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Googler Eric Clayberg joins Eclipse Foundation Board
Google Software Engineering Manager Eric Clayberg has been elected by the Eclipse community as a Sustaining Member Representative on the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors for the 2011-12 term. The announcement was made yesterday at the Annual General Meeting during the kick-off of EclipseCon 2011 in Santa Clara, CA. As a member of the Board of Directors, Eric will help oversee the policies and strategic direction of the Eclipse Foundation.
Eric works on the Google Plugin for Eclipse (GPE) team at Google and he was formerly with Instantiations, a company known for its focus on Eclipse Java developer tools, that was acquired by Google in 2010. Eric is also a Project Lead for the new open source WindowBuilder project at Eclipse.org. “I have been involved with Eclipse since 1999 and have always been a strong supporter of Eclipse community interests. I look forward to bringing Google scale thinking and inventiveness to my new role as board member.”
Google has been a longtime supporter of the the Eclipse Community. In addition to open sourcing Eclipse tools, Eclipse Labs is powered by Google Project Hosting and we have hosted Eclipse Days at the Googleplex in 2010, 2009, and 2008. Several Googlers will speak at EclipseCon sessions this year, including:
- WindowBuilder 101 and GWT App start to finish – Eric Clayberg
- GWT App start to finish and Building the Google Plugin for Eclipse: What We Learned – Rajeev Dayal, software engineer on the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) team.
- Android Development with Eclipse – Xavier Ducrohet, Tech lead for the Android SDK and developer tools, and Tor Norbye, software developer on the Android team
- Effective Git – Sean Pearce, lead on JGit project
- GWT App start to finish and Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) 101 – Dan Rubel, software engineer on the GWT team and formerly co-founder of Instantiations and Jaime Wren, Software Engineer on the GWT team
Leadwerks Engine for Architectural Visualisation
Its always good to see innovation in the field of real-time visualisation in relation to architectural projects. Our argument is usually not to go for the known route, the high priced software engines, but to explore other solutions for clients. As such it is really nice to see visualisation companyPure3d using the Leadwerks Editor.
Pure3d’s remit was to deliver a rendered movie template which could be used for further editing and audio overlay. The visualisation was based upon CAD floor plans which they used as a base for modeling and layout.
In terms of Interactivity, the project can be presented in a game like setting with realtime interactivity, this allows prospective purchasers to take a free look around the site and properties.
Rendering is quick with the source material movie output to 4000x3000px per frame in less than 30 minutes on a single workstation, this in turn means notable savings in production costs.
Head over to the Pure3d Leadwerks Meets Architecture blog for more info and screenshots.