FINAL PROJECT: DECONSTRUCT SCREEN SHOTS

This is Final #6. This is the last step for the final. For the last step of the final, I had to deconstruct everything I made in my world.  The following screenshots show this process. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  



This was the immersive library I created.

 I clicked on the tool, went to remove, and then selected everything I wanted to remove.  I started with the big stone wall.

 I removed the cubes and spheres that were linked to Pivot videos and PDF files.

 I deleted everything that I built from the world.

FINAL PROJECT: ADDING 5 PDF PAPERS TO MY IMMERSIVE LIBRARY

This is Final #6. This is step 8 of final number 6. For this assignment I had to add PDF files to the library/museum. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  

This screenshot adds me showing the first PDF to the library. I chose a sphere to represent the PDF files so it would differ from the cube shaped Pivot videos.

I added two more PDF files in a sphere shape.

 I added the fourth PDF file.

Lastly, this screenshot shows the 5 Pivot videos in the cubes and the PDF file research papers in the spheres.

FINAL PROJECT: TESTING MY FELLOW CLASSMATES' IMMERSIVE LIBRARY

This is Final #6. This is step 7 of final number 6. For this assignment I had to build a library/museum.
It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  

I had to add 5 PIVOT videos to my museum.  I added cubes to the stone wall and added a link to them to the youtube videos.  These are the 5 screenshots of me adding the 5 videos.

I then had to view other people's worlds and take screenshots of them.  I viewed Cristina's world, which you can see in the first screenshot.  There are different pages for the youtube videos.

I also viewed Evan's world where you can see in this screenshot the youtube video.

WebGL Chrome Experiments the FAIL IN FIREFOX

Chrome Experiments that passed in Firefox:

1. xibalba
2. JsOrrery
3. push-to-break
4. valley-of-uncanny-01
5. 4irpucks
6. 3D Tetris
7. SWOOOP
8. SnowBox
9. DinoHunter
10. Lord of the Rings- The Hobbit



Chrome Experiments that failed in Firefox:

1.  car-visualizer-classics
2. Find your Way to Oz

WebGL Chrome Experiments using Google's Chrome Browser

For this assignment I viewed different WebGL Chrome 3d experiments using Google's Chrome Browser.  The three experiments I found that I liked the best were 3D Tetris, SWOOOP, and SnowBox.

These are screenshots of me playing 3D Tetris:

These are screenshots of me playing SWOOOP:

These are screenshots of me playing SnowBox:

The Education Grid

For this assignment, I visited http://TheEducationGrid.org/ aand read about the Education Grid.  It is the network that a lot of virtual worlds are on.  These are the screenshots of what I viewed.

Here you can read about the history of the Education Grid.

 You can also read about legal liability.

 You can also read about broad access.

Lastly I viewed open source, royalty fee, and the openly distributable.

Final #4: High Resolution Avatar

This is Final #4: High Resolution Avatar. For this final I had to use the MakeHuman software to create my own avatar. I played around with the software to get different looks of the avatar itself and different styles that my avatar was wearing. The final result was an avatar that I tried to get to look like me.
It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  

This is the final avatar that I created to look like me:

These are the screenshots of the process I went through in creating the avatar.  I tried out a lot of different things using the MakeHuman software.

I started off with this avatar.

 I added hair and changed the color of the eyes, made longer eyelashes, and darker eyebrows.

 I adde a blue tshirt and jeans.

 I added a jacket too and black shoes.

 I changed the outfit to a white shirt and black shorts.

 I made the last outfit change to a blue long sleeve shirt and white shorts. I changed the sneakers as well.

 I changed the shape of the face one last time.

FINAL 5C: MY CUSTOMIZED JAVA GAME

This is Final 5C: My Customized Java Game. For this part of the final, I had to create a game where I used my head and the IED symbol as the characters. My head tries to eat the lettuce, while the IED symbol tries to eat me. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  

The link to my game:
http://www.greenfoot.org/scenarios/11927

Final screenshot of the game:

These are the screenshots of the process I went through...

I right clicked on the turtle and clicked set image. I imported from file and chose the headshot of me.  The headshot replaced the turtle.

 I did the same thing when I replaced the snake with the IED symbol.

FINAL 5b: Greenfoot Lettuce and Snake

This is Final 5b: Greenfoot Lettuce and Snake. I had to watch a tutorial and had to follow the instructions on how to program a game myself. There were many steps in creating this game, where turtles eat lettuce and snakes try to eat the turtle. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  

This is the link to the game I created:
http://www.greenfoot.org/scenarios/11926

This is the final screenshot of the game I created:

These are the screenshots of the process I went through to create the game.
I had to program the turtle to move and if it hits the edge of the world, it should turn 15 degrees.

I also made it so the turtle randomly turns.

The turtle will turn both left and right.

I had to add lettuce as an Actor.

You can see the lettuce in this screenshot.

I programmed the turtle to eat the lettuce if he runs into it.

I also added a snake to the game.

I programmed the snake to eat the turtle if he runs into it.

FINAL 5a: Greenfoot JoC #4 Finally some code!

This is Final 5a: Six Greenfoot JoC #4 Finally some code! For this part of the final I had to follow a tutorial to start coding a game. There are the screenshots that show me doing my own coding while following someone else's coding. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc  

I started off my selecting the TurtleWorld. This gave me the sandy background. I clicked on turtle and selected new turtle. This created a turtle on the sandy background.

 I then opened the editor and programmed the turtle to move 1 step.

 I also programmed the turtle to move 4 steps.

 I had to click compile and then added more turtles. When I clicked run they turtles move 4 steps.

 I can also right click the turtles to get them to select something for the turtles to do. I made them move 20 steps this time.

 I also right clicked and made the turtles turn 90 degrees.

 This shows the turtle moved 90 degrees.

I opened the editor again and made the turtles move 4 steps and turn 5 degrees.

 I clicked compile and then ran the program.  The turtles moved and rotated at the same time.