A new video posted about some work I’m doing for an upcoming exciting project.
Here is a video made from the cinematic and pictures from this game I made in 1995 for DOS…
Atmospheric Rayleigh scattering in 3D with Unity 3D : The blue color of the sky is caused by the scattering of sunlight off the molecules of the atmosphere. This scattering, called Rayleigh scattering, is more effective at short wavelengths (the blue end of the visible spectrum). Therefore the light scattered down to the earth at a large angle with respect to the direction of the sun’s light is predominantly in the blue end of the spectrum.
This demo is made with Unity 3D and use almost only GPU shaders to compute the light scattering.
Another 3D spaceship. This is the begining of a whole new project named : Space 6000. Subscribe to this blog to follow this new project!
Today I post a more frightening / realistic version of the Huge MotherShip.
Big improvements in the rendering quality, added sounds and particles for the engine, a creepy music and … a Zombie 
I’ve quickly made a small funny application for iPhone. Should be released this month. Here is the official blabla about it !
Welcome to iLightnings the new iPhone / iPodTouch application.
iLightnings is a small application that simulates lightning in a photo-realistic way.
Move your finger on your iPhone/IpodTouch screen and the lightning bolds will follow your finger.
The 3D sound is as realistic as it possibly can, and lightning sparks when you touch your screen.
If you change your device orientation, the 4 balls that generates the electricity will move horizontally or vertically, changing the 4 lightning strike motif.
iLightnings is a fun, very efficient and basic application that uses your iPhone/iPodTouch accelerometer, and touch screen, and will impress your friends, kids and family.
It is eye catching and looks like if there are real lightning inside your iPhone / iPodTouch!
It works fast on any models even the first iPhone 2G and will load right directly into your device without having to connect to a wi-fi network.
For more info and future updates/releases check http://www.funpoint.com
Any questions or requests? Please register and leave a comment in this post, I’ll answer privately or publicly if I think this comment is for everyone.
Official page is here : http://www.funpoint.com
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Welcome to 3D Fish Tank the new iPhone / iPodTouch application. The aquarium is so real that it is like having an aquarium in the palm of your hand.
The aquarium is totally in 3D, you can swim with the fish and have several camera angles.
3D Fish tank is an healthy and beautiful application, it is not a game, but if you want to relax between 2 meetings or while you wait for the dentist, it is a different and peaceful solution.
3D Fish Tank is a top-notch application where the technology is used to re-create the beauty of nature.
It is also the best technical demo for your new 3GS and iPodTouch.
It offers you 3 different tanks, one is optimized specifically for the new iPhone 3GS and iPodTouch.
You have 3 different ambient lighting, 4 cameras, and 2 professional hi-quality music worth the price of the application alone.
There is an extreme attention to details. Even the plants are in 3D moving according to the water movements.
The fishes artificial intelligence is at a level never seen before. Nothing is scripted, and each object interacts with each other.
We use particles to simulate the bubbles and the fog at the bottom of the aquarium. Flares and projectors for the water reflections.
Fish and Plants are animated at vertex level and are subject to physical rules, so they never do the same thing.
We use 3D sounds so you feel totally emerged when you are into the water and you swim with the fish inside.
Features :
- 3 lighting : (night, normal, bright)
- 3 tanks (empty, quick for 2G and 3G, busy for 3GS and above)
- 4 cameras (front, inside, top and swim with the fish).
- in Swim mode you can switch from one fish to another by tapping with 2 fingers. The name of the current selected fish is displayed in the left top corner.
- 3 sounds mode : (no sound so you can play your own music, music 1 and music 2)
Technical features:
- flares, multiple lights and texture projectors.
- water animation.
- vertex and bones animation for the plants and the fish.
- realistic IA. Crazy movements and rides, the fish can bump against each other, race, do nothing, go nuts!
- particles, volumetric fog and bubbles.
- precise collision with the plants and objects. The fish can get stuck in the plants and have to shake to escape.
- 3d sound that moves all around you.
- non repetitive bubble sound fx.
- one star fish.
- one Dog Fish puffer that gets upset.
- a bunch of other fishes with different attitude.
Check http://www.funpoint.com for more info and updates.
3D Fish Tank is in phase Beta :
- all fishes are included and working. - all physics are working, fish moves too. - all options have been programmed. - tested on iPhone 3.0 and iPhone 3GS : working. - need a little bit of tweaking but I should send it to Apple next week-end.Here are the list of features :
- 3 Aquariums (1 very busy for 3GS, one empty to race with the fish at maximum speed and one normal) – 4 selectable cameras (you can swim with any fish, see from outside, front, inside) each with its own game-play. – 3 different ambiance (night, normal and bright) – 2 hi-quality background music (or no music) – 3D sounds fx that does not loops constantly – Rigged fish with IA (doing almost unpredictable things) – all objects interact with each other (fish can be stuck in the plans, push themselves, push the bubbles) – plants are real 3d animated at vertex level. – water animation from inside top, and light caustics – tiki bar where the fish can eat – one star fish, one Dog Face fish (that get upset) and a bunch of Discus, each with an attitude.
It is not a game, just a relaxing application and a technical demo.
Things are going to move really quick now for this application.
I’ve solved most of the tricky parts so I post the first video WITHOUT fish!
- Menu system so I can choose different cameras. - Made all the cameras settings (the video shows only 3 of them) - Sliders to set the options - Smoke at the bottom of the Fish Tank, so when you shake the iPhone the smoke fills all the tank and after a while when the water is calm again goes back to the bottom. - A Library backgrround for the views from inside the Fish tank.What still need to be done :
- add the fishes their IA is already done - make 3 different fish tanks and a way to select them.I think I should have the first Beta (everything functional) by next week.
3D Fish Tank Alpha 02 from Nicolas Choukroun on Vimeo.