Practical Virtual Reality Of art and code... Competition winner, Juha Nieminen, 2006 Simple Ruby Ring Nic Shulver,
Practical Virtual Reality An introduction to CE This module enables you to build three-dimensional objects in a virtual reality You will be able to design and build photo-realistic objects [POV-Ray] You will be able to visualise complex structures and manipulate them You will be able to interact with objects in a scripted 3D environment [Alice]
Practical Virtual Reality Who is the module for? You will need to be visually creative and analytical You will need the ability to describe your designs in a precise, structured way There are no pre-requisite modules, so the module is open to all
Practical Virtual Reality What is 3D graphics for? Three-dimensional graphics has applications in Business, advertising – online product views The arts – animation, virtual sculpture Engineering – design and testing
Practical Virtual Reality What is 3D graphics for? Three-dimensional graphics has applications in Scientific and medical visualisation Film and television – most fantasy movies use computer generated images (CGI) extensively Computer games
Practical Virtual Reality Example movie The following movie was generated using two applications Graphics were rendered with the “POV-Ray” package – high quality freeware, available to all The images were made into an animation using “Windows Movie Maker” available on all our Windows computers