Comments on: tileUI demo video http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/ A blog about Adobe Flex Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:18:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Bill White’s Blog » My own TileUI - Part 1 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-68243 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:28:21 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-68243 [...] Ever since Doug McCune first showed what could be accomplished when you combine Flex with physics and 3D in his TileUI project, I’ve been curious in learning how he did it. He hasn’t posted the source yet and rather than wait for him to give up the goods, I figured I’d try to break down what he showed in his demo and replicate it. I fought my way through the ActionScript Physics Engine (APE) and PaperVision3D projects that he said he used.  I went with the code in the PaperVision3d trunk repository which I think is the 1.5 version.  (I would love to know the details of the differences between 1.5, 2.0/great white, and the effects branch - all I really found were lots of demos of each but no real summary of where each of these versions is going). After messing with the code in my spare time last week, I’ve come up with a demo. Make no mistake: McCune is Flex bad ass and my TileUI clone has fewer features than his. However, you can select, lasso, group, stack, spiral, drag, resize, unstack, remove and change the perscpective on the tiles below. And best of all, you can view the source. [...] […] Ever since Doug McCune first showed what could be accomplished when you combine Flex with physics and 3D in his TileUI project, I’ve been curious in learning how he did it. He hasn’t posted the source yet and rather than wait for him to give up the goods, I figured I’d try to break down what he showed in his demo and replicate it. I fought my way through the ActionScript Physics Engine (APE) and PaperVision3D projects that he said he used.  I went with the code in the PaperVision3d trunk repository which I think is the 1.5 version.  (I would love to know the details of the differences between 1.5, 2.0/great white, and the effects branch - all I really found were lots of demos of each but no real summary of where each of these versions is going). After messing with the code in my spare time last week, I’ve come up with a demo. Make no mistake: McCune is Flex bad ass and my TileUI clone has fewer features than his. However, you can select, lasso, group, stack, spiral, drag, resize, unstack, remove and change the perscpective on the tiles below. And best of all, you can view the source. […]

]]> by: Valery Silaev http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7665 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:18:51 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7665 Just awesome! I try mentally to replace Flickr images with playing cards... Doug, looks like you are writing yet another on-line poker application :) Valery Just awesome!

I try mentally to replace Flickr images with playing cards…
Doug, looks like you are writing yet another on-line poker application :)

Valery

]]> by: ewH http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7528 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:38:41 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7528 @Doug - too cool man. I just found out that SAP is going to send me to Flex 360, and I noticed you will be speaking there...looking forward to seeing this in person. Also, we might have to do a follow up beer drinking session inspired by the Thirsty Bear. :) -ewH @Doug - too cool man. I just found out that SAP is going to send me to Flex 360, and I noticed you will be speaking there…looking forward to seeing this in person. Also, we might have to do a follow up beer drinking session inspired by the Thirsty Bear. :)

-ewH

]]> by: Doug http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7288 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:35:05 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7288 @Ian - if "inspired" is another word for blatantly copied, then yes, it was inspired by www.bumptop.com I have no shame. @Ian - if “inspired” is another word for blatantly copied, then yes, it was inspired by www.bumptop.com

I have no shame.

]]> by: Doug http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7282 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:04:27 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7282 The tiles in the video are images returned from searching flickr. The app is going to allow developers to create their own modules that define how to load in tiles and what those tiles will look like. So far I've just got a flickr module working, but the idea is to make more modules. For example, an AIR module will allow you to drag files from your desktop and drop them into the app, a facebook module might let you load your facebook friends and pictures, etc etc The tiles in the video are images returned from searching flickr. The app is going to allow developers to create their own modules that define how to load in tiles and what those tiles will look like. So far I’ve just got a flickr module working, but the idea is to make more modules. For example, an AIR module will allow you to drag files from your desktop and drop them into the app, a facebook module might let you load your facebook friends and pictures, etc etc

]]> by: ewH http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7279 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:44:41 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7279 dude, that's sweet...congrats! I have always thought that BumpTop had huge potential, so it's awesome to see you doing something similar in flash. What kind of objects are in the tiles? Are they embedded .swf files or are does each tile represent some other type of object/file? Cheers, ewH dude, that’s sweet…congrats! I have always thought that BumpTop had huge potential, so it’s awesome to see you doing something similar in flash. What kind of objects are in the tiles? Are they embedded .swf files or are does each tile represent some other type of object/file?

Cheers,
ewH

]]> by: Ian http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7240 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:32:04 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7240 This looks familiar, was this inspired by another project? This looks familiar, was this inspired by another project?

]]> by: Doug http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7232 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:55:42 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7232 @Jeroen - yeah, get a faster computer :P @Nate - it uses the Actionscript Physics Engine for collision detection. Basically it maps a 2d physics simulation to 3d space. @Augie - I'm going to try to integrate with as many OS actionscript projects as I can. Imagine swinging the Wii controller and knocking around tiles... :) @Jeroen - yeah, get a faster computer :P

@Nate - it uses the Actionscript Physics Engine for collision detection. Basically it maps a 2d physics simulation to 3d space.

@Augie - I’m going to try to integrate with as many OS actionscript projects as I can. Imagine swinging the Wii controller and knocking around tiles… :)

]]> by: tileUI By Doug - Just Awesome!!! « Flash Enabled - Get Ready With Flash… http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7230 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:22:04 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7230 [...] Check the Doug post here. [...] […] Check the Doug post here. […]

]]> by: Nate http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7218 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:23:20 +0000 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2007/07/17/tileui-demo-video/#comment-7218 Holy crap!!! How the hell are you doing the collision detection? This is really amazing. Holy crap!!!

How the hell are you doing the collision detection?

This is really amazing.

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