We have developed our first iPhone app for 3DVIA, which allows you to view and inspect any public 3D model from the 3DVIA.com library.  However, the best part is the collage function, which allows you to take a photo with your iPhone, then download any 3D model from 3DVIA.com, and add it into the picture, in true perspective. You can add 3D models of people into a picture of real people, you can add 3D models of furniture into rooms, you can add cars into your driveway. All this in the palm of you hand, wherever you are.  The possibilities are endless.

This must see video shows some of the great uses for the app, both practical and fun. After the video, get a few tries to practice and join our special Launch Promotion Challenge!
If you have any comments or suggestions to improve 3DVIA Mobile or have questions visit our 3DVIA Mobile Forums

*Note: If you haven’t seen the movie Office Space, this video may seem a silly at the end. Here is a clip from the movie, which may clarify our spoof.

All the details on the new 3DVIA Mobile App, including where to download are here.

We have created a quick (1:30) video here…

A complete list of 3DVIA presentations can be found on the 3DVIA SIGGRAPH event page.

Not Going to SIGGRAPH? No Problem – Watch us LIVE!

Not being able to attend an event is no longer a reason to miss out on all of the fun.  You may have noticed the launch of our own online video channel, 3DVIA.tv.  We’ll be live streaming video from the SIGGRAPH booth including our presentations, demonstrations and interviews with 3DVIA staff and customers.

Watch the 3DVIA Live Video Broadcast from SIGGRAPH 2009

Follow Our Twitter Updates, Ask Us a Question!

3DVIA will also be live “tweeting” right from the show floor sending out the latest news, pictures and video clips from the 3DVIA booth.  Send us a question via Twitter or just let us know that you are there and we’ll re-tweet your posts.

Send 3DVIA a Question Via Twitter

See you there!

Believe it or not, 3DVIA now has our own online television station – 3DVIA.TV!  We’ll not exactly, but we now have a site dedicated to all 3DVIA video content. The launch of 3DVIA.TV is one step in our effort to improve how users discover and learn the benefits of 3DVIA technologies. Consider 3DVIA.TV your own personal video tutor for anything and everything 3DVIA.

3DVIA.TV Will be Your One Stop Shop for 3DVIA Video Content Including:.

• Trailers
• Software tutorials
• Interviews
• Cliff’s Clips
• Podcasts
• Live streaming
• & more

To kick-off 3DVIA.TV, we have an exciting episode of 3DVIA People with Bernard Charlès, the CEO of Dassault Systèmes, and the visionary behind 3DVIA. This is a must-watch episode.

3DVIA.TV will also be broadcasting a live video feed from SIGGRAPH 2009 from August 4th-7th.

We plan on posting at least one video every week so tune into 3DVIA.TV often.

One quick note:  At the end of the video, Bernard mentions the V+R challenge, which supports Sports without Borders.  This is something that Bernard is also passionate about, and you can find more information here.

3D is in our DNA, is it in yours?

Check out this video, and you are sure to pick up some useful modeling tips:

Be sure to review all the detailed 3DVIA Shape Video Tips and Tricks for more modeling tips.

Many of the VR technologies used were developed with 3DVIA Virtools.

For more detail on Laval Virtual, see the 3DVIA article and the 3D Perspectives article.

This was a first for me…the opportunity to interview a 3D game character.  Okay, it was really Juan, but he personifies himself as a Space Marine.

Juan del Rio is one of our Community Managers here at 3DVIA.  Juan is an expert in the world of 3D, like so many on the 3DVIA team.  This short video gives you a glimpse of the amazing Juan – part man, part machine.

I will be interviewing other members over the next few months…Don and Emmy, you’re next…

For all Cliff’s Clips, click here to go to 3DVIA-TV…

3DVIA.com is much more than a warehouse of 3D models, but a thriving community of users, and tools for all 3D enthusiasts.  Watch this short video to see what we’re all about.

I will have Cliff’s Clips every Tuesday concentrating on all things 3D!

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This is the live video stream from the 3DVIA booth at this years Laval Virtual 2009.

Although it may not be the Holodeck on the Enterprise just yet, Virtual Reality is about as close as you can get.  Virtual Reality represents one of the coolest areas of the 3DVIA product line and it will be on full display at the center of the VR world in this year’s Laval Virtual Reality International Conference in France, April 22nd-24th.

3DVIA Virtools @ Laval Virtual
BOOTH A3-A6

Our very own David Nahon’s video tour from our 2008 Laval Virtual show.

3DVIA will demonstrate the Virtual Reality capabilities provided by the newly released 3DVIA Virtools 5 at booth A3-A6 and there will also be over 30 partners and customers demonstrating [.pdf] their 3DVIA-based VR applications.

Download a map of 3DVIA Virtools Partner applications
on display at this years Laval Virtual 2009!

3DVIA Virtools is a complete development and deployment platform for virtual environments, game and interactive 3D applications. In addition to many other enhancements, this new version also brings new VR capabilities geared toward consumer markets, by supporting Samsung and Mitsubishi DLP TVs, Philips WoW auto-stereoscopic screens and anaglyph stereoscopy.

Follow Updates Live From the Show

Kate will be blogging directly from the show floor.  Follow her updates on 3D Perspectives, the official blog of Dassault Systèmes.  Kate already posted this excellent interview with David today.

You can also check back here next week for updates – or watch the live video stream from the booth.. . .