At the recent LFPUG meeting, a showcase video for past Away3D projects got its first airing. now that I’ve had time to create a high quality YouTube version, here is the finished product!

Featuring content created by many different companies and individuals over the past 2 - 3 years, the vid offers an overall feel for the number and variety of projects being produced with the help of the Away3D engine. Our admiration and appreciation goes out to all the people who were involved in producing the content (a full list is available in the end credits), and the motion graphics skills of the video itself must also be acknowledged as the most excellent work of Joseph Rufian.

Here’s to another year of blistering Away3D content!

I’m not normally one to blog about stuff i find on the internet, but i just couldn’t resist with this one. ThruYOU is a site that remixes youtube videos into songs… and while that may sound like a crap idea, have a listen before passing judgement. What i loved about the story of the guy behind this was that when he was asked if he was worried about lawsuits, he replied:

“I guess that they uploaded their work to YouTube because they wanted it to be seen, so I thought that it was fine. If someone wants to sue me, I could probably take the site down. But I’m not earning any money, so I don’t see why anyone should be upset.”

I think i just heard the sound of several thousand lawyer’s backs snapping