iCinema Demonstation

The final guest lecture is actually an excursion to the iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research, this will be a lot of fun, and you will get to see some cutting edge technology in a range of fields all relating to Digital Interactivity. We will meet at 12:55pm at the bottom of the Scientia Building steps, and we will all go in together at 1:05pm. DON'T BE LATE!

Here is an excerpt from the website http://www.icinema.unsw.edu.au/index.html:

“The iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research, established in 2002, is a joint venture of the College of Fine Arts, Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales. It brings together researchers and postgraduate students in new media, aesthetics, cinematic theory, multimedia design, computer science, cognitive science, software/hardware engineering and mining virtual reality.
The iCinema research program focuses on research into digital interactivity for benchmark applications across the arts, culture and industry. In particular, it is focused on the way the digital can be used to imagine new ways of living in the contemporary world, redefining how we seek recreation and learning, and the way we work and do business.”

Play Custom Map in Crysis Game Environment

Here is a link to information on play a custom map with the Crysis Game:
http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=11373

Specialisations

Student	Specialisation
Essmael	Analysis
Alichia	Packaging, skinning, etc.
Cameron	Advanced AI
Kenneth	Custom Animations (Character + Vehicles)
Swati	On Screen Overlays (Text, information, etc.)
Wirada	Weather Controls
Jackey	Cutscenes, Staged Walkthroughs, etc.
Wilson	Custom HUD
Suthea	Traffic Control
Jane	Advanced Sound
Melissa	Advanced Doors and Windows
Karl	Multiplayer Options
Phillip	High Quality Video and Image Export
Stephen	Custom Mini Map
Eva	Custom Lighting Interactivity
Allan	Advanced Water
Pui Pui	Advanced Textures
Gordon
Michael	Video (Materials, Web, etc.)
Joanne	Custom Characters (change Default, etc.)
Wing	Advanced Elevators (Movers, Escalators, etc.)
Teresa	Advanced Player Movement (Teleportation, flying, etc.)
Jae	Custom Vegetation
Monica	Interactivity with In-game Objects

Andrew Wallace guest spot

Our next guest spot is to be presented by Andrew Wallace a recent FBE graduate working for LCA (Lara Caldera Architects). He has used several real-time engines in the support of projects and competitions with them including this model for their Greentech 'Eco House of the Future' competition:


[LCA eco-house concept in the Crysis engine via the LCA site]

This video shows off another environment and design:

Shilo McClean Guest Spot

Our next guest (week 9) will be Shilo McClean



Shilo McClean is the author of the books: Digital Storytelling: the narrative power of visual effects in film (MIT Press, 2007) and So What’s This All About Then: a non-user’s guide for digital effects in film (AFTRS, 1998). She is the producer/director of the digital visual effects videos: How Long is a Piece of String and Adding Strings to your Bow.

She will bring her immensely connected perspective to the collaborative creation of digital film works.

Links:
Shilo MClean's Blog
Digital Storytelling on Amazon

Think and Act Glocally – global collaborations for sustainable future.

We have Dr Deo Prasad presenting the guest spot for this week titled: Think and act Glocally – global collaborations for sustainable future. (Glocal is a term being used as a mix of global and local)

Deo will doubtless be covering the trials and tribulations of working with countries and their governments on collaborations at a global scale. His area of expertise is building and environmental sustainability and now their relationship with climate change. He has been working with international organisations on reforms aimed at tackling our global sustainability problems, so there will be plenty of insight into how collaborations work (or dont).


[Image from the UNEP site of the Maldives, pledging to be the first carbon neutral nation]

Reference Sites for the United Nations Environment Program:
UNEP
ROAP

Nice examples of Crysis in Architectural Practice

This is a video that shows some really nice examples of some architectural projects in Crysis. There is a lot of French speaking people at the throughout, though near the end they start speaking some English. Regardless of the language, these are the types of visuals you are all aiming for in your Fabrications.

Assembling Imported Geometry in Pieces

Hello everyone,

One problem that many of you will be facing is re-assembling your buildings in Crysis, brought in from Max (or similar) in lots of pieces because of too much geometry in the overall form. It seems the most important aspect of this process is to export all of your Max pieces with a common pivot point. Here is a video that Russell passed on to me about this issue (the video here is just a 5 minute preview, to see the whole video, go to the CryMod thread provided below):


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It is from a thread on CryMad at:
http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=17496

Here's another interesting video that Russell sent me showing some limited interactivity in a semi-interactive sceen:


This is again from CryMod, and while not exactly a tutorial, at least a suggestion to how this could be done yourselves can be found at:
http://www.crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=41256&hilight=animated+texture

Collaboration Topics - Round 3

Here are the third set of topics for each team to research over the next week. As individuals you will need to find a source for each topic assigned to your group, giving your team a total of 8 resources, 4 for each topic. You will need to individually sumarise in a post to your individual blogs your source, including any images and diagrams that may help to articulate the ideas in the chosen source. You will also need to add to the Collaborative Wiki on your topics, collaborating as a team to increase the repository of knowledge available.

Team A - Atlar

• TECHNOLOGY


• COMMUNICATION

Team 1 - Omega

• RECORDS


• KNOWLEDGE

Team B - Urbans

• INTENT


• MANAGEMENT

Team 2 - E-Volve

• REMUNERATION


• PLANNING

Team C - Orange

• CULTURE


• CONFLICT

Team 3 - Digilism

• HIERARCHY


• CONTEXT