160 where people can see the progress and get the current source to play around with.

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