Bamboo & Banyans: 3D modeling with SpeedTree – 2023-09-26

Screenshot of SpeedTree showing an attempt to model a banyan with realistic prop roots

The presentation started with an introduction to living architecture, the practice of growing houses out of trees. For planning projects, visualization is important. During the second part of the presentation, we looked into SpeedTree, a software for designing trees in 3D. It is primarily used in the gaming and movie industries. We created a simple …

HackJam – 1st December 2015

We were joined with this week’s HackJam: Jonathan Schipper from Gemsense, a wearable technology company from Israel. He gave a talk on 3D augmented environments and potentials of wearable technologies. Jonathan was at this years’ Hong Kong Maker Faire where he had given a presentation. We also learned of the vibrant maker scene in Israel which …