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June 1, 2018

The Swirly Bokeh That Comes Out of This Old Projector Lens Is Bonkers


If you love bokeh, especially really weird bokeh, then you really need to see this.


If you’re a fan of photographer Mathieu Stern, then it’s probably because he has introduced you to the wonderful world of weird lenses. He has shot on everything, from a 120-year-old folding camera lens to the rare Kenko 180° Fisheye Adapter, but for his latest video, he takes a Carl Zeiss Kipronar 120mm f/1.9 projector lens out for a spin.



What? That’s not weird enough for you? Well…okay, the lens isn’t over a century old nor is it a 50¢ plastic lens nor was it pulled from the garbage. However, the swirly bokeh that this thing produces is absolutely astounding. You’ll have to just see for yourself.





Stern modified the Kipronar 120mm projector lens with a DIY adapter that allowed him to use it on his mirrorless full-frame camera. The lens itself is cheap at $70, but it’s also very rare, with the nearest modern equivalent costing $6000, a price that I’m sure not many people would want to pay for lens you’d have to adapt in order to get that swirly bokeh.

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May 31, 2018

Clever new method solves VR’s ‘infinite walking’ problem by tricking your brain

By exploiting an involuntary eye movement that humans use to orient themselves in physical space, a new VR project could make infinite walking in virtual reality a real thing. Here’s how it works.

The post Clever new method solves VR’s ‘infinite walking’ problem by tricking your brain appeared first on Digital Trends.

Source: Digital Trends VR

May 31, 2018

Apple is most definitely working on augmented reality glasses

Apple is looking for a UI designer to help the company in the augmented reality space. The latest job posting fuels speculation that Apple is continuing work on its rumored mixed reality glasses, which could be ready by 2020.

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Source: Digital Trends VR

May 30, 2018

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip will take VR, AR to the next level

Qualcomm revealed the first platform dedicated to extended reality (XR) with the launch of its Snapdragon XR1 chip and headset design. XR is an umbrella term used to group virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality.

The post Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip will take VR, AR to the next level appeared first on Digital Trends.

Source: Digital Trends VR

May 30, 2018

With software ‘magic,’ Insta360 will soon allow 8K playback on smartphones

Sure, 360 cameras can shoot in 8K resolution, but many devices can’t handle that large file size and end up downsampling the footage. But by re-prioritizing, Insta360’s upcoming software allows for 8K playback.

The post With software ‘magic,’ Insta360 will soon allow 8K playback on smartphones appeared first on Digital Trends.

Source: Digital Trends VR

May 30, 2018

UI Inspiration: This week’s selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and more

UI Inspiration: This week’s selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and more

It’s that time of the week for our collection of UI/UX interactions to boost your UI inspiration. We are focusing on cool animations, layout designs, UX thinking and more. We are mixing it all from static, dynamic and even live prototypes, this might be a great weekly series to bookmark! This week, we took a glance at this “scroll” extravaganza design by Slava Kornilov which is so playful and just clever! Also we enjoy seeing many more designs with #InVisionStudio, good seeing many designers adopting the latest tool.

In this collection we are featuring the work from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich, DtailStudio, Shekh Al Raihan ✪ and more.

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UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Slava Kornilov

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Valeria Rimkevich

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by DtailStudio

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Shekh Al Raihan ✪

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Nick Frost

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Evan

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Nick Stepuk

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Nikola Uzunov

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Alex Pesenka

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by ueno.

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Sujeet Mishra

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Wanda Arca

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Uber Design

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Denis Stehin

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Charles Patterson

UI Inspiration: This week's selections from Slava Kornilov, Valeria Rimkevich and moreDesign by Outcrowd

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May 30, 2018

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May 29, 2018

“Democratizing AI for Individuals & Organizations” Featured Session at SXSW 2018 [Video]

“Just like a child, AI is growing up, and we need to learn how to be good parents.” – Joanne Chen

In Democratizing AI for Individuals & Organizations at SXSW 2018, Partner at Foundation Capital Joanne Chen moderates a thoughtful conversation with Director of Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Lab and Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud Dr. Fei-Fei Li and CEO of Shift7 and former VP at Google Megan Smith, centered around shepherding the next phase of development in AI technology by focusing on inclusionary practices.

