Stacy's Blog: 2013

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Class 11, Assignment 9- Course Evaluations

Course evaluations that were done for the Discovering Computer Graphics Class

Final #3: Group 3D Building Project

I built a pond along one of the corners of the house using a water tool that I downloaded. I dropped blocks across a portion of a land in order to make it. I added blocks in order to represent red and purple flowers in order to give it a scenic look.

Other blocks were added along the trees in order to give the surroundings of the house a beautiful landscape feeling.

I added grass painted blocks along the house to make tall and small bushes. I created a border along the house in order to give it a greater look of a landscape.

Hedges like these were added throughout the surroundings of the house to further compliment the trees that fellow classmate Omari Spears planted.

Bushes such as these were planted throughout the entire yard.

This was the beginning process of the landscape that I created in the front part of the house. I used the block tool in order to make hedge lines to make a small path. I used the paint tool in order to paint the top area of the blocks purple in order to make it look like there are flowers. The two blocks on the sides of these hedges are bushes of flowers. Grass and carpet blocks were used in order to create this.

This is a more updated version of the front of the house. I also added hedges within the corners of the house and red blocks around the rocks that were on the floor in order to represent flowers.

This is a group project that I participated in in order to help build a house. Each team member was responsible for a part of the house. I took responsibility over landscaping and planted greenery and a pond along the surroundings of the house. It is a final exercise of the immersive education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called discovering computer graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://immersiveeducation.org/@/bc/

8/1/2013 Class Gameboard Team Rankings

Above is the gameboard for 8/1/2013.

Class 10: Assignment 3, Virtual Games and Virtual Reality

Syllabus

Website

This is the website and syllabus of the Virtual Games and Virtual Reality course that is offered at Boston College. It is also an immersive class that incorporates hands on 3D experience.

Class 10:Education Grid

These are screenshots of the education Grid, that provides students an infrastructure of the immersive educational world in virtual reality. It allows students to participate in virtual worlds, learning games, and simulations. Here is the link if interested: http://members.immersiveeducation.org/node/316

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Final #2: Monocular Depth Cues

ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE: the bigger box that is circled looks clearer and more detailed since it is closer,while the square farther away is becoming fuzzier and less clear within sight.

LIGHTING AND SHADING: One side of each box that is circled in red is a darker shaded side compared to the sides that are lighter. The darker side is less exposed to the sun, which then leaves it dark.

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: as this pavement moves further away, they become smaller and smaller until it looks like there is a point that they vanish and cannot be seen by the eye.

OCCLUSION: The bigger house circled in blue, is almost covering a smaller house that is beside it. Since it is bigger the view of the other house becomes limited with sight.

SIZE DIFFERENCES: the differences between similar objects that are the same size but in different areas look different from each other. The chair and couch closer to the avatar is bigger compared to the others that are smaller since they are farther away.

TEXTURE DENSITY: The red circled part of this wall structure show bricks that are tightly close to one another, as if they are highly dense compared to those up closer (circled in blue) are less dense and is instead more detailed.

These are screenshots from the 3D online world Cloudparty. In this exercise, different screenshots were taken of different monocular depth cues that I was able to find in sight.Objects that are circled are the objects the represent these monocular depth cues. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Team Rankings on 7/30/2013

Final #4: High Resolution Avatar

This is a 3D avatar of myself created in Makehuman software. Here I was able to customized my avatar in detail since there were many customizable options in order to make her look like myself. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Face changed to look like mine

A darker complexion was given to the avatar.

An exact length of hair was given to the avatar.

Clothes were changed.

This is a screenshot of the entire avatar

Webgl Summary

Webgl stands for a webgraphics library which is a Javacript API, this allows any web browser to have the ability to run 2D and 3D graphic computer games and software. As a result, there would be no need of plugins and the computer would run smoothly. Webgl can be mixed with other HTML elements along with Javascript. An example of a program that first used this was Google Maps. Webgl also works alongside a GPU in order to prevent crashes from happening.

Cloudparty Building

In this exercise, I used building tools in order to create my own home. At least ten objects needed to be used, so as a result I added a variety of furniture.

final product

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Class 9, Assignment 2

I created a rocket on Cloudparty using buiding tools.

Class 9: Avatar Wardrobe Change

In this exercise I changed my avatar's wardrobe in cloudparty to give her a new look.

Final #1 (Flash / Powerbullet .swf files) (4)

Page 3

Page 2

Page 1

In this assignment I took all elements (name, shapes, and images) and put them in one file in different pages in order to create a flash file where all elements are animated. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

NOTE: When file is opened, scroll page all the way down to navigate pages.

Link to assignment: https://wfs.bc.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-20720351_1-t_9vDJN4vo

Final #1 (Flash / Powerbullet .swf files) (3)

In this assignment I used powerbullet. I inserted a purple background and an image of myself which is animated. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Link: https://wfs.bc.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-20713298_1-t_oJWtONOB

Final #1 (Flash / Powerbullet .swf files) (2)

In this assignment I used powerbullet in order to create a flash file with a purple background and an animated shape of choice which was a circle. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

link to actual file: https://wfs.bc.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-20713297_1-t_zbvKUZ5f

Final #1: Flash/Powerbullet .swf Files

In this exercise I used powerbullet in order to create a flash file with a baby blue background color with my name animated in purple. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://immersiveeducation.org/@/bc/

link to actual file: https://wfs.bc.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-20713296_1-t_gQG90gFJ