Beyond animation and modeling: using Blender for installations and other interactive stuff

Blender is a poweful well-known tool for 3D modeling and animation. At least, that's what most of the people think. But there's a lot more in Blender. If you're interested in installations and interactive art, you should check these projects and tools. You might be surprised with what some people are developing and creating with Blender.

1. Blendnik - using Blender and PureData to create an interactive digital piece with music/sound and Blender Game Engine

Link: http://www.porcaro.org/blendnik/

2. Wiimote with Blender - Wiimote drivers for Blender Game Engine.

Link: http://www.selectparks.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=628

3. Stereoscopic Rendering in Blender -How to simulate an off-axis camera to produce correct stereo pairs in Blender

Link: http://www.noeol.de/s3d/

4. Blender 2.50 stereo render - Blender 2.50 (game engine) has an internal stereo renderer

5. Pyppet - real-time character control (puppetry) plugin for Blender (with gamepads and wiimotes)

Link: http://pyppet.blogspot.com/

6. Blender 'Marionette' with WiiMote Experiment - Real-time puppetry

Link: http://www.blendernation.com/blender-marionette-with-wiimote-experiment/

7. Blender Live Shapes – Real-Time displacement modifier (similar to normal map) based on live grayscale video from webcam.

Link: http://en.myinventions.pl/index.php?page=BlenderLiveShapes

Blender Live Shape 1.0 from MyInventions on Vimeo.

8. Blender Live Shapes 2 - new version of Blender Live Shapes

Link: http://en.myinventions.pl/index.php?page=BlenderLiveShapes2

9. Arduino to Blender -Real-time communication between arduino and Blender Game Engine

Link: http://en.myinventions.pl/index.php?page=ArduinoToBlender

Arduino to Blender 1.0 from MyInventions on Vimeo.

10. BlenderTrack - Object and laser tracking in Blender, how to get object tracking in the Blender Game Engine with cheap technology such as a webcam, a pen and a laser.

Link: http://www.aktasway.com/blog/?p=79