“As an educator, I focus a lot on how we diversify tomorrow’s AI technologists, and that is a critical part democratization for me.” – Dr. Fei-Fei Li

The conversation focuses on the idea that if we as a community are able to break down barriers to entry for communities of potential creators of AI, the technologies that we create will be more inclusive. The speakers discuss education programs for underrepresented social groups and ways of debugging machine-learned biases from AI, as well as a myriad of other issues relating to realizing the full potential of AI in the future.

“AI is good at describing the world as it is today with all of its biases, but it does not know how the world should be.” – Joanne Chen

Watch the video above for the full session, including information on Dr. Fei-Fei Li’s non-profit AI4ALL, which works to increase diversity and inclusion in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Learn from a diverse group of visionaries at SXSW — browse more 2018 Keynotes, Featured Sessions, Red Carpets, and Q&As on our YouTube Channel.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, recaps, announcements, and stay tuned for information on SXSW 2018.

Democratizing AI for Individuals & Organizations – Photo by Hubert Vestil

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May 29, 2018

Art Direction & Illustration: The Flavors of World Cuisines

Art Direction & Illustration: The Flavors of World Cuisines

We are sharing the work from Omar. Aqil and Duck Knees who have worked with Expedia on both respectively on Art Direction and Ilustration. Based on the concept of Synaesthesia (which is a form of a condition.) that you can sense the causes of an involuntary reaction in one or more of the other senses. Based on that personal experience, you get such a great idea and in the end, it’s such an explosive concept worth taking a look at. Props for their work!

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AoiroStudio
May 29, 2018

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May 28, 2018

Photography: Hong Kong Ballet Campaign

Photography: Hong Kong Ballet Campaign

Let’s tackle this Memorial Day with a colourful campaign for the Hong Kong Ballet, photography by Dean Alexander. Dean is working in the field of advertising/fashion photographer and film director/cinematographer. His work has taken him to over 50 countries and has won over 150 International Awards worldwide. What an accomplishment, the quality of this campaign is totally upscale. It looks like it was a fun client! It’s like the one thing they did care about was to give the creative a full “Carte Blanche” experience which judging by the results. It really paid off, beautifully!

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May 28, 2018

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May 28, 2018

LEGO Star Wars Photography by Vesa Lehtimäki

LEGO Star Wars Photography by Vesa Lehtimäki

Did you get a chance to watch the opening weekend of Solo: A Star Wars Story? If yes, what did you think of it? Just to stay inside the Star Wars Universe, let’s take a look at this very cool Lego Star Wars Photography by Vesa Lehtimäki. He is an illustrator, photographer and HUGO Award finalist 2017, he created a stunning photography book featuring LEGO® Star Wars® sets and minifigures. The book is titled: LEGO Star Wars: Small Scenes from a Big Galaxy, make sure to check it out on Amazon.

LEGO Star Wars Small Scenes from a Big Galaxy is a breathtaking new look at a timeless icon that allows fans to see their favorite minifigures from the classic saga in an exciting new way.

LEGO Star Wars Photography

Dust Storm Scavengers . Did you ever wonder what happened to that escape pod on Tatooine? The one with the droids in it? Well, wonder no more, it’s not there anymore, the jawas got it. . The gigantic jawa sandcrawlers were slow, it was not a problem at all, usually there was no rush anywhere, but if there was a good reason to believe something worthwhile was in the desert, a sand skiff was used. This time the jawas knew what they were after, C-3PO told them exactly what to look for, and where. The jawas got all the thrusters off the escape pod, it was a good catch. The moisture farmers use them to blow sand off their property. True story. . It’s been a good two years since I have photographed sand. It was so much fun today. I have tried to set up a shot with that skiff several times though, but nothing ever came of it. Not to mention that old escape pod, it never worked. Until today. . #starwars #tatooine #lego #minifigure #jawa #utinni #sand #binarysunset #toy #toyphotography #toyphotographers #toptoyphotos #stuckinplastic #toyslagram #toyslagram_starwars

