The popular open-source  platform OpenLaszlo got some important updates since we turned to Flex 3. These include Flash Player 9 support and renewed components. They also got some time for first implementations of Flash Player 10 "Astro". The video in this article shows a animation sequence using the 3D API. This is really cool stuff!

The other update to LaszloSystems is the new calendar on their Webtop. 

I just played around with the geometry of 3D objects in Papervision3D and built a simple example on how to easily modify the vertices of them. It is able to morph between 2 3D objects (cylinder and sphere). The process can be setup with a slider or automatically via the animation controls. I know there are some messy lines at the top of the final step inside the sphere but this is just a technical demonstration. You should be able to fix this with some extra lines of code. Video and source are available. Enjoy!

As already promised I took some time to build a sample code for controlling 3D objects via a Wiimote controller using the VirtualMouse class. For sure it is one of the core functionalities of our 3D modeler project G-Nero but I think it is worth to share and show the possibilities of the amazing projects Papervision3D and WiiFlash . The example includes features like pointing, moving and rotating 3D objects. Video and source code are available.

Have a great weekend ;-)