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Android App of the Week: Androidify

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Google gets a bad rap, and it’s easy to forget that the company that started out with line “don’t be evil” can occasionally churn out something that’s actually pretty fun. Take Androidify, our latest Android App of the Week.
It’s not one of the firm’s most useful or innovative apps, but it’s one of the most addictive and funiest: a little tool that grants you free reign to create your own Android avatars.
It’s devilishly simply: scroll horizontally between hair style and colour, tops, trousers, shoes, accessories and more, and use the vertical bar to pick which garment to use on your avatar.
There’s a reasonable amount of choice, too, with dozens of clothing items alongside numerous hats and accessories – and your android’s hair colour can be altered, too. And, by dragging your finger up and down your avatar, its height and proportions can be changed.
When that’s done, it’s possible to name and save your Android before sharing it with the world: it’s possible to post them to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa or Twitter – with more options available depending on what apps you’ve got installed – as well as distributing your little friend via text message or email. It’s even possible to use the new avatar as a desktop wallpaper.
It’s a great little app that put a smile on our faces as soon as it downloaded – and, of course, our first instinct was to recreate members of the PC Pro team in Android form.
First up is deputy reviews editor David Bayon, who’s personified by his broad range of “two-shirts” – that’s one garment that’s designed to give the impression that he’s wearing two, fashion fans – as well as his, urm, follical minimalism.
My second creation is reviews editor Jon Bray – possibly the sportiest member of PC Pro team and a keen fan of eye-wateringly tight lycra. He’s also the tallest member of the three portrayed here, which was a good excuse to show off Androidify’s body-stretching feature.
Third up is editorial overlord Tim Danton, a man whose love for Mars Bars is only outweighed by his adoration of tank tops – a choice that’s reflected in his Android’s clothing.
Our only real quibble is that there simply isn’t enough choice. We’d have loved the chance to change the colour of clothing, for instance, or loaded our avatars up with a more varied selection of accessories. That’s a minor complaint when this charming little app won’t cost you anything, though – so get downloading right away.

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Google sometimes gets a bad rap, and it’s easy to forget that the company that started out with the line “don’t be evil” can occasionally churn out something that’s actually pretty fun. Take Androidify, our latest Android App of the Week.

It’s not one of the firm’s most useful or innovative apps, but it’s one of the most addictive and funniest: a little tool that grants you free rein to create your own Android avatars.

It’s devilishly simply: scroll horizontally between hair style and colour, tops, trousers, shoes, accessories and more, and use the vertical bar to pick which garment to use on your avatar. (more…)

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From the Pole to Pandora: the shaky progress of modern 3D

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

This is the third in a series of blogs based on a seminar by Buzz Hays, chief instructor for the Sony 3D Technology Center in Culver City, California.

As senior producer of 3D Stereoscopic Feature Films for Sony Pictures Imageworks for more than five years, Buzz Hays has been there for the peaks and troughs involved in getting 3D cinema into the mainstream. Over the course of an afternoon he led us through many aspects of 3D, but for this blog I’ve collated his experiences of working on various films into one timeline. It begins a mere six years ago on a train, and ends with the revelation that Avatar was, in some respects, a disappointment…

The Polar Express

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Meet Edd Hifeng, AI powered Second Life avatar

Monday, May 19th, 2008

It had to happen at some point, and now an AI powered avatar is being tested within the Second Life virtual world by its creators, researchers at the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Laboratory. According to reports, Edd Hifeng has a mental age of about 4 years and is capable of only basic AI reasoning. As such he can engage in simple conversations such as where are you from, but only if the question is put in English and even then only if it has previously been translated into a mathematical logic so that Edd understands it. Not exactly cutting edge of AI is it?

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