Chakra Media blog

Apollo was released on labs a yesterday so I downloaded and installed the Apollo Runtime as well as the Flex extensions and the and the SDK. This seems like a really cool technology, being able to use my existing web skills (Flash, Flex, HTML) to build rich Internet applications that are first-class citizens on the desktop. I can’t wait to give it a try. There was a cool demo by that maniac Lee Brimelow on his Flex blog using PaperVision3D in a full transparency Apollo app. Check it. I’ve been following PV3D for the past few months and there’s some really talented people from all over the world who are involved in pushing it forward, with new people signing up everyday. It’s exciting to see the open-source movement pushing Flash in such a cool direction. Hopefully I’ll get some free time soon to post a few demos of my own…