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How to Draw a 3D Optical Illusion of Your Hand

Handimania has created an awesome tutorial video that demonstrates how to draw a fun 3D optical illusion of your hand. All you need is paper, a pencil, and some colorful markers. With the pencil, trace the outline of your hand and a bit of your wrist. Then, using a marker, draw a straight line from the edge of the paper to the edge of the outline. Next, draw a curved line over the hand, and draw another straight line to the edge of the page. Repeat until you have a stripey optical illusion!

3D drawings on flat sheets of paper

Real or optical illusion? You'll struggle to tell the difference in these mindblowing 3D illustrations by talented Dutch artist Ramon Bruin.

Solving Performance for 2D & 3D Web Apps: Finally!

Steve Newcomb, Founder and CEO of Famo.us, will show us just what's possible by sharing the fruits of more than two years of dedicated research that his team conducted. Infinite scroll view in full three dimensions, with zero performance degradation? Check. Changing view and control fluidly and dynamically? Check.

Draw in 3D with the 3Doodler pen

A 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand launches on Kickstarter. Take a look at it in action in this video!

Amazing!!!

Microsoft makes 3D navigation mobile with wearable Digits prototype

Between the popular Kinect camera and the experimental 3D desktop, Microsoft has been hard at work improving virtual navigation in the three-dimensional space. Despite advancements in technology, execution has long relied on stationary or cumbersome equipment to make detection possible. At the 25th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), Microsoft Research will be showcasing a new method of 3D tracking in the form of Digits, a wearable prototype that is able to track hand motions without the inconvenience of bulky hardware.

Travel Through 2,000 Years of Paris’ History With Interactive 3D Model

See how the French capital developed since its Roman conquest in 52 BC until the present day. Witness the construction of the Bastille and Notre Dame, navigate through winding stone streets in the middle ages and visit the 1889 World’s Fair to see the revelation of the Eiffel Tower.

10 top After Effects resources

The web is a wonderful thing. It's full of endless resources and tutorials for people wanting to learning the art of After Effects CS6 (and previous versions). But, sometimes too much choice can be confusing so we've picked 5 top sites that will really help you get to grips with the compositing software.

It works for me!