HTC Touch + GPS BlueTooth + tomtom6 for dummies

Si te preguntas como configurar tu HTC Touch con un receptor GPS BlueTooth para usar el navegador tomtom 6, sigue leyendo. En este tutorial, voy a utilizar el siguiente receptor GPS: Holux M-1200. 70 pavos aprox. en el MediaMarkt, aunque he visto gente en foros que lo ha pillado hasta por 40 en intesné....

HTC Touch + HTC EndKey application

I recently installed the HTC EndKey application in my HTC Touch, and I must advise you not to do so, mainly due to:1.- This app is not very useful for the Touch, as it only gives you quick shortcuts for funcs like: lock phone (the htc touch is lockable via a long press in the red button), vibration mode (easily accesible in the speaker config icon), airplane mode (it may be useful if you take a plane...

Automatic Lightmap Generation for Generic Sets of Geometry in Real Time Simulation

Siguiendo en el baúl de los recuerdos. No encuentro link al pdf, pero éste es el título de un Short Paper que publiqué en el año 2002 junto a mis mentores Alex García Alonso y Luis Matey.Fué la primera aproximación a la técnica desarrollada para atlas de coordenadas genéricos.Seguiré buscando a ver si se puede bajar de algún sitio.Hi...

Texturas precomputadas para aplicaciones en tiempo real

Hace ya algunos años, publiqué un artículo en colaboración con mis dos mentores (Dr. Luis Matey y Dr. Alex García Alonso), que llevaba el título:APLICACIONES AVANZADAS DEL USO DE TEXTURASPRECOMPUTADAS EN ENTORNOS DE SIMULACIÓN EN TIEMPOREAL En la revista de ingeniería industrial de la Universidad de Bío Bío, en Chile. En ese artículo se describía una propuesta diferente para generar lo que hoy se...

Charla XNA. Microsoft CodeCamp 2007

Muy buenas, he visto Microsoft ha subido a este link el PowerPoint de mi charla sobre XNA para el CodeCamp de 2007 en Huelva. Os pongo el link por si os apetece bajarlo. Esa charla fué compartida con el gran Javier Cantón (DirectX MVP). Podéis ver un video aqui.Salud...

XBox360 Controller for Windows - PC

Last week, I bought an additional XBox360 controller. In this case, I bought the wired version, because I wanted to use it with my PC without the need for an additional wireless adapter.I must say it works flawlessly on the PC. You just need a special driver found here.You can use it with XNA as well,...

GPS on a plane at 940 kmh

I´ve found this video on YouTube of a guy in a plane with his GPS at 940 km/h.Impressive!Specs:GPS bluetooth Leadtek 9553 (SirfIII Bt Gps)HP IpaqTomtom v 5....

XNA Image Reflector. Latest Best Picks

The XNAImageReflector article at TheCodeProject hast been included in the Last Best Picks list today. You can read the article he...

TheCodeProject article: easy rendering with XNA inside a Windows Form

Ive just seen that my last article about "Easy rendering with XNA inside a Windows Form" at TheCodeProject has been placed in the "Last Best Picks" list of the site. You can read other articles about XNA and game development here. Chee...

TheCodeProject Article. XNAImageReflector

Yesterday, my article about XNAImageReflector was accepted, edited and moved to another url in TheCodeProject. I updated the link in the previous post, but anyway, paste it again here: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/XNA_Image_Reflector.asp Chee...

TheCodeProject Article: XNA integration with WinForms (II)

Yesterday, my article about integration of XNA and WinForms was accepted, edited and moved to another url in TheCodeProject. I updated the link in the previous post, but anyway, paste it again here: http://www.codeproject.com/game/XNA_and_WinForms.asp Chee...

XNA Image Reflector. Easily create web2.0-like reflected images

XNA is for games, but not just for games! ;) I finally posted the XNAImageReflector article to TheCodeProject. It includes full source code, screenshots, instructions and programming details. About XNAImageReflector: It´s an application that integrates XNA rendering and maths with Windows Forms....

XNA Game Studio 2.0 (beta) released !

XNA Game Studio 2.0 (beta) has been released. You can see some installation instructions here.It finally includes VisualStudio 2005 support (non-express versions). Something really demanded in the last months.Can´t wait to try ...

TheCodeProject article: XNA Billiards Visual Demo

Today, I have uploaded another article to TheCodeProject. You can find it here. I paste here the introduction: This article is an example of 3D rendering and content processing with XNA, and a good start for those you want to start learning XNA. Although it´s not a full working Billiards...

Forza MotorSport 2 bug. Front wheels driven Porsche?

This video shows a bug in ForzaMotorSport 2 demo for the XBox360.The Porsche 911 is front wheels driven, what is actually a heresy for car enthusiasts. Maybe it was fixed in release version... Anybody knows?...

