Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson, today urged Victorian digital media artists to look at the new guidelines for the $3 million Digital Media Fund, available through Film Victoria. The Film Victoria Digital Media Fund (DMF) has financed programs to develop innovative digital content, computer game prototypes, digital animation, and create digital media internships over the last four years.
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Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson, today urged Victorian digital media artists to look at the new guidelines for the $3 million Digital Media Fund, available through Film Victoria. The Film Victoria Digital Media Fund (DMF) has financed programs to develop innovative digital content, computer game prototypes, digital animation, and create digital media internships over the last four years.
"The recent injection of funds and the revised guidelines reflect the…
Next generation gaming drives the move to Maya
Brisbane, Australia - October 15, 2004 - Alias announced today that Australia's largest game developer, Krome Studios, is moving its entire game development pipeline to Maya? software after extensive research of the industry's top game development tools. Krome Studios has chosen Maya as a complete pipeline solution combining world-class support, Learning Tools and custom training. With over 130 employees, Krome Studios is Australia's most…
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hello. i am organising a meeting for the users of the open source program Blender 3D. the meeting will be on the 23th and 24th of October in Sydney within walking distance from the central train station.
accomodation is avalible on site for $31 a night
if anyone is interested in coming plese email me at blenderconfau@hotmail.com and if you have any questions please ask them here or send them to that address.
thankyou, levon
To gain access to additional support from Nokia including market information, technical support, and special industry events Spectrum Wired has joined up with Forum Nokia Pro as a member. This action further strengthens our company through the experience and global presence of Nokia, one of the world?s largest handset manufacturers.
"Spectrum Wired will benefit from this partnership through the handset support, contact generation, and market information that Nokia can provide. As a developer…
Hi,
We have a full-time position available for a graduate (or final year) software engineer with demonstrated experience programming 3D Graphics applications using OpenGL for Microsoft Windows platforms.
The application being developed is a data fusion application that combines data from multiple sensors in real-time and displays this data in 2D & 3D scenes rendered using OpenGL.
Candiates should have the following skills:
* Demonstrated experience programming OpenGL application
*…
The Australian IT has an interesting article on mobile phone game development, as the third generation of mobile phones become increasingly popular...
"Its manager, Luke Beard, said the proliferation of 3G services in Australia could spur a world-leading development industry, especially given Australia's existing reputation for games development.
"It allows Australian developers to get a foot in before many other countries that don't have a 3G network.
"There's a very high possibility that…
The latest entry by John Passfield (co-founder and co-owner of Krome Studios) in his Game Musings journal tells of the crunch time that's getting closer to completion over at Krome Studios. John tells of the excitement on the nearing release of Ty 2 and other major titles, expressing that this is a special time at Krome Studios...
"It?s been a tough haul getting it to this point, but it really is a defining moment in Krome?s history. This year we?re releasing three triple A titles: TY the…
I just noticed through Kevin 'Zaph' Burfitt's weblog that he's making another appearance as a speaker at the Australian Games Developer Conference 2004, which is happening in December, later this year...
After last years successful talk ("Monkey Madness")I'll be talking again at AGDC this year... except that I'm currently drawing a blank as to a good topic to talk on.
I'm looking for inspiration that doesn't break any NDA's or company confidentiality - which makes it harder... and for a topic…
Just a little bit of news on Sumea. I've added functionality to the site where you can post comments on the news items, voting topics, and pictures uploaded by Sumea members.. So if you wanted to congratulate Daemin on getting graduated, or had something to say about the current vote topic, now you can! :)
Yes, you can even comment on this news item too!