The contest is now over
Perhaps one of the following links will help :
- COLLADA Homepage
- COLLADA Wiki
- COLLADA Public Forums
- COLLADA Model Bank
- COLLADA Products Directory
- COLLADA Extensions Directory
- COLLADA Conditioners Directory
- Khronos.org COLLADA schema
Winners
Champion the 3D Web Using COLLADA
The winners were announced at Siggraph 2009. The official Slide presentation from the announcement can be downloaded in PDF form here.
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Grand Prize Winner - NaviCAD from Charles Han of San Francisco
$5,000, a COLLADA T-Shirt, a guest appearance at a future Immersive Education Initiative in-world (virtual) event and one downloadable copy of Swift 3D v6.
Dan Halabe and Chuck Han
- iPhone SDK app
- www.navicad.com
- Claims to be first fully compliant animated .dae files from Google Warehouse viewable on the iPhone
First Prize Winner - Foundation of the Hellenic World of Athens Greece
$2,000, a COLLADA T-Shirt, a guest appearance at a future Immersive Education Initiative in-world (virtual) event and one downloadable copy of Swift 3D v6.
- iGoogle Earth Cultural Heritage application
- http://3d.athens-agora.gr/index_en.html
- Ancient Agora of Athens Greece viewable in 3 time periods.
The Ancient Agora of Athens was an area of political gatherings and commercial transactions, the locus of the administration and of justice, a religious and intellectual centre. The agora is already mentioned in Homer’s epics, and represents, therefore, a constituent element of the ancient Greek city.
This work, which is addressed both to the wide public and the educational and research community, has created an original digital collection of the structured environment and of the topography of the Ancient Agora of Athens, which constitute documentation of the political and cultural life of the Athenian Democracy. In this framework the period from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD is covered.
The virtual representation urges the visitor on a journey of discovery. Those that participate can explore the accurate virtual representation selecting their course during their visit to the virtual world. They can examine the architectural details of the buildings from many different perspectives; exercise their skill in orientation and understand the feeling of scale, proportion and the area used by the ancient Greeks.
The Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW), which was envisioned, founded and funded by the family of Lazaros Efraimoglou, is a privately funded not-for-profit cultural institution based in Athens. Its foundation was ratified in 1993 by unanimous vote of the Hellenic Parliament.
FHW's mission is the preservation of Hellenic history and tradition, the creation of an awareness of the universal dimension of Hellenism and the promotion of its contribution to cultural evolution. Its aim is the understanding of the past as a point of reference for the formation of the present and future so that contemporary thought may once again be inspired by the Hellenic spirit. The principal objective is the dissemination of Hellenic culture and history in any way possible and through this the aim of the Foundation will be achieved.
Second Prize - Gary Ritchie of PA USA
$1,000, a COLLADA T-Shirt, a guest appearance at a future Immersive Education Initiative in-world (virtual) event and one downloadable copy of Swift 3D v6.
- Blender Application
- http://garyritchie.com/txp/index.php?s=portfolio
- Virtual Fort Necessity is part of a larger Frontier Forts project aimed at historically faithful recreations of French and Indian War fortifications. In the future, visitors will be able to explore these environments within virtual world platforms such as Project Wonderland.
Runner Up - Harken King of Toyko, Japan
$500, a COLLADA T-Shirt and one downloadable copy of Swift 3D v6.
- iPhone application using Cinema4D and Bodypaint
- http://www.hawkenking.com/
- Cowboy iPhone data files (NA on PC)
- Tokyo based freelance designer and illustrator.
