nuxproject

Tux-penguin is a legendary character for all IT specialists. It is a symbol of a free / open-source OS - GNU + Linux . We've attempted to create its 3d model. We've made the mesh with Blender and textures in Inkscape and Gimp . Our Tux character is designed for massive 3d environments and augmented realities. Most of the 3d models of Tux that we've seen were designed to be rendered into a static image or a movie. On SourceForge we've found awesome artwork by S. Baker ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxaqfh/ ) that can be used in interactive virtual environments. The main difference is that the file should not contain unnecessary mesh detail. Nevertheless, we've decided to create our own from scratch. Here you can find a nice collection of info about Tux, which was very useful to us: https://sjbaker.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_History_of_Tux_the_Linux_Penguin Also we've stumbled upon a very cute sound recording of penguins https://freesound.org/people...

We wanted to create only something for entertainment, for ourselves. Most videogames have this boring missions and all these limitations - you can enter here, but not here - it's like in school. Even the usual reality can be more interesting. And we started to create something, almost like our around us in the real life, but decided to add a portion of beauty. And then it began. We started to seek some new unusual designs for buildings, cloth or cars, and opened something unexpected. Even simple t-schirts will soon know more about our mood that we know. Different items, small devices like communicators or even food will simply be printing on 3d-printers in our houses. And the houses will autonomously grow, repair and eventually replicate. All elements as houses, roads, vehicles, landscapes, and these videos, even music — all here is made by us from zero… At this point we have a little mess with all the files and generally this is why we didn't share these scenes with pu...

 Our sound-tracks are a little bit special in the sense that they are not just dance music. We make something more relaxing just to keep the tonus . Yes, the title "tonux" should have hinted at this:) S🐱 you can listen to our music while creating, in a traffic jam, or during a walk, it keeps you awake but doesn't rush you either. We're sharing links here, you can listen, download and remix these sources and pieces for free. We published it under CC-0 or BY-SA License.  Probably this is new interesting decentralized platform f👽r music: https://audius.co/tonuxgix We recorded this 45+ min. set for screen-captured video from our absolutely crazy project - 3d interactive enviro 'Nux': ttps://youtu.be/Em4fktcivqQ "Dolfin1-V1S11 203N1 " The farther we go, the more fascinating opportunities we see. "Dolfin2-V1S12_203N2" ...as a result, we begin to believe in ourselves, believe in the importance of creative way of life, creative way of s...

This is the old website of Nux Project. We've decided not to update it, only clean up the links. We want to have it as it is, to see in what ways our vision of the project, the world around us and of ourselves has evolved since the time we created this. Overall, this vision is not much different from what it was initially. The three priorities remain the same: free, open-source model for basic software platform peer-to-peer collaborative environment creativity as the way of life Let me briefly expand on each of these points. The first two stem from technology, so everything's simple with those: open-source model is widely adopted by leading corporations, and it's not an exotic thing anymore. Cloud storage and collaboration make any necessary resources available to practically anybody. Gradual demonetization already becomes notable not only in the IT industry. Or, rather, it is technology-driven, much more precise monetization: we will pay a lot less for things...

Nux Project is just an initiative, which aims to create an open virtual 3d interactive environment. Looks like sooner or later we will find ourselves in virtual reality anyway. But in the beginning it may be hard for people to wrap their head around the situation. Yet, this is important to do, since we need to decide where to start. Already now, there is plenty of directions, part of which will develop pretty dynamically.  I hope we will be able to help everybody who is interested. I'm glad that you're with us right now. We're just few individuals - a group of crazy artists, we call ourselves 'tonux.gix' . We play with this tide for more than a decade now. I invite you to have a look at our screen-plays: https://www.youtube.com/user/nux1i  

This is... absolutely crazy project:) Please take a look: Some Screen-shots And old project website