Et2010 pt13d

VISUAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION ENGAGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES II (2010) SESSION I Moderator (Betha Whitlow) Updates on New Tech I (the group) Cloud Computing (Heather Cleary, John Trendler) 3D (Susan Jane Williams, Heather Cleary) How to Keep Up (Betha Whitlow) Q&A

3D
3D Display
Rapid Prototyping
3D Modeling and Graphing
Virtual Realities and Gaming

3D 3D Display It’s been around for awhile…. (1840) Stereoscopy

3D 3D Display anaglyphs (red-cyan glasses) stereoscopy (one small image for each eye) diversely polarized images for each eye (won't work on a monitor or on paper) temporal multiplexing (guaranteed headache), lenticular screens (like gifts in cereal packs, quality can be OK if distances are optimized) holography (very difficult, no color, expensive) stereogram dots (“magic” pictures)

3D Anaglyphs (affects color quality)

3D Diversely Polarized (allows full color)

3D Modern technology combines two digital projectors fitted with polarizing filters with the use of polarized glasses and silver screens. A single projector can also be used in conjunction with a simple adapter in the front (a single-cell LCD screen that acts as a quarter-wave retarder, also known as a zscreen) that rotates the polarity of projector's light output several times per second to alternate quickly the left-and-right-eye views. Another system from Dolby Laboratories called Dolby 3D makes use of a special color filter and glasses and has the advantage that doesn't require a silver screen. Also, some theaters use a system that requires no modification on the screen or the projector but uses active liquid crystal shutter glasses that quickly block the views of each eye alternatively .

Problem: Even cool people look dumb with the glasses 3D

3D 3D Display on laptops Acer Aspire AS5738DG comes with conversion utility software (and glasses) $800 price range

3D 3D Display Asus G51J-3D Uses 3D Vision from Nvidia; requires a desktop PC with a high-end video card, a dual-link DVI connection to a compatible 120Hz LCD monitor, a USB-connected IR emitter box, and a set of active, battery-powered glasses $1700 price range

3D 3D Display on desktops BumpTop

3D Rapid Prototyping Additive manufacturing technology for rapid prototyping takes virtual designs from computer aided design (CAD) or animation modeling software, transforms them into thin, virtual, horizontal cross-sections and then creates successive layers until the model is complete. It is a WYSIWYG process where the virtual model and the physical model are almost identical.

3D [email_address]

3D Brain child of Hod Lipson (currently at Cornell)

3D In 2006, John Balistreri and others at Bowling Green State University began research into 3D Rapid Prototyping machines, creating printed ceramic art objects. This research has led to the invention of ceramic powders and binder systems that enable clay material to be printed from a computer model and kiln fired for the first time. http://johnbalistreriartist.com/ceramic-rapid-prototyping/image-gallery/

3D FLAAR (Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research)

3D 3D Modeling and Graphing

3D http://cit.duke.edu/ideas/how/vis_3d.html

Virtual Realities and Gaming Inciting Curiosity Fun Role Playing Games (RPGs) Virtual Reality Augmented Reality 3D

Reward Systems
Adding gaming elements to existing websites
Get points for submitting something or doing a regular task:
Comments
Recommendations
Tags
Links
Preferences
Use points to earn badges or other bragging rights
Usually involves no monetary award
Reputation Economy
3D

Example: Unshelved Answers Online discussion forum for librarians. 3D

Badges 3D

History: D&D and other RPGs
D ungeons and D ragons
Shared fantasy world
Rules, rules and more rules
Complex game mechanics
Create your own characters and stories
Dungeon Master (DM) or Game Master (GM)
Goal-oriented
Many flavors of R ole P laying G ames
Champions – Superheroes
GURPS – Generic Universal Role Playing Game
Call of Cthulu – based on HP Lovecraft
Dr Who – based on the television series
3D

History: SCA and LARP S ociety for the C reative A nachronism Historically-based world of the Medieval Era NO supernatual elements Arbitrary enforcement of rules Create your own characters Collaborative not cut-throat Playing dress-up L ive A ction R ole P laying Combination of D&D and SCA Fantastic elements allowed Locally shared world Local rules Timed games Usually more combat-oriented Playing dress-up 3D

ARGs in the Physical World
A lternative R eality G ames
Also known as:
Big Games
Location-based Games
Pervasive Gaming
MIT Assassins Guild
Features:
Overlays the real, physical world
Set time period
Goal-oriented
3D

ARGs Online Online sites with puzzles and games Secret codes for insiders Advertising and marketing tie-ins 3D

History: MUDs M ultiple U ser D ungeons Text-based games Computer/programmer as the GM Time-independent No fixed ending 3D

MMORPGs M assively M ultiplayer O nline RPG s Visual world Large scale No fixed ending Generate money in and out of game 3D

Virtual Reality Online Shared Worlds Second Life Recreate hard-to-reach/impossible/destroyed environments Physical rules do not always apply 3D

Incorporating SL in Academia Sloodle = Second Life + Moodle 3D

Recreation of Extant Spaces Sistine Chapel 3D

Recreation of Extant Spaces Information Overlay 3D

Recreation of Lost Spaces Pompeii Villa from the Crystal Palace, 1850 3D

Augmented Reality (AR) Combination of the real and virtual worlds Occurs in real time Usually 3-D 3D

Fun with Webcams 3D

Augmented Reality (AR) Enhancing the real world through data mining Where’s My Car app, $0.99, image from http://kered.org/blog/2010-03-04/wheres-my-car/ Wikitude app, FREE, image from CNET 3D

Et2010 pt13d

by Susan Jane Williams on May 28, 2010

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