The Creative Assembly have posted a cinematic trailer for their upcoming Shogun 2 - Total War strategy video game. Watch it on YouTube.

Hungarians attack! Budapest and Santa Monica-based Digic Pictures have posted online their latest reel. Definitely worth the détour. Watch it on YouTube.

Germany-based FaberCourtial have posted online their latest reel featuring some impressive set extension, animation and compositing work. Watch it on Vimeo.

ShapeMetriX3D is a system developed by 3G Software & Measurement designed to acquire surfaces from photos. It uses a standard calibrated digital camera that takes snapshots of the designated area from two different angles. A range pole must be placed in the imaging are beforehand. Geometry can be exported as DXF (AutoCAD), VRML, Inventor and XYZ formats. More at 3GSM.at.

South Africa-based Character Matters have posted a nice underwater animated short. Watch it on Vimeo.

NoteSlate is an e-paper note-taking tablet scheduled for release in June 2011. A future version of the tablet is expected to bring OCR handwritten recognition software. More at NoteSlate.com.

Hitachi’s new IPJ-AW250N turns any surface into an electronic whiteboard. Users can write, draw, manipulate and resize projected images by using Hitachi’s pen-sized interactive control. The projector comes with a set of teaching and lesson-building tools for educators, as well as graphics tools, templates, colors and resources for creating lessons and presentations. More at Hitachi.

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