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Practical Virtual Reality Who is the module for? You will need to be visually creative and analytical You will need the ability to describe your designs in a precise, structured way There are no pre-requisite modules, so the module is open to all
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Practical Virtual Reality
N.A.Shulver@staffs.ac.uk
Of art and code...
Competition winner,Juha Nieminen, 2006
Simple Ruby RingNic Shulver, 2007
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/modelling_rendering/scc4/final/
Practical Virtual Reality
N.A.Shulver@staffs.ac.uk
An introduction to CE52303-2This module enables you to build three-dimensional
objects in a virtual realityYou will be able to design and build photo-realistic
objects [POV-Ray]You will be able to visualise complex structures and
manipulate themYou will be able to interact with objects in a scripted
3D environment [Alice]
Practical Virtual Reality
N.A.Shulver@staffs.ac.uk
Who is the module for?You will need to be visually creative and analytical
You will need the ability to describe your designs in a precise, structured way
There are no pre-requisite modules, so the module is open to all
Practical Virtual Reality
N.A.Shulver@staffs.ac.uk
What is 3D graphics for?Three-dimensional graphics has applications in
Business, advertising – online product viewsThe arts – animation, virtual sculptureEngineering – design and testing
Practical Virtual Reality
N.A.Shulver@staffs.ac.uk
What is 3D graphics for?Three-dimensional graphics
has applications inScientific and medical
visualisationFilm and television – most
fantasy movies use computer generated images (CGI) extensively
Computer games
http://www.eeggs.com/items/37845.html
Practical Virtual Reality
N.A.Shulver@staffs.ac.uk
Example movieThe following movie was generated using two
applicationsGraphics were rendered with the “POV-Ray”
package – high quality freeware, available to allThe images were made into an animation using
“Windows Movie Maker” available on all our Windows computers
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