BPC: Art and Computation – Fall 2006BPC: Art and Computation – Fall 2006

A Brief Technical Review (with an A Brief Technical Review (with an update)update)

Erik Brisson

ebrisson@bu.edu

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Designing a Virtual EnvironmentDesigning a Virtual Environment

Tools introduced so far– Definition of geometry

• Rectangles, cylinders, cones

– Texture mapping– Sound mapping – Animation

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Defining geometryDefining geometry

hquad, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 0hquad, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 0vrect, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2vrect, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2vrect, 4, 5, 4, 7, 2vrect, 4, 5, 4, 7, 2vrect, 4, 7, 2, 7, 2vrect, 4, 7, 2, 7, 2vrect, 2, 7, 2, 5, 2vrect, 2, 7, 2, 5, 2vcyl, 0, 2, 0.5, 3vcyl, 0, 2, 0.5, 3vcone, 2, -5, 1, 2vcone, 2, -5, 1, 2vrect, -1.5, -3, 0, -3, 2vrect, -1.5, -3, 0, -3, 2vrect, 0, -3, 2, -1, 2vrect, 0, -3, 2, -1, 2vrect, 2, -1, 0.5, -1, 2vrect, 2, -1, 0.5, -1, 2vrect, 0.5, -1, -1.5, -3, 2vrect, 0.5, -1, -1.5, -3, 2hquad, 2, -5, 4, -3, 2, -1, 0, -3, 2hquad, 2, -5, 4, -3, 2, -1, 0, -3, 2

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Texture mappingTexture mapping

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Sound mappingSound mapping

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AnimationAnimation

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Geometry – objects need namesGeometry – objects need names

““hq1”, hquad, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 0hq1”, hquad, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 0““r1”, vrect, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2r1”, vrect, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2““r2”, vrect, 4, 5, 4, 7, 2r2”, vrect, 4, 5, 4, 7, 2““my_favorite”, vrect, 4, 7, 2, 7, 2my_favorite”, vrect, 4, 7, 2, 7, 2““another_rect”, vrect, 2, 7, 2, 5, 2another_rect”, vrect, 2, 7, 2, 5, 2““cilly_cyl”, vcyl, 0, 2, 0.5, 3cilly_cyl”, vcyl, 0, 2, 0.5, 3““cone1”, vcone, 2, -5, 1, 2cone1”, vcone, 2, -5, 1, 2““r5”, vrect, -1.5, -3, 0, -3, 2r5”, vrect, -1.5, -3, 0, -3, 2““r6”, vrect, 0, -3, 2, -1, 2r6”, vrect, 0, -3, 2, -1, 2““r7”, vrect, 2, -1, 0.5, -1, 2r7”, vrect, 2, -1, 0.5, -1, 2““r8”, vrect, 0.5, -1, -1.5, -3, 2r8”, vrect, 0.5, -1, -1.5, -3, 2““hq2”, hquad, 2, -5, 4, -3, 2, -1, 0, -3, 2hq2”, hquad, 2, -5, 4, -3, 2, -1, 0, -3, 2