Really? I couldn’t believe it myself I never win at anything. I don’t drink a lot of coffee but I’ve gotten 3-4 roll up the rim cups in the past while and haven’t won once (Canadians will know what that means) But this time around I won the grand prize for the creative contest for FITC.
Go ahead click the link below to see the banner but realize that when you enter in your idea it will actually get Twittered:
The theme for the conference (FITC Toronto) is “outside the lines” and my concept is about escaping “outside the lines” and how your ideas escape outside the lines.
From a technical stand point there are 2600 particles moving around plus your idea particle. I had this banner running with more particles but decided to lower the amount just in case someone is viewing it on a somewhat crappy computer. After all it is a banner and everyone should HAVE to view banners right?
Collision detection is quite simple again to keep the banner running smoothly. There is actually one BitmapData that is the “collision map”. Basically it’s the FITC logo just in green and the negative space is all transparent. Each particle will check if it’s in the green area. If it goes outside the green area it will just change direction. So when your idea starts bouncing around and exploding the lines all I am doing is drawing more green onto the collision map to make the area where the particles can move bigger.
If you have any more questions feel free to write a comment below. Oh and if you’re going to FITC Toronto let me know, maybe I’ll see you there.
12 Comments, Comment or Ping
It is a great/beeeetiful/smart banner, really nice!
Congrats!
Cheers!
Ulrich
PS: I wish i could have been at FITC however, for the past 2 years it became to expensive for me!
April 8th, 2009
nice
April 8th, 2009
Great work Mikko.
Looks really nice!
April 9th, 2009
nice!
April 9th, 2009
Hi Mikko,
I like it a lot. And congrats
April 11th, 2009
Really nice!
Would you mind sharing how you accomplished the smooth glow effect on the particle activity? It’s facinating. It isn’t a blur or a glow on the paticles — it appears to happen where there is a lot of activity.
April 11th, 2009
Congratulations!!!
April 19th, 2009
Mikko, this guy Chris Hughes modified your Flash AR tutorial code and presented it at TED, claiming that he made the code. See:
http://blog.ted.com/2009/06/a_note_on_today.php
http://www.unitzeroone.com/blog/2009/06/23/ideas-worth-taking-credit-for-the-ted-augmented-reality-hoax/
The code he used is available for download at his website. He does not acknowledge you at all, that the code and tutorial is your work. See:
http://www.spazout.com/holy_smokes_im_on_ted
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