As one of the first commercial projects to use Away3D Lite, Away Media teamed up with creative agency Cocomino to produce a 3D minisite in Flash for chip manufacturer Qualcomm, in order to promote their latest line of Smartbook devices.

My Dream Device is a simple online editor that allows users to view and create 3D sculptures out of the various pieces of hardware that are supported by Qualcomm technology. everything from satellite dishes to  sat navs can be used as the building blocks for creating your own ‘dream device’.

Using a simple drag and drop system combined with a movement mode selector, objects can be manipulated in 3D to position them in any arrangement. Away3D Lite was used to keep the interface responsive even after many items have been added to the stage. A simple 3D collision system was built specifically for the site to assist the positioning of objects next to each other.

Once created, a sculpture can be saved to the gallery for any other visitor to view and rate. Deeplinking allows users to link directly to their own creations from another website, and users can automatically email to a friend or post their creation on Facebook.

Away Media was responsible for all frontend and backend development, with Cocomino providing design and management expertise. The site was recently awarded an Adobe site of the day award - a great achievement for all those involved! To create your own sculpture, visit http://www.mydreamdevice.com.

This year’s Flashforward conference is set to be an exciting one due to the fact that it’s the first after Beau Ambur and Metaliq took over organising duties. I’m pleased to say that i will not only be attending, but presenting a session on Away3d! Flashforward is the longest running Flash conference in the world, and one of the first conferences i ever attended, so certainly holds a significance for me…

Away3d is also featuring as a Flashforward film festival finalist. If you haven’t already, i would urge you to vote for us in the People’s Choice category, which all nominees get automatically entered in. We are the only open source project nominated, so if nothing else you should do it in support of the os community and all the fantastic tools & frameworks that have helped you with projects over the years… Come on, you owe it to us!

Hope to see you there.