This list of bookmarks is compiled by
Takehiko Nagakura for
ARC members' reference.
-
Architecture Computation Group at MIT
: ARC is a part of Computation group in the Department of Architecture - Rapid Prototyping Lab at MIT Architecture Department managed by Justin Lavallee (jalavall@mit.edu)
- Computer Resource Office at MIT Architecture Department managed by Duncan Kincaid (dsk@mit.edu)
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AutoDesk Education Community
: Free 1-year license download available for Revit, Max Design, AutoCAD, etc. for students
- Autodesk Recap Photo (formaly, Autodesk Remake (aka Memento) : PC cloud-based software for creating (via cloud) and editing Photogrammetric models. It is a part of Recap Pro suite (that includes Laser Scan tool), and student version is available here .
- Autodesk 123D Suite (Discontinued on Jan 2017) including 123D Catch, a Photogrametric 3D capturing tool for mobile devices
- Getting Started tutorial video series from the discontinued Autodesk 123D's Youtube Channel (still active) including Shot Planning. The content of this video is still good for Recap Photo when you get started.
- Advanced Features video series from Autodesk 123D Catch Channel. (Good for Recap Photo.)
- Healing your Catch video series from Autodesk 123D Catch Channel including 3D Printing from Captured Model
- Autodesk Recap 360 demo on youTube.
- Castle Rising, Norfolk captured in 123D Catch
- Environment Build Using Photogrammetry Example of Photogrammetry project
- Tatjana Dzambazova - Recreating Reality An inspiration video about 3D capturing
- Photoscan is a professional photogrammetric modeling software. It is free for 30-day trial, and after that, the student version is available at a very affordable price.
- Sputnik is a company that hots photogrammetric models made in level-of-details format.
- Sketchfab is a platform for uploading and sharing 3D models, and includes some very impressive photogrammetric models.
- Panoramic video projects by Nagakura's group at MIT
- Ricoh Theta Video Gallery
- 360 Cities Site for panoramic location photo contents
- Russian Kremlins Panoramic photographs of Kremlin Palace
- Tymerama: Nagakura's project to record construction history in panoramic stills.
- Bjarke Ingel's promo video, 57 West Virtual TOur
- Richo Theta panoramic camera, and SDK
- Richo R and SDK Announcement
- Nikon KeyMission
- Manufactuer of 360Rize (Formerly 360Heros) rigs and their video posting page.
- Autopano Giga and Video Pro: Panorma video stitching and editing software from Kolor .
Wiki help. (Check Autopano, Autopano Video, and Kolor Eyes.)
General workflow of processing 360Hero video clips in Kolor Autopano Video
Creating and editing the reference panorama
Stiching video clips
Manually adjusting the seam between misaligned clips
Kolor Video tutorial series on YouTube - Manufacturer of GoPano micro and plus with instructions, software download, and user posted contents for 360 panoramic photo/video recording. And here is some tips for recording. Also, here is a beta version tool for embedding the panorama video in Flash-based web site.
- Hand-held 360x180 panormama photography explained in a youtube video (You do not need a special equipment for this process.)
- DIY Steadicam - Decrease of Vertical Motion (Great illustration of walking without much vibration with handy-cam)
- Panotour Pro: a tool for embedding hotspots in panoramic images and adding UI's.
- QTVRPanoTools.dmg
: download this file in a Apple Macintosh computer and double click the file
: to retrieve applications. Depending on the type of panorama file you output
: from 3DS VIZ, choose MakeCuric(spherical) or MakeManorama (cylindrical)
: application. Before using one of these software, you may also need to resave
: your image in PICT format using Photoshop on a Mac. PC Photoshop cannot
: read/write PICT format, I believe. The resulting QuickTimeVR file can be
: browsed in QuickTime player on both Mac and PC.
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Giant Steps by Michal Levy
: Architectural animation with Coltrane's sound track -
Art Website of Painter, Peter Gric.
: Includes spatially inspiring drawings. - NewEnglandFilm.com
- Internet Movie Database
- Revit City: Community site for downloadable Family library and other resources.
- Dynamo main site: community site (including QandA board and download)
- Zach Kron's site for Revit: Lots of tutorials, examples and news on Revit.
- Zach Kron's video tutorial: Recording of his tutorial session at MIT in February 2012
- Au Bon Panel: PDF-based tutorial for making various panels from Autodesk University.
- Zach Kron's tutorial: Making of seamless panel.
- Design Slam: Series of video tutorials.
