Programming/Dev

• July 7, 2009general, LostInTheVirtualFog, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  Lost in the Virtual Fog – A Question of Scale

  I have been remiss in not doing any diary entries for awhile, but I have been feverishly working trying to get my demo XNA application ready for the ESRI UC […]

• May 27, 2009general, LostInTheVirtualFog, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  Lost in the Virtual Fog – making the interactive connection, part 1

  My dissertation proposal defense is finally over and, since I passed, it’s time to get back to work and really get the functionality on the Spatial Experience Engine ramped up. […]

• May 15, 2009general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  Pixel City – Procedurally-generated nighttime cityscape

  This cool video shows how programmer Shamus Young created a procedurally-generated 3D nighttime cityscape. The program generates everything every time it runs, and doesn’t use any pre-stored textures or art […]

• May 13, 2009general, LostInTheVirtualFog, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  Lost in the Virtual Fog – Seeing Really is Believing

  So, this past week has been a flurry for me, as I’ve had to schedule and then reschedule my PhD dissertation proposal defense. But, finally it seems that we are […]

• May 5, 2009general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  Lost in the Virtual Fog – visit from the ghost of grad students past

  This week’s entry is a little late, as I am burning the midnight oil trying to populate my virtual town with at least basic models so I can see what […]

• April 27, 2009general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  Lost in the Virtual Fog – A diary of my triumphs and travails

  I’m sure many of you out there have noticed that I haven’t been blogging as much since the first of the year. I know, I know, no excuses, I should […]

• January 23, 2009Cool Stuff, general, Programming/Dev, VirtualEnvironments

  More VR CAVE demos – our XNA virtual landscape application

  I have really slacked off on the postings on the blog while I work on my research stuff, but I’ve finally got some pictures of my XNA virtual world application […]

• December 18, 2008general, Hardware, Programming/Dev

  Want your own supercomputer – just grab some PS3s!

  Last year, scientists such as Physics professor Gaurav Khanna of UMass Dartmouth and Frank Mueller, a computer science professor at NC State, made news in tech and scientific circles by […]

• July 2, 2008general, Programming/Dev, Software, WebMapping

  UK government wants you to show them a better way

  If you live in the UK (or are just interested in improving their access to data), you can now add your idea to a growing movement to make more public […]

• June 17, 2008Education, general, Programming/Dev

  Ten Commandments of Egoless (insert what you do)

  TheSteve0 tweeted this great article about programming in a team environment, but the ten points that are made transcend programming and can easily fit any team activity from a class […]