http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/ 2026-04-22T14:43:27+00:00 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/ http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:blendertexturing?rev=1714397608&do=diff Blender Model Export and UV Texturing * Here are the steps required for exporting a textured object from Blender3D to Panda3D (NOTE: You have to use Blender versions BEFORE 2.5, because the Panda exporter doesn't yet work in 2.5 or later). If you have access to MySchool, you can view these steps in action in the video that has been uploaded into the course there under text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:fp-prop?rev=1714397608&do=diff Final Project Proposal The presentation of your final project proposal will take place in class on Thursday the 4th of October. Remember that you have to give your presentation then to earn your 5% proposal grade (unless you give me a valid excuse ahead of time). text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:fp-rep?rev=1714397608&do=diff Final Project Report Contents This is a short but informative, report about the final project that should include: * Title / Authors * Screen shot (at least one at the very top of the paper - see formatting instructions below) * Short abstract (at least one paragraph summarizing what your project is about) text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:fp?rev=1714397608&do=diff Final Project Final Presentations Schedule All presentations take place Wednesday December 1 (14:55-17:55) in M1.05. SlotTimeTitleTeam 1 15:00 Island Adventure Andreas and Marcel 2 15:15 Briscola Online Angelo and Lorenzo 3 15:30 text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_1_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 1 - Introduction to Python To work through these exercises, use the reference materials on the main course page. The hints are there for a quick reference, but you'll probably need to look a few things up as well. * Hello World: Create a program called text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_2_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 2 - Making Scenes in Panda 3D In-Class Excercises Before You Start * Download and unzip the Lab 2 Asset File into your working directory (where you will be writing and running your python script). Making a Virtual Room in Panda 3D * Loading and Posing an Object: text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_3_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 3 - Camera, Text, Sound and Outside Environment In-Class Exercises Before You Start * Download and unzip the Lab 3 Asset File into your working directory (same directory you used last week) Continuing with your Virtual Room * You should continue working where you left off last week on the text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_4_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 4 - Events, Collision and Movement Before You Start * Download and unzip the Lab 4 Asset File into your working directory * (Optional) For working with PhysX (see last step below), you need to install The PhysX Software System Making a functional trap door * Creating a New Scene: text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_5_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 5 - Actors and State Machines Before You Start * Download and unzip the Lab 5 Asset File into your working directory Interacting with a moving actor In this exercise, you have to create a character that paces around while he is unaware of you. But as soon as you come within a certain range, he stops and looks at you. While the character is watching you, you can click on him to start a conversation with him. If you have entered a conversation, you can click on something else to stop … text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_6_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 6 - Avatars and HUD Before You Start * Download and unzip the Lab 6 Asset File into your working directory Roaming Ralph with a HUD In this exercise you'll start with a fully working 3rd person world with Ralph as your avatar. You'll then add a couple of classic HUD features, namely the text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_7_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 7 - Writing a Shader Before You Start * Download and unzip the Lab 7 Asset File into your working directory Writing a Shader * The Simplest Shader: Make sure you can run testshader.py and that you can see a white teapot on the screen. The color blue is being passed into the shader through the text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:lab_8_materials?rev=1714397608&do=diff Lab 8 - Character Animation with Blender Before You Start * You need to have Blender installed on your computer (pick the same version of Python as you are using for Panda 3D if you can). * You need to have extracted the contents of the latest Chicken Egg Exporter zip file into your text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:main?rev=1714397608&do=diff T-626-VIEN and T-723-VIEN, Virtual Environments, Fall 2010 Basic Info * Instructor: Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson * Contact: Office in Venus floor 2, telephone 559-6323, and email hannes[ ]ru.is (open office hours) * Theory Lectures: Tuesdays 14:55-16:30 (M 1.05) * text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prep1?rev=1714397608&do=diff Discussion Preparation 1 Goal Your goal with this preparation is to get familiar with three different 3D environments so that you are ready to discuss their purpose, features, effectiveness and shortcomings during the class. You will not receive specific questions ahead of time, instead, you should let your own sense of curiosity and research guide you through these experiences. Make sure you put yourself in the shoes of an actual text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prep2?rev=1714397608&do=diff Discussion Preparation 2 (Presence) Goal The concept of “Presence” is frequently encountered when discussing virtual environments. For example, you may be asked by someone to create a virtual environment that provides a great level of presence for the user. However, it is a rather complex concept and there are various ways to describe what underlies a great level of presence. The goal of this discussion preparation is to get more familiar with this concept and think about it in terms of your… text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prep3?rev=1714397608&do=diff Discussion Preparation 3 (Actors/Archetypes) Goal Actors (characters) are essential to many interactive environments, often playing parts in a story, representing you in the world, or simply guiding you through the experience. These actors come in many shapes and sizes, and they fulfil a variety of roles. When designing these actors, we can take inspiration from cinema. Christopher Vogler, a Hollywood veteran and teacher at the text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prep4?rev=1714397608&do=diff Discussion Preparation 4 (Being an Avatar) Goal When you “dive” into cyberspace you enter a graphical body called an “avatar”. This is your representation in the virtual environment. We can think of it as our own second body, but the question is to what extent does this body support actual embodiment in the other world? The goal of this preparation is to understand the possibilities and the limitations afforded by typical avatar technology. text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prep5?rev=1714397608&do=diff Discussion Preparation 5 (Art and Information) Goal The goal with this preparation is to open your eyes for virtual environments that portray something other than literal spaces. Interactive 3D environments can make you understand or experience new dimensions that simply cannot be discovered through our perception of the natural world around us. text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prep6?rev=1714397608&do=diff Discussion Preparation 6 (The Future) Goal The goal with this preparation is to get you to think about how the relatively new medium of interactive virtual environments will change the ways we go about our daily lives in the future. Computer technology is fairly recent and the way we interface with computers and the world of information they contain is still fairly primitive. We can expect rapid changes over the next decade or two. text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prog1?rev=1714397608&do=diff Programming Assignment 1: Room with Interactive Items Basic Info Due: Wednesday, October 6th at 23:59 Group size: Max 2 people What to turn in: Single ZIP file with Python files, asset files and an item data file Note: Use comments in your code to explain what you are doing. text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prog1screens?rev=1714397608&do=diff Some Screenshots from Assignment 1 These are screenshots from the first programming assignment ordered alphabetically. Andreas and Marcel Angelo Brynjar Carmine Francesco Hamid and Oddur Hörður Jökull and Sigmar Lorenzo Luis Niccolo and Unnar Sebastian and Steffen text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prog2?rev=1714397608&do=diff Programming Assignment 2: Compelling Story with Characters Basic Info Due: Wednesday, October 27th at 23:59 Group size: max 2 people What to turn in: Single ZIP file with Python files, asset files and an item data file (assets from URL is ok) Note: text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-10-3:prog2screens?rev=1714397608&do=diff Andreas and Marcel Angelo Brynjar Francesco Hamid and Oddur Hörður Lorenzo Luis and Carmine Sebastian and Steffen Stefán and Sigmar Þröstur Unnar and Niccolo