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Having just recently switched my major project to work on processing.js I decided this was one presentation I could not miss out on. This talk was given by Al MacDonald who is a freelance web consultant. His website is [http://hyper-metrix.com/ Hyper-Metrix.com]. Al began his talk with an introduction into what [http://processingjs.org processing.js ] is. He explained that processing is a language for creating 2D and 3D graphics, animations, and interactive applications.<br />

[http://www.processing.org Processing ] is a language that was built to be run and parsed on a native JAVA client. So processing 'sketches' would be created and then run on the JAVA client which would process them and create the graphics, animations, text, etc in a window. Then a man by the name of [http://ejohn.org/ John Resig ] came into the picture and started work on creating a port of processing for JAVA to processing for JavaScript. The idea was to be able to allow those sketches of animations, graphics, and interactive apps to be able to be drawn in a web browser without any plugins or extensions to install. Simply put a way to animate and 'interactify' the web and allow processing creations to 'just work' in modern browsers for users.<br />

This presentation was given by [http://cleung.wordpress.com/ Catherine Leung] who is a professor at Seneca College in the School of Computer Studies, where she teaches in the game development and programming areas. Cathy's talk was about a project she has been working on called [http://www.c3dl.org C3DL]. C3DL is a JavaScript library that will provide a set of classes for rendering 3D objects in the browser. Currently it requires an up to date browser such as Firefox 3.5 in order to run. Canvas 3D is available as an add-on for Firefox 3.5 or higher and can be downloaded at [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=Canvas+3d&cat=all addons.mozilla.org]. Cathy demonstrated an application called Motionview which allows previewing of raw down sampled motion capture data in the browserby using the C3DL library. Motionview was developed through a partnership between [http://navarra.ca/ The purpose of Motionview is to reduce Navarra Group], [http://www.bedlamgames.com/ Bedlam Games], [http://www.coredp.com/ CORE], and Seneca College and was supported by the expensive cost of 'clean up' in motion capture animation scenes when sometimes certain points in the animation are wrong[http://www.omdc.on.ca/site11.aspx Ontario Media Development Corporation].<br />

Motion capture is a technology that uses a special suit with reflective balls attached to key movement points on the object you want to animate, usually a human. Cameras from multiple angles capture the location of the reflective balls as they move around and the computer processes the data from the different cameras to build a skeleton of the object. Sometimes the cameras get it wrong though and the model needs to be cleaned up and corrected. The purpose of Motionview is to reduce the expensive cost of 'clean up' in motion capture animation scenes when sometimes certain points in the animation are wrong. Because of the high cost of producing motion capture video this data is never sent out in a raw format over the web, instead the C3DL library is used with the application which reads a converted format of the raw motion data and displays it in the browser for artists to preview which shots they want to use and mark which shots to be cleaned up instead of everything. This results in a huge cost savings.<br /> Cathy moved on to show a few other demos such as particle systems and a 3D Google maps road view demo that could simulate turns in a route on Google maps. She also showed a really cool animation of some 3D panels that act as links to websites with logos orbiting around a c3dl logo which were clickable to visit the website. Once a panel had been clicked it would display a sepia effect to show it had been visited before.<br /> For more details needed information on C3DL you can visit [http://www.c3dl.org/ their website]. They have a [http://www.c3dl.org/index.php/tutorials/ section on tutorials] as well for installing the Canvas 3D addon, basic modeling, light effects, etc. Their development news can be found [http://www.c3dl.org/index.php/development-news/ here 200-300 more words].

My own personal view on open source is in two different directions. I think there is something to be said for the ability for student developers to gain an incredible amount of experience and knowledge from open source projects and seasoned developers. I've learned a lot from Al MacDonald just in the last few weeks about JavaScript and he's always been willing to help out on IRC anytime he's available. So in one way I think open source gives great opportunities to students for experience and also it gives people a way to mold their favorite open source apps into exactly what they want in an application. What I mean by this is if I decide I want a certain feature in my favorite open source project there's nothing stopping me from implementing it and adding it to the program. given By giving enough time and providing quality code can get you a piece of software that is to some degree customized exactly how you want it.<br/> I do tend to look at the open source community from the other side as well though. The corporate side. Sometimes I'll sit back and think 'wow all this work thousands of people are doing for free to improve and build on this product is making people for this company richer than astronauts'. While their is nothing wrong with that it makes me wonder how they can do it. So I wonder exactly how it is some of these corporations make the money they do. One of the lectures I attended at this years FSOSS was all about how to make money at open source. Unfortunately the presentation lacked a lot of details on specifics and exactly how much money is being made at different organizations. If I could put in one request for presentation ideas at next years FSOSS I'd love to see more presentations on how to make money with open source. Judging by the turnout for that presentation I think it's a wildly popular topic with a lot of people actually.<br/>

I do tend In the end it's all about the experience and the ability to look at be part of the open source community from and also to be part of the other side software design process as well though. The corporate side. Sometimes I'll sit back and think 'wow all this work thousands of people are doing for Everyone loves free to improve and build on this product is making people for this company richer than astronautsas a price point too let's not forget about that. So Someday if I wonder exactly how it is some of these corporations make the money they do. One of the lectures run my own software company I attended at this years FSOSS was all about how would like to be able to make money at go open source. Unfortunatly the presentation lacked with my applications as a lot of details on specifics and exactly how much money is being made at different organizations. If I could put in one request for presentation ideas at next years FSOSS I'd love way to see more presentations on how give back to make money with open source. Judging by the turnout for that presentation I think it's a wildly popular topic with a lot of people actuallycommunity.<br/>

I think this years FSOSS was a successful experience for me personally. I got a chance to speak to a few of the presenters and learn a good deal more blah ==Requirements== Your report must be '''2,500 words''' and include: * Summaries of two talksabout the projects they are working on.** What The ranking the bugs presentation was each talk very informative in terms of statistics and it taught me a lot about?** What was writing quality bug reports to increase the speakerchanes my bug would get fixed. The processing.js presentation had lots of information I hadn's main point?** What was t yet learned on the speaker's background of processing and point processing for the web. It also had the best 'cool' factor of view?* Analysis all the presentations in terms of each speaker's views on ''open source''spawning new ideas for features in web sites I design in the future. He/she may not mention it explicitlyCathys C3DL and Motionview presentation helped me draw the comparisons between processing for the web and C3DL and canvas in HTML5. You must listen Motionview is a really interesting piece of software and try to understand based on what they are saying, i've always had an interest in motion capture and CGI in movies and perhaps not sayinghow its done.* Comparison It was nice to connect a lot of the points made by dots between all the presenterspresentations I got to see this year.** What can you say about open source in I think the light of the points they made?** Do the speakers have similar views of open source or do they disagree?** How so?* Conclusion about your views veiws on ''open source''** Does the picture of open source you've seen I saw presented at this years FSOSS were in these talks challenge or confirm your line with my own views about what open source is and how I perceive it functions?as a community for free thought and also as potential place for profit off free software distribution if your business models suits it.