Coleguillas del TechEd Developers 2007

Aqui me he encontrado una entrada en el blog del gran Ramón Tebar, Microsoft MSP y compañero de fatigas en el TechEd 2007 en Barcelona. La verdad es que lo pasamos fenomenal. Aqui Ramón y otro grande, recién MVP DirectX Javier Cantón, conmigo:Muchas gracias por las fotos Ramont...

Double Buffer Graphics in C# + GDI (II)

This happens sometimes to me.As a C++ programmer, when I moved to .net I was not used to have things done there for me, so I tended to do everything on my own (I found myself once programming a method to search a substring inside a string... ;), and today it happened again.Augusto Ruiz has left a comment in my last post about GDI DoubleBuffering that is worth to mention, because all the DoubleBuffer...

TheCodeProject article: easy integration between XNA and Windows Forms

I have just posted this article to TheCodeProject, it talks about how to render XNA graphics inside a Windows form. ...

Better graphics in XBox360 than in PlayStation3 ?

Today, watching some videos in one of my favourite sites, I´ve found a comparison between Assassin´s Creed for XBox360 and PlayStation3.Link: http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2581.htmlIt´s quite impressive to see that XBox360 beats the PS3 up in this game. Some people say it´s just a contrast or gamma...

XNA Image Reflector. Easily create web 2.0 reflected images

In the last months or years, every single power point I see, with a decent design and look, includes pictures that have been "reflected" vertically, as if they where in the top of a reflecting table or so... it´s the so-called "web 2.0 reflection". Just like this one:This kind of effect can be easily...

XNA easy and efficient primitive rendering (PrimitiveBatch)

Recently, I got into the situation where I had to render a simple line in a 2D view, in XNA. As the fixed func. pipeline is no longer available, in order to do so you would have to deal with a shader. Probably a BasicEffect or another one created to render 2D lines.I just googled up for "xna 2d rendering" and I´ve found this article in ZiggyWare (a must for any XNA developer). It shows how to do some...

The real Cooperative Gaming

I´ve found a picture of what should be the so-called "cooperative gaming":This is friendship, isn´t it?Juas !...

Tetris a.k.a "Cuadrados de Rusia"

Y es que así es como parece que conocen en China al Tetris.Yo ya sabía que era un juego adictivo, porque me dejaba casi todas las monedas de 25 pelas que componían mi paga en la jodía maquinilla, pero es que esta noticia me ha dejado "pa'llá":Una anciana china de 72 años, adicta a los vídeojuegos desde...

TechEd 2007. More C# 3 features. Object and collection initializers

Another great feature of C# version 3, shown in the TechEd today and yesterday is Object Initializers.Working as expressions, we can create and initialize objects in a single statement. Imagine we have a class Provider, with properties Name and email. We can do the following:Provider prv = new Provider() { Name="Microsoft", email = "microsoft@microsoft.com" }That will create the object and initialize...

TechEd 2007. .NET Language Integrated Query (LINQ)

The last session I attended on monday was:The .NET Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Frameworkby Luca Bolognese (Senior Program Manager, Microsoft).For anyone thas has worked in data access components, software, or have struggled at anytime with databases, this represents a huge step forward in terms of productivity, robustness, understandability, and efficiency.I´m no expert in such issues but, to...

TechEd 2007. VStudio 2008, C# 3, Automatic Properties

Just following the previous post, I keep talking about the session by Daniel Moth (http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog ), yesterday in the TechEd.He showed another C# 3 new feature that is extremely useful: Automatic Properties.You not tired about writing something like this?private int mNumCustomers;public int NumCustomers{get{return mNumCustomers;}set{mNumCustomers = value;}}This is a pain in the ass......

TechEd 2007. VisualStudio 2008, C# 3, MultiTargeting and Anonymous Types

Yesterday, from 16 to 17:15, Daniel Moth (http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog ) introduced the new features of VStudio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5. It was a very impressive session, fun and interesting.Specially exciting the new multi-targeting feature of VStudio 2008. It´s a way to tell the environment which .Net Framework version your project will target, through the project´s properties window. Just...

TechEd 2007. KeyNote by S. Somasegar

Yesterday, at 14:00 we attended the keynote of the TechEd2007, by Microsoft´s developer division corporate vice-president, Mr. S. Somasegar. He presented the new key features of Microsoft developments plattform: VisualStudio 2008, .Net Framework 3.5, SilverLight, the Expression Studio tools, etc.To...

TechEd Barcelona. 2007

Tomorrow I´m traveling to Barcelona to attend the Microsoft TechEd Developers 2007. I´d be glad to meet you there if you also attend. I´ll try to post session comments here too, at the end of each day. Cheers! ----- Mañana viajo a Barcelona para asistir al TechEd Developers 2007 que Microsoft organiza...