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This is gallery of computer-generated images produced using my volume renderer named "Volumetrics". On Technology page you can get more information about what 'volume renderer' is and how it is used to produce such images. Volumetrics can produce animation clips aswell as still images.

Sample commercial video, using Volumetrics for the cloudscapes.
If you are commercially interested in use of this technology with your software or in your animation or still image project, you can contact me to discuss the details.

(work in progress, i work on clouds first then landscapes) Images made with Volumetrics render engine, using new framework

Older images made with Volumetrics render engine, using MojoWorld's framework

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Want to say something or ask some question? Or have some (commercial) job you'd want me to do (CG animation, still images for website design, programming, things like that) ? Contact: dmytry_lavrov@yahoo.com .

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WOM: Just Don't Do It

Why buzz isn't something advertisers can generate

July 14, 2008

-By Augustine Fou, SVP, Digital Strategy, MRM Worldwide

Much has been said about it. Much has been written about it. There is even an industry association for it. But "word-of-mouth marketing" isn't something you can, should or need to do.  Even the words themselves are misleading because they imply that there are actions advertisers can take to generate "word of mouth" or "buzz." Indeed, to brand advertisers who come from a long heritage of telling customers what their brand is, it's music to their ears. "Wow, there's a way to make people buzz about our brand -- to make them the servile poultry to carry forth the brand to fellow consumers who have otherwise skipped our ads? Cool!" So advertisers have jumped on the word-of-mouth bandwagon and charged their agencies and creative staff with making stuff that would generate buzz. In the resulting fits of creativity, we've seen a freakish, plastic-faced king tackle random people on the street and an enslaved chicken that users could remotely torture over the Internet. We've seen white boys rapping about spiked green tea, and the list goes on.  But, nothing could be further from the truth of word of mouth than these buzz-generating examples. Notice, I didn't say "word-of-mouth marketing."  Word of mouth is not something you do; it's something that just happens naturally when you have an awesome product or service and your customers are so thrilled with it they want to tell their friends about it. People show off their iPhones or MacBook Airs to their friends because they want to. They tell friends about Facebook and invite them to join. They share Amazon Prime membership with family members. I articulate the different attributes of FreshDirect, an online grocery service in New York, to my friends to convince them to try it.

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Actual Google Phone Rumors Revived: Designed by Ammunition Group [Rumor]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/334582499/actual-google-phone-rumors-revived-designed-by-ammunition-group

Talk about a single, branded GPhone more or less died down after the announcement of Android, but it seems that you just can't completely kill a good rumor. According to TechCrunch, an Android phone made by Google may actually become a reality based on two new bits of information—the first being a quote in The Hollywood Reporter from a press conference with Larry Page, Sergei Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt. Update: Silicon Alley Insider says the quote is actually inaccurate, noting none of the other major news orgs there picked it up.

The reporter noted that "The trio of Google execs also used the opportunity to talk about the inroads the company is making with its own branded mobile phone as a replacement for the iPhone." [That appears to be a mixup by the reporter, with Sergey and Larry actually talking about not producing their own phone, according to Reuters's Ken Li's notes in SAI.]

But, TechCrunch does have its own source, who "swears" that the Ammunintion Design Group "is designing the Gphone and that it is a seriously beautiful device." They've worked has worked with companies like Palm, Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer, and Logitech in the past (a phone they designed for Sprint is pictured above). Not a confirmation b! y any me ans, but TechCrunch usually has decent info—so take that for what it is worth.

The more probable explanation for any sort of design work on a handset for Google is that they could be prototypes for marketing or other promotion—no one can make the call whether it's for production yet. [Tech Crunch and Mediaweek via BGR, Silicon Alley Insider]

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Samsung's i8510 inspires 8 megapixels of awe

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/334055094/

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Yeah, we know pixel count doesn't equal picture quality -- but like it or not, it looks like 8 megapixels are poised to become the new 5 megapixels in the upper echelon of the cameraphone world this year. Samsung's never a company to shy away from a challenge like that, and sure enough, details are emerging on a so-called i8510 smartphone that features S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, FM radio, GPS, WiFi, and a whopping 16GB of internal storage -- not to mention a microSD slot that can take you up to 24GB. Oh, and there's the little matter of that camera, which features an dual LED flash and 120fps video capture at QVGA resolution. Add in DivX and DLNA certification, and we're kind of at a loss to figure out what's missing here. Boundless, unchecked hype, maybe? No word on a release date here just yet.

[Via mobil.cz]

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Fujitsu Siemens' netbook entry gets revealed

Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/334478778/

Filed under: Laptops

It looks like Fujitsu Siemens have broken cover on the next member to get in on the netbook party. That's right -- the company is launching a cheap, micro-sized laptop in the coming months... just like everyone else. According to reports, the 8.9-inch device will clock in around €300 or €400 (about $470 to $630), and will likely sport some version of Windows (we're thinking XP, as is the case with the vast majority of these). The laptop will be part of the Amilo line, but little else is known about it at this point.

[Via Lilliputing]

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