Due for Class 3/12/13
This is assignment is to give a pitch for a project you would be interested in pursuing. You will give a 5 minute presentation in class. Things you should cover in your presentation:
- What you are trying to do
- Why you think this would be interesting
- Things you think you know how to do
- Things you don’t think you know how to do
After you finish the presentation we will open up for questions. Pay attention to everyone presentations. After class I will have you email me:
- Two to three projects you would be interested on working on
- Projects you would definitely not want to work on
Addition Info: I have had some questions about the specifics about what I am looking for. Here is kind of an FAQ
How should I try to frame what I am pitching?
Think of trying to pitch an experience you would like to create. For instance, “I want to create the experience of being in a sea battle with pirates.” As an example, here are the project pages from the class from two years ago
http://graphics.cs.wisc.edu/WP/virtualreality11/2011/03/30/what-the-space-muffins-are-all-about/
http://graphics.cs.wisc.edu/WP/virtualreality11/2011/03/30/jc-project-desc/
http://graphics.cs.wisc.edu/WP/virtualreality11/2011/03/31/netcave-overview/
http://graphics.cs.wisc.edu/WP/virtualreality11/2011/03/30/the-galaxy-map-project/
Do I need to know how to do what I pitching?
At this stage we will work a very conceptual level. Don’t worry if you have no idea of how to implement your idea. That type of thinking will be for when we split up into teams.
How would the ideas of designing environments turn into an interesting project?
Here are some ideas that come to my mind.
Impossible Environments
In virtual reality we can make environments that aren’t physically possible. What would it be like to experience something like the infinite staircase?
In virtual reality we can change ideas of scale. What would it be like to be a very small or very large.
Environments that change as you interact with them.
Those are just a handful of ideas. Please email if you would like to bounce ideas for projects. Remember that this project pitch is not the final declaration of what you will be doing for the final project, that will be decided on a team by team basis. At the end of the day the goal is to come up with cool project ideas and to have fun.