Last week my brother who is the last person in the world I’d expect to hear give a film recommendation, phoned me to wish me a happy birthday and then went on to tell me that I just had to go and see Avatar, coming from him, it had to be good.
So on Saturday I took the family. The effects were astounding and you really feel that you were watching an event, the future of how all visually rich films will have to be produced to come anywhere close to this. That said, the plot was typically Hollywood but you couldn’t fail to give it 9/10 for entertainment (I never give 10).
A couple of weeks ago the first 3D TV was trialled in pubs in Manchester, using an Arsenal v Manchester United match.
So with all this 3D about I wondered if there was any 3D web development going on. Seems like there’s quite a bit. Here’s a sample of 3 flash sites using 3D (some take a little while to load):
- http://ecodazoo.com/
- http://www.whitevoid.com/portfolio.html
- http://www.cleoag.ru/labs/flex/parkseasons/
These are all of course Flash sites and more and more we’re seeing opposition to building sites in flash, with some people controversially venting their spleen.
There are few alternatives in javaScript or SVG. So for now I think that Flash will continue to lead the way in this experimental media.