AGENDA: Microarchitectures are groups of design patterns prepared to work together in concert. PureMVC is a leading framework for Flash and Flex projects. PureMVC is a light framework for creating applications based on the class Model-View-Controller meta designpattern. It has a very narrow goal, to provide design patterns AND development patterns to help you separate your programming into three distinct areas; data, user interface, and the application logic. It is approachable and powerful with minimal tedium and repetition in development.

RMC created a fantastic Flex Project Template that is now freely available. Use it to start your next project to start with best practices in mind and jump start production. Please give me comments (good and bad) here on the blog. I’ll update the file posted here for any major revisions.

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• Download Documentation & Source Code PureMVCTemplate1.2.zip

AGENDA: Augmented reality (AR) adds graphics, sounds, and more to the natural world around you. You can expect video games to drive the development of augmented reality, but this technology will have countless applications. The technology adds computer-generated graphics to your field of vision. Augmented reality will truly change the way we view the world.

Using the power of the Adobe Flash player, Adobe Flex Builder, and a few open API’s, augmented reality has arrived on your desktop. With a webcam, AR will replace part of the live video footage it sees with Papervision3D computer models, animated in real-time. It is impressive and inspirational. Learn the basic background of augmented reality, and how to setup your first project using the technology.

AUDIENCE: Intermediate to Advanced Adobe Flash and Flex Developers and ANYONE who enjoys technical inspiration.

TAKE-AWAY: All source code and documentation will be available to attendees.

SECTIONS:

• What is Augmented Reality?
• Why do I care?
• How do I do it?
• Demos

DATE:

• This event has not yet been scheduled. To request it, please email me.

MORE:

• View Session Video (Not Available Yet)
• Download Documentation & Source Code (Not Available Yet)

PICTURES
An image on paper is used as a marker to instruct the application on the positions and angles in real-world space (See Figure 1). The marker is replaced in REAL-TIME with a 3D model which movies and rotates believably within the real-world space (See Figure 2).

Figure 1: Before

Figure 2: After

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• To view a very simplified demo print this Marker and show it to your webcam while running this demo application (v1 , v2).

Get context on MMO’s and learn the basic concepts of development using Adobe Flex.

AUDIENCE: Fans of all Adobe technologies receive this newsletter. The article is geared to Flex fans and fans of videogames.

TAKE-AWAY: Readers will learn top-line info about creating an MMO and the state of the industry.

LINKS:

• My Adobe EDGE Article: “Creating an MMO game with Adobe Flex 3”
• Download Documentation & Source Code “Creating an MMO from Scratch with Adobe Flex in 59 minutes…”