{"id":409,"date":"2015-11-12T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/?p=409"},"modified":"2015-11-12T13:08:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T19:08:22","slug":"space-elevator-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/2015\/11\/12\/space-elevator-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Elevator, week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bryce: Learned about materials and shaders in Unity. Begin composing elevator scene. Found Earth and many shader, environment, and utility assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-422 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/files\/2015\/11\/EarthShop-300x163.png\" alt=\"EarthShop\" width=\"543\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/files\/2015\/11\/EarthShop-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/files\/2015\/11\/EarthShop-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/files\/2015\/11\/EarthShop.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Liang: Searched through the Unity Asset Store and found some 3D models that might be useful. Began work on writing the story line but found it would too complex if every possible result was considered in the development of plots. Will simplify the story later.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trevor: Found data on global elevation and sea level rise as well as air pollution, ground pollution, population, and deforestation. Found Unity assets to help with haze and other environmental effects. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accomplishments:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decided for sure to visualize coastal sea level changes and deforestation, our goal is to have at least one more visualization, General pollution visualization or population<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Compiled a list of assets to use and also visual references for our aesthetic style<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Footage of Earth from space both day and night for reference<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">List of visual extras if we have time: Clouds + Lightning, Aurora<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Found many useful databases for visualization<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Problems:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are finding that plotting the interactive system to be quite complex, so we are considering simplifying the branching paths into a more linear progression with small effects from previous questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Showing what the current Earth is, and how it will change through the interactions, project the changes all around us in different views<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We need to focus in on which visualizations we are going with<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using sea level rises as the initial motivator, this causes the necessity of tough decisions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring media visualizations around the user as the result of choice, but then move them towards the Earth to direct gaze and show visualizations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kSNbLYHRrU8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FG0fTKAqZ5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Next Week:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">T: Begin creating maps in ArcGIS, create stepped visualizations of data<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">L: Find sources for good scientific communication and simplify story\/choices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">B: Learn more about Unity lighting and shaders, begin composing elevator entry scene <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start finding media resources video, graphs, and images<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryce: Learned about materials and shaders in Unity. 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