The GOOD Value The first thing I want to compare is the value: how much money do you actually need to spend for typical EV3 activities. The EV3 has two versions, the “home” edition sells for $349, and the “edu” versions is listed at $439. Why the significant price difference? Apart from different…

Moving From LabView to Scratch In November 2019, Lego released a brand new version of the EV3 programming environment, currently available only on MacOS. According to Lego’s official announcement, The former version of the EV3 Lab software is not compatible with the recent release of Apple’s operating system for Mac…

Update: I have just got my set and updated this article with my first impressions. Also, I wrote about the new Scratch-based programming environment for Spike Prime here. More than two years ago, I wrote a piece about my experience using an EV3 alternative (sort of) from Chinese small electronics…

Here’s how they can work together 360 photo is currently not supported by Articulate. In fact, last time I checked (June 2019), it was not even on the roadmap. Meanwhile, although Adobe Captivate does have this feature, it may not be ideal to your purpose. A friend of mine describes…

In one previous post on the subject of circular framing in cinema, I mentioned that filmmakers have been largely cautious about the use of fisheye lenses because of its circular frame and the optical distortion caused. …

(note: I started writing this post more than two years ago and then completely forgot about it. But after having recently written a piece on circular framing, this topic becomes a serendipity.) A recent film, Ida(2013), systematically challenges what we normally take as good framing. It uses a framing strategy…

— Journey From Iris Mask to Fisheye Lens As a media scholar, I am very familiar with an early stage of cinema where the use of circular mask was prevalent. The following is not a complete taxonomy of the many uses of what can be called the iris shot. …

Exploring (or exploiting) the emotionally unstable perspective of a female protagonist has been a Hollywood staple. My favorite is the 1947 Possession, where Joan Crawford, your archetypal strong female lead, suffers from unspeakable hallucinations. …