To continue on with my experimenting nature and on the heels of my experimental freeze-motion virtual tour of Impromptu Studio, I decided to actually create a category called “Lab” and put a menu item up top for “The Lab” –  Just want to start posting some of my experiments and other work to share.

Here’s a look at an experiment using different icons in a circle-style menu. Played around a lot with math related x and y placement, scale, and object depth, as well as the oft-overused blur effect.

Thought something like it could be used as a menu, a list of photos or videos. Kind of a neat effect. I’ll have to try a few different things with this in the future.

Yesterday the folks at Impromptu Studio graciously allowed me to interrupt them for a few minutes so I could put together a little test project.

My goal was to create an interesting virtual view of the space so people who haven’t seen it can visualize what it’s like.

Although a video tour would accomplish my goals, I decided to take a more creative approach. I wanted to “freeze time” a bit, to capture the space without the distraction of movement — and this way we get to pan back and forth through the space to take a closer look.

What do you think?