Watched Big Buck Bunny this weekend, the recently finished Project Peach movie by the Blender Institute. Of course, made with Blender. (Not to be mixed up with the Total Blender (weak pun intended).) I really enjoyed it, very fun to watch. And of course also great from the visual aspect. Go watch it, you won’t regret it! Or even better, buy the DVD.

And in case you don’t already know it, you might also want to check out the first open movie the institute made. It’s called Elephants Dream (Project Orange) and the story is… well, not your average kind of story. More like the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey, even though much more enjoyable thanks to the eye candy.

Coming up from the institute is Project Apricot. Not a movie this time, but a game based on BBB, in collaboration with the Crystal Space Game Engine.

These projects are all great. They not only show nice results, but also lead to huge improvements of the open source software and show the work process/pipeline to anyone who is interested in the topic. Anyone working with 3D, movies, games and open source should pay attention to the projects, regardless if you use the software or not. One can learn very much from there.