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High Dynamic Work

Posted by Darron / 22nd April 2009 in 3D.VFX, NZ Through A Robot, Production Diaries

The findings of a research project undertaken by students studying the 2008 MDS Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions has been picked up by influentional High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography website www.hdrlabs.com.

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ArmaHuggers!

Posted by Steph / 6th April 2009 in 3D.VFX, Game.Dev, Graphic Design, Interactive, NZ Through A Robot

Free huggers, game and comic books characters roaming around, and an unexpected encounter with Guillermo Del Toro, Armageddon last weekend was certainly an experience to remember.

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Booth ready! Bring on GDC!

Posted by Steph / 25th March 2009 in 3D.VFX, Concept Art, Game.Dev, Industry News, NZ Through A Robot, New Frontiers, People

We are ready! Open your doors GDC’s expo floor, and let us show off New Zealand’s and MDS’ amazing talents!
With the last touches on our booth today, we are now ready to welcome hundreds of people to have a taste of New Zealand and the amazing amount of creative talents that our country has to offer.

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Live from San Fran! Game on!

Posted by Steph / 24th March 2009 in Game.Dev, Industry News, NZ Through A Robot, New Frontiers, People

It’s all on in San Francisco this week – GDC, the Game Developers Conference is being held and is the biggest conference in the Games Industry. Anyone who is in the Industry or wants to be part of it meet here, this week in San Fran!
We will be bringing you LIVE our experience of this fantastic event.

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MDS at GDC 09

Posted by Darron / 20th March 2009 in 3D.VFX, Concept Art, Game.Dev, Industry News, NZ Through A Robot, New Frontiers

Media Design School (MDS) will have a presence at one of the global games industry’s hallmark events in late March, with a booth (#928) at the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in San Francisco from 24-27 March.

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Wellington City

Posted by Cameron / 2nd February 2009 in 3D.VFX, NZ Through A Robot, Production Diaries

Cam and Chris, graduates from the Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions , are on a mission to capture some amazing Kiwi environments using thier trusty spherical panorama robot which they developed on the programme last year.

Today for the crazy robotic imaging experts involved mostly beautiful windy Wellington. We had some breakfast and [...]

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Day 5 – Boat To Catch

Posted by Media Design School / 1st February 2009 in 3D.VFX, NZ Through A Robot, Production Diaries

Cam and Chris, graduates from the Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions , are on a mission to capture some amazing Kiwi environments using thier trusty spherical panorama robot which they developed on the programme last year.
We had a good stay at Pohara Top Ten in Golden Bay, the only hiccup being that Cam tried [...]

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Day 4 – Pancakes with Blow Holes

Posted by Media Design School / 31st January 2009 in 3D.VFX, NZ Through A Robot, Production Diaries

Cam & Chris here, on our journey up through NZ!
Cam and Chris, graduates from the Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions , are on a mission to capture some amazing Kiwi environments using thier trusty spherical panorama robot which they developed on the programme last year.
We started off this morning from Greymouth on [...]

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Day 3 – Beautiful Big Ice Cubes

Posted by Chris / 30th January 2009 in 3D.VFX, NZ Through A Robot, Production Diaries

Cam and Chris, graduates from the Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions , are on a mission to capture some amazing Kiwi environments using thier trusty spherical panorama robot which they developed on the programme last year.
After hitting the snooze button about 5 times, we awoke! Travelling north, leaving our quaint, remote (no cell phone [...]

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Day 2 – Garlic Sausages & Sandflies From Hell

Posted by Cameron / 29th January 2009 in 3D.VFX, NZ Through A Robot, Production Diaries

Cam and Chris, graduates from the Graduate Diploma of Advanced 3D Productions , are on a mission to capture some amazing Kiwi environments using thier trusty spherical panorama robot which they developed on the programme last year.
Starting off in Queenstown we wandered around the waterfront and captured a few spherical images of the lakeside city.We [...]

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