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3D Cafe
: includes a collection of 3D geometric models. a site of www.3dcafe. com
- BIMobject.com (Formerly Autodesk Seek): Click SEARCH and choose Lighting in the left column
- ERCO
: the site of ERCO including catalogues of their lighting fixtures with IES data files. Files for many fixtures are provided for 3Dstudio Max, DXF and BIM IFC format with IES data (as of 2021). To download the data files, you need to select the fixture as specific as possible (sometimes by configuring them) until the page shows the buttons for "Design data".
For instance, this page is an example of a spotlight with the download buttons for its 3DS Max file and IES file.
- Bega International | Bega-US : Both international/US sites come with IES (.ies) and Revit (.rfa) files. And in addition, [as of 2025] some International site products provide 3D Geometry files (.dxf and .dwg) as well.
To find the download links for IES/Revit/DXF/DWG files, you need to click each product number in the list that shows on the page for a model.
Some excerpts are listed below (but the links are broken for dwg files).
- International US Recessed ceiling - stainless steel (circular downlight)
- International US Surface ceiling (cylindrical downlight)
- International US Surface ceiling - linear with internal baffle (fluorescent tube)
- International US Surface wall (hemi-sphere with guard)
- International US Surface wall (torch tube with glass)
- International US Surface wall (rectangular cover down or upper light)
- International US Surface wall - floodlight (triangle, upper)
- International US Pole top - Adjustable Gantry System - twin
- International US In-grade - upward illumination
- International US In-grade - for ground illumination
- Lithonia Lighting Site: Site of manufacturer of commercial and industrial lighting fixtures including ones commonly found in our daily environment. Photometric Data as well as geometries (Revit only. DWG is no longer available) for fixtures can be downloaded on this page by one shot in a large zipped file for the whole catalog (instead of one fixture at a time).
- The site of brand fixtures, Louis Poulsen, including Revit/DXF+IES files for most models. Select and go to the page of a light fixture in this online catalog, and find the download button for the file on the page. For instance, Here is a ceiling mounted down light page with download buttons for various data including IES, Revit and DXF formats.
- Illuminating Engineering Society of North America [2025: changed to subscription-based access only]
- Philips site [2025: no longer available] with many Revit compatible files. For instance, here is Arcat resource page including some interior and exterior lighting fixtures for Revit. (DWG/DXF/MAX files are no longer available.)
- Photosynth : Panorama creation tool that works on iPhone
- Car panorama on iPano (Space browser on iPad2)
- Vuforia Image-based position detecting tool from Qualcomm and it SDK
- AR tool kit
- Microsoft Photosynth project presentation
- Juhong Park's AR Toolkit experiment
- Juhong Park's AR Toolkit experiment
- Syntheyes test by Juhong (and Takehiko)
- Poster tracking technology (for architecture) demo by ARMES
- See through 3D desktop at Media Lab
- Sunglass: Remote collaboration tool by our own Kaustuv De Biswas
- Beck's App: Green Box Project
- Starbucks Cup Magic
- Lynx Excite Angel Ambush: at London Victoria
- Soundjay
:A great collection of sound files such as footsteps, shutting doors, light switches, etc. Check out the category under Household Sound Effects.
- SynthEyes: Motion Tracking Software
- Real Flow
: Industry's leading software for visualization of water, etc. Free 30-day demo version available.
- vray-materials.de
: User-contributed library of materials for V-Ray on 3DS Max. Registration required but free. - V-Ray for Rhino manual
: Manual with examples from V-Ray software manufacturer - On V-Ray Artifacts
: V-Ray rendering artifacts and solutions by Metin Seven
- Phil Thompson's rendering of MIT's design studio
: almost real ! - RADIANCE WWW server
: Web page by Greg Ward, the author of radiance himself - RADIANCE 2.3 Synthetic Imaging System
: Greg Ward's web page on radiance 2.3 (old version) - Radiance@ArchPropPlan.auckland.ac.nz
: includes nice documentation about image mapping functions such as pict ure.cal, etc. - Radi
ance Material Library
: a nice material library compiled by Mr Crone - University of Oregon's course by Kevin Matthews
: includes nice explanation of how to work with materials
- High Voltage Home Page
: tips on Blue Screening, Alpha Channel and Roto-scoping -
Tutorial at AnimeMusicVideo.org
: good explanation of video and audio production and underlying technical issues, especially useful is this section on setting up of a new Premiere Pro project. - A Digital Video Primer (PDF) : Adobe's good overview of digital video file formats (DV, MPEG), NLE editing
- Finding an Appropriate Codec : Adobe's introduction of video file formats
- DV, DVCAM, DVCPro : mainly on DV but some info on its difference with MJPEG, MPEG and product comparisons.
- DVD Demystified : DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, copy-protection, etc
- Codec Central
- Encoder Speed Comparison
- Free High Quality Mpeg Encoder Software by Mr Hori
- Cinemacraft Mpeg Encoder
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