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on May 23, 2018 at 2:58pm PDT

The Stomper . Patrolling Hoth wasn’t just sitting in a walker and watching the scenery go by. Sometimes you had to step down and scout the terrain by foot. . On Hoth the neverending glaciers were dangerous, there were deep chasms covered only by a thin sheet of ice or snow. On AT-AT’s the snowtroopers drew straws, the one who drew the shortest one got to be the ”stomper” for the day. If a chasm was found the trooper got a day off – if he survived. . I didn’t mean to post two photos today, by the way, but since The Empire Strikes Back premiered today 38 years ago, I shot another one just to celebrate that. . #theempirestrikesback #starwars #hoth #lego #minifigure #snowtrooper #stormtrooper #toy #toyphotography #toyphotographers #toptoyphotos #stuckinplastic #originality #avanaut #snow #toyslagram #toyslagram_starwars

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on May 21, 2018 at 12:32pm PDT

Catch Me if You Can. . The Y-wing was an efficient old bomber, but in a dogfight it wasn’t of much use. Especially the one seater version, without a gunner the canopy guns were pretty much useless. . Sometimes the agile and fast TIE fighters buzzed the Y-wings, they were all over them like hyenas around prey. Sometimes the Y-wings used this to their advantage though, it was never as simple as it looked, and always dangerous. . Oh, and May the Fourth (Moon of Yavin) Be With You! . The new Lego UCS Y-wing released today. I had an opportunity to take a closer look at it before the release and write some notes down for the @_toyphotographers_ blog. . #ywing #ywingstarfighter #starwars #tiefighter #lego #toy #toyphotography #toyphotographers #originality #avanaut #ucs #toyslagram #toyslagram_starwars

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on May 4, 2018 at 9:10am PDT

Cruising speed. . Today, after the trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story was released, I ended up having many conversations about the new Millennium Falcon in it, a somewhat wholesome Millennium Falcon day I would say. Inspired by it all, I looked up an old photo I have taken from a passenger jet somewhere over the Atlantic a few years ago and planted my Falcon on it. . I haven’t photographed that thing for a while and I forgot to switch the little red flight lights on. So, engine only. On direct sunlight the (sublight) engine was too weak to show bright enough however, I had to photoshop it a little. As if you wouldn’t know Photoshop was involved here… 😀 . #starwars #soloastarwarsstory #millenniumfalcon #scalemodel #miniature #toy #toyphotography #toyphotographers #toptoyphotos #stuckinplastic #avanaut #originality

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on Apr 9, 2018 at 1:06pm PDT

Little known fact: after leaving Hoth and escaping the Empire in the asteroid field, the Millennium Falcon made a stop before heading for Bespin. Chewie was still wet from all the snow from Hoth on his fur, he needed to air it out. Or, rather, the crew needed the air. A wet wookiee smells to high heaven. . Actually this comes from realizing I never see the effects of changing airpressure when traveling from planet to planet in a SciFi movie. The pressure on any given planet is always a perfect match to whatever it is inside an arriving spaceship. They just open the door and off they go. . I mean, planets differ in size and gravity, the density of atmosphere also varies a lot, just think about Venus, Earth and Mars. You have to get accustomed to local pressure before you pop the hatch open on your spaceship, otherwise you’re in trouble. Altitude sickness, you know, things like that. . You can also use a pressure suit. Some movies take that route. . #lego #millenniumfalcon #toy #toyphotography #toyphotographers #toptoyphotos #stuckinplastic #starwars #hansolo #c3po #leia #princessleia #minifigure #avanaut #originality #ucs

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on Mar 26, 2018 at 2:49pm PDT

