Virtual Lab Download
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kponto/ds501/Mechdyne_Virtual_Lab_Setup_2012.02.23_10.42.exe
After installing the program:
Sketchup Plugin Download
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kponto/ds501/UWLEL_SketchupPlugin.exe
old version
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~kponto/ds501/UWLEL_SketchupPlugin-old.exe
We will discuss the readings and projects
This is just a reminder that two things are due by Sunday midnight
Make a posting in the projects category. I will move it around and create a new category for your group. We will talk about how this will work moving forward in Tuesday’s class.
Comments for the readings are also due Sunday night. We will discuss the readings in Tuesday’s class.
Cave Archeological Virtual Excursions
At least one concept image
C.A.V.E. was inspired upon Nightmare Before Christmas ‘hub” and airport terminals.
A brief description of your project
What you are attempting to accomplish?
We are attempting to make an interactive puzzle game with multiple environments all following a cohesive story/setting. Must be interesting and fun.
Description of the user’s experience
Does the user have a goal?
The user will be tasked with solving basic puzzles and traversing through interesting locales.
How will the user interact with the system?
The user will interact using the standard cave wand and potentially voice recognition using the Kinect.
What happens if the user doesn’t do what they are supposed to?
An indicator will be displayed on their hud giving them a clue as to what to do. Depending on how hard an objective can be, we can tweak this such that it is either more/less obvious.
Equipment
What software and hardware do you plan to use
The Cave >.> Possibly the Kinect. Sketchup, Revit and 3DS Max
Weekly Timeline
Either use a Gantt chart or describe desired outcomes on a weekly basis
April 9: Have a cohesive theme and general direction for the game. Start creating puzzle design charts and specific level requirements/directions. Start working on terminal.
April 16: Have puzzle design charts finished and specific level requirements/directions finished. Start modeling levels. Start programming a HUD && item interactivity. Look at Kinect Voice Recognition. If (easy){startKinectProgramming()}else{nope.avi}
April 23: Levels are (or are nearly) finished. Have programming of HUD (say “give me a hint” and text is displayed) finished. Item interactivity almost finished, depending on how fast it takes to implement all of the levels.
April 30: The experience is finished, just adding the finishing touches/bug fixes.
May 7: Hopefully finished with a working game that doesn’t crash. (probably won’t happen)
What contingency plans do you have?
Make a shoebox diorama and have people use their imaginations.
What is the bare minimum you would consider a success?
A fun and interesting environment that people can walk through and enjoy.
Places:
Hub
Petra/Angkor Wat
Taizhou
Egypt – Pyramid
Puzzles:
Petra
Scroll deciphering
Open Sesame to open big tomb door
???
Profit
Genie Lamp
Egypt
Choose the right canopic jars and place them in order on a pedestal.
Tomb is revealed
Open sarcophagus with ultrahuman strength?
Taizhou
Hidden object in a painting, object hidden behind the painting
PAINTING PUZZLES!!!!11!!1!!!!!
Team: Snowball
Project Description:
In our project, we hope to create a mountain that looks and feels realistic in the virtual environment to simulate a true skiing experience. We plan to include a ski lift that takes the participant to the ski mountain where they can explore and see the scenery atop the mountain. They will then (hopefully) have their choice of multiple runs, in which they can choose to ski, snowboard, or sled. Successful completion of the challenge will be if the participant can reach the bottom of the mountain and avoid all obstacles they face on the ski path. After finishing, they can take the ski lift back to the top of the mountain to try the other runs (if time permits) and compare different virtual snow sports in the process.
Success:
Required Equipment:
Timeline:
The Jasper-A Haunted Hotel
The terrible sight of a haunted hotel; photo by George Pau.
Jerry Chen
Natalie Flunker
Jerry Hui
Hasti Mirkia
How would you like to be the paranormal hero, who will rid an old hotel of all its unwelcomed ghostly guests?
We are building The Jasper, a haunted hotel. There will be at least four rooms plus a front garden in which players can freely explore. Different architectural and period designs are featured in the rooms–initial choices are Gothic, Victorian, Baroque, and neo-Classical. Ghosts are hiding in different rooms. To win the game, players will have to find all the ghosts and catch them all.
To begin conceptualizing the Jasper, bubble diagrams help us visualize the relationships between various environments of the Jasper such as lobby, restaurant and rooms and also explore multiple alternatives of layouts.
Bobble diagram of the first floor by Hasti
Bobble diagram of the second floor by Hasti
The Jasper can accommodate more than one player. Only one player will be navigating movements, and have the proper head tracking.
Players will begin in the front garden of The Jasper. They can freely explore the environment, using the direction button on the Wii-mote or nunchuck. They will see a counter on top of the screen, indicating the number of ghosts that are caught, and the total number of ghosts in the hotel.
Ghosts will occupy different rooms, and are mostly hidden until provoked. For example, a ghost will be hiding under the bed in one of the bedrooms upstairs; maybe a corner of the ghost or the glowing eyes of the ghost will give it away, and the players (any one of the players) can then use a voice command such as “check under the bed” to drive the ghost out of its hiding place. If users try to check places that have no ghost, a narrator will respond to indicate there are no ghost (“I don’t think there’s anything there.”; there will be at least 3 different responses to provide variety). Then the players can catch the ghost, either by a voice command (“CATCH THAT GHOST!”) or by clicking a button on the Wii-mote/nunchuck.
Here are some ghosts modeled by Jerry C:
Ghost models by Jerry C
Due to time constraints, we don’t have a fixed way to bring the game to a close. However, if development time allows, we may introduce extra challenges such as a time limit to find all ghosts.
The Jasper will use head tracker, Wii-mote (and/or nunchuck), and Kinect (for voice recognition).
For contingency, we may reduce the number of rooms in the hotel. We may also simplify animations (for example, less detailed animation for the ghosts). We may also simplify interaction from voice recognition to only button clicks on Wiimote.
Our project planning:
By 4/12: Floor plan complete, basic animation scripting
By 4/19: Most rooms modeled, begin modeling interactive objects, Kinect and Wii control scripts
By 4/26: Combine all rooms into a single model, house exterior, preliminary testing on single wall
By 5/3: Testing in CAVE
By 5/10: Calibration, presentation
Our optimistic estimation of tasks and progress. Definitely subject to change.
Keys:
Purple: Natalie
Green: Hasti
Brown: Jerry C
Blue: Jerry H
Yellow: All
For class 4/9/13
Post Comments by 11:59 PM on 4/7/13
Human Tails: Ownership and Control of Extended Humanoid Avatars
William Steptoe, Anthony Steed, and Mel Slater
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7049050/Steptoe_ieeevr13.pdf
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2zbZLBUqwU
Kurihara
Simply write a paragraph with your impressions and discussion of this technote. Things you can use as motivation if you are not sure where to begin:
Due: 4/7/13 at 11:59 pm
The goal now is to create a project blog page. This page will be used to both describe both your project goals and process. The first step in this process is create a description page. The page should consist of:
At least one concept image
A brief description of your project
Description of the user’s experience
Equipment
Weekly Timeline
We will have groups present project ideas and talk about project timelines.
