Thomas Kole

Hehe, spotted my sewn suzanne in a Bcon talk ;)

Another phenomenal panorama by Ola Apenes from the archive of the Etnografiska museet. This time from the Cerro de la Estrella, in much higher quality. It shows a network of canals, chinampas, and various towns.

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In ~1940, Ola Apenes took two photos from the Xaltepec volcano in the Valley of Mexico. It shows a sweeping image of the drying Texcoco Lake, and three towns (former altepemeh) at the foot of the Sierra de Santa Catarina. All this is now Iztapalapa, Mexico City.

The image quality leaves something to be desired, but I think it's magnificent. It shows Santa María Aztahuacán, Santa Cruz Meyehualco and Santa Marta Acatitla

Now that it's out I can finally show this: For the May 2026, National Geographic Magazine commissioned three 3D archaeological reconstruction of the Indus valley site Mohenjo Daro www.thomaskole.nl/md_natgeo.html #b3d

All reconstructions were done in Blender, in close collaboration with National Geographic staff. A list of credits can be found on the webpage above. Here's a view of different passes:

I wasn’t doing my velocity calculations right, turns out we can have a little more fun still: #b3d #geometrynodes #simulationnodes #blender

Interested in the method of creating cobwebs in Toy Story 4: research.pixar.com/docs/2019.Si... Trying to replicate this in Geometry Nodes. It’s deceptively simple. Geometry Nodes are not very suitable for sequential logic, things that are not parallel so to speak.

I need some initial lines. This will do… Spawning random points on the mesh, casting to random directions. The longest distance counts right now.

Heh, about 10 years ago, I developed a little VR application for google cardboard, titled "Apollo 15 moon landing VR". It was kind of a hit in that niche, as there wasn't much available. I did it while in school, I thought VR was super interesting!

This is how the scene builds up. It's a short and sweet experience, you land and then get to unpack and drive the rover. Driving was unhinged, as there was no input, the rover would steer where you were looking.

Heh, about 10 years ago, I developed a little VR application for google cardboard, titled "Apollo 15 moon landing VR". It was kind of a hit in that niche, as there wasn't much available. I did it while in school, I thought VR was super interesting!

First Person Tenochtitlan Sometimes I forget that Walk/Fly navigation exists in Blender. Obviously the scene is not meant to be seen like this, but, why not? #b3d #tenochtitlan #retratodetenochtitlan

The Blender file of the 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is released. You can download it from the main website. It's like a digital twin, made for tinkering. It has a lighting and material setup to get you started. It renders in both Cycles and EEVEE retratodetenochtitlan.mx #b3d #tenochtitlan #threejs

Capturing a 3D Scene in Blender, step-by-step, for the Portrait of Tenochtitlan 3D viewer. The presentation is up on youtube! #tenochtitlan #threejs

It's live! My Interactive 3D viewer of Tenochtitlan is available online. Please give it a try and let me know what you think! retratodetenochtitlan.mx #tenochtitlan #cdmx #b3d #threejs

Launch: 22nd of October, 18:00, at the Centro de Cultura Digital, CDMX. Don't forget to sign up at the eventbrite on the poster! --- Lanzamiento: 22 de octubre, 18 h, en el Centro de Cultura Digital. Entrada libre. ¡No olvides registrarte en el eventbrite que aparece en el flyer! #tenochtitlan #b3d