My latest acquisition; a Koensayr BTL-A4-Y-wing Starfighter. This particular unit appears to be in rather good a shape. There is some corrosion here and there but overall it’s nothing to worry about, everything works and it has a good recorded history. It has seen some serious action during its heyday at service but there are no direct hits in record, the body and fuselage are straight. That is very rare with these old warbirds. . Sorry about the truck in front of the Y-wing. I need new scaffolding, the bed of the truck isn’t a very good substitute, it’s a little awkward. The work lights suck too. . Anyway, looking forward to taking the Y-wing out for a good spin after some routine maintenance. It needs new gaskets and filters for the engines, new pneumatic fluids for all systems, new oxygen tanks & hoses, just the basic stuff everyone does when buying one of these. It’ll be a fine addition to my modest collection. . Btw, did you know it’s pretty easy to get museum registration for these? Saves a lot of money with insurance. . #ywing #starwars #garage #xwing #miniature #scalemodel #toy #toyphotography #avanaut #originality . [EDIT: I made this to match a series of photos I made a few years ago with the X-wing. Now that I think of it, I guess they should have all been included in this post. But since I didn’t do that, you need to scroll down a little if you wish to check them out.]

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on Mar 11, 2018 at 2:24pm PDT

Chewie contemplating whether to stick his tongue on the cold steel. The freezing desolation of Hoth makes your mind wander… . Little known fact: Hoth is merciless to technology. Well, it’s actually a well known fact, come to think of it. But, you know, it is a lot of work to make technology work in the extremes of the Hoth climate. For example, if you land a craft in the open and stay the night, you need to manually remove all the snow and ice accumulated overnight on critical spots, such as landing gear. The gear won’t retract properly if covered in ice. That could spell trouble in outer space. . With the Millennium Falcon, de-icing was Chewie’s job. He was the one with fur after all. Chewie wasn’t happy about it, despite the fur, nocturnal Hoth was too cold for comfort. . #cold #snow #blizzard #hoth #starwars #theempirestrikesback #chewie #chewbacca #lego #millenniumfalcon #toy #toyphotography #toyphotographers #toptoyphotos #stuckinplastic #originality

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on Mar 9, 2018 at 1:51am PST

How do the people who really know how to build miniatures do their thing? I don’t get it. I can build a model that is good enough for my photographs, I’m cool with that, but the real masters… they are something else. I’ve been doing some research on this recently, you see, and there is some seriously fantastic stuff out there. But with these particular models, the quality of paint pigments and weathering isn’t what puzzles me the most, even though the pigments alone are a long story, but really it’s the way the designs are unpredictable when put in front of the camera. Without building one, you can’t tell how it works. . The Millennium Falcon I have (1/72nd scale) works surprisingly well for its scale, the X-wing (1/24th scale) is just sublime. There is something very camera friendly in those designs. I figured this 1/24th scale Y-wing would be brilliant as well and invested a lot of time and effort to building it, but so far it remains a bit of a conundrum. What works great with the X-wing, doesn’t work at all with the Y. It has a language of its own and I haven’t figured it out yet. . Of all the photos I’ve taken of the Y-wing so far, this is the only one that works well enough to post. It’s a couple of weeks old. . #scalemodel #miniature #toy #toyphotography #starwars #ywing #helsinki #snow #winter

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on Mar 6, 2018 at 12:59pm PST

TK-24/7 likes cross-country skiing. Looking at this photograph, it’s hard to tell whether he is actually skiing or frozen solid. . There’s nothing to worry though. There may be snow and ice accumulation on the exterior surfaces of the snowtrooper armor, but inside it’s always nice and warm. He could be having a nap, come to think of it. Impossible to tell, really. . An old photo from two olympiads ago, 2010, when the winter games were in Vancouver. . I am avoiding the last critical paint session of the model I’ve had on the workbench for months now. I should do it tonight and get over with it, but… well, it’s not easy. So, I edited an oldie to get my mind off the project for a moment. . #lego #stormtrooper #snowtrooper #minifigure #starwars #theempirestrikesback #hoth #snow #blizzard #cold #toy #toyphotography #toyphotographers #toptoyphotos #stuckinplastic

A post shared by Vesa Lehtimäki (@avanaut) on Feb 10, 2018 at 6:44am PST

AoiroStudio
May 28, 2018

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