Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents public:t-vien-11-1 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/ 2026-05-03T04:20:22+00:00 Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents 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) public:t-vien-11-1:fp-prop http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:fp-prop?rev=1714397608&do=diff Final Project Proposal The proposal for your final project should be in the form of several presentation slides. We will not have time to give the presentations, but I want you to send me the slides, and from the slides I should be able to understand what your project will be about. These slides count for 5% of your total grade. text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) public:t-vien-11-1:fp-rep http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1: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) public:t-vien-11-1:lab2 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:lab2?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) public:t-vien-11-1:lab3 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:lab3?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) public:t-vien-11-1:lab4 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:lab4?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 Making a functional trap door * Creating a New Scene: Create a new program called “factory.py” and include the following imports at the beginning of the file: text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) public:t-vien-11-1:lab5 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:lab5?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) public:t-vien-11-1:lab6 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:lab6?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) public:t-vien-11-1:lab_1_materials http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1: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) public:t-vien-11-1:main http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:main?rev=1714397608&do=diff Virtual Environments, Spring 2011 Basic Info * Instructor: Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson * Contact: Email hannes[ ]ru.is * Theory Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays at 15:00 - 17:00 (AB3) * Technical Lectures/Demos: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 - 13:00 (AB3) * text/html 2024-04-29T13:33:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) public:t-vien-11-1:prep1 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1: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) public:t-vien-11-1:prep2 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1: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) public:t-vien-11-1:prep3 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1: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) public:t-vien-11-1:prog1 http://cadia.ru.is/wiki/public:t-vien-11-1:prog1?rev=1714397608&do=diff Programming Assignment: Interactive Story Basic Info Due: Monday, May 23rd at 23:59 Group size: Max 3 people What to turn in: Single ZIP file with Python files, asset files and an item data file (special upload place TBD) Note: Use comments in your code to explain what you are doing.