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DAI 575 Design of Virtual Worlds - Jane Veeder, Instructor

Online Resources 10/24/03 Update

Design of Virtual Worlds Class Web Sites

http://userwww/sfsu.edu/~jkv4edu (hub for this site)
http://dai.sfsu.edu/vworlds2003s
http://dai.sfsu.edu/vworlds2002/compilation

Transmedia Sources

Films to rent: Existenz, 13th Floor, Strange Days, Being John Malkovich, Minority Report (Interactive information board in Police Lab)

Web3D Technology Sources

Note: The use of any of the players requires that you expand the memory allotment for your browser program as large as comfortably possible

www.mindavenue.com
Browser Plugin for WIN/Mac. MindAvenue makes Axeledge (WIN/Mac OS X) Web3D authoring program which will be our primary software resource.. Download free browser plugin and access user support materials. Software is available via www.journeyed.com as well as the Mindavenue site Store.

www.wings3d.com
Wings3D opensource and free polygon mesh editor. Note that the tutorials, early-version manual, and other user support information including user and developer forums, are all on the Web site, not in the software. Runs on both Windows and MacOSX

www.vizx3d.com
VizX3D: Good low-cost basic modeling, animation, VRML/X3D authoring program for WIN, free trial copy on web site

www.www.anark.com
Makers of Anark Studio - Web3D/2D authoring program. Includes 3D motion graphics capabilities within a 2D, channel-structured paradigm

www.mediamachines.com
X3D (successor to VRML and compatible with XML) Browser Plugin for WIN

www.wings3d.com
Wings3D opensource and free polygonal modeler

www.modelsoftinc.com
MeshBase, 3D polygonal editor useful for modifying and polygon resolution reduction. Download 60 day free trial

www.parallelgraphics.com
VRML Browser Plugin: Cortona VRML Client for WIN and Cortona MAC (v1.0) for Macintosh
Several quality authoring tools for WIN.

http://www.adobe.com/products/atmosphere/main.html
Atmosphere is an Adobe authoring product for creating "3D stage sets" for virtual worlds.

www.shout3d.com
No browser plugin needed, uses Java3D on both WIN/MAC
Inexpensive authoring tool for WIN

www.trapezium.com
Source for Chisel, a VRML validation, geometry reduction, optimizer program for VRML

www.quantumlynx.com/micromouse/
Source for Accutrans file conversion utility

www.pulse3d.com
Browser Plugin: WIN/MAC
Free Pulse Creator authoring tool for WIN. Fees for non-educational publishing. Emphasis is currently on interactive corporate training via web3D.

Virtual World Design Sources

http://www.unites.uqam.ca/AHWA/Meetings/2000.CIHA/index.html
click on "Ancestors of the Historical Aspects of Virtual reality and its Contemporary Impact"
by GRAU,Oliver

http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/580
IBM IBM's Realplaces Design Guide. Fascinatingly practical design guidelines for online virtual 3D environments as workplaces.

Web3D Information Resources

www.cube3.com and www.cube3/sfweb3d/
Larry Rosenthal's site which includes site for the SFWEB3D Group which meets monthly at the DVGarage, 785 Market Street, Suite 200, downtown SF.

http://web.mit.edu/jhmurray/www/HOH.html
Resource site for Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace, by Janet Murray. Many links to related sites. Valuable.

http://web3d.about.com/
http://3dgraphics.about.com/ (3D graphics and virtual reality)
One of the About.com sites, features frequently updated information on technology and industry related to all forms of 3D graphics, including Web3D, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and online virtual worlds.
JOIN THIS LIST TO RECEIVE WEEKLY NEWS, REVIEWS, ARTICLES, AND NEW SITES
Sign up at: http://3dgraphics.about.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm

www.web3d-fr.com
French Web3D online newsletter. Some features are in English. Interviews and Articles section has links to project sites. Also links to free resources like 3D models.

www.virtuworlds.com/3DEZine/
Online magazine for 3D virtual worlds. Contains news about industry developments, information about software, reviews and tutorials.

www.web3d.org
The site of the Web3D consortium, a group of companies and individuals developing the next generation of VRML, X3D. Click on "Web Links" for relevent sites.

www.web3droundup.org
An event showcasing Web3D appearing at a number of conferences during the year. Combination Gong Show and Iron Chef, it features 5 minute Do-it-or-die demos by companies developing either Web3D technology or content. Click on the SIGGRAPH 2001 "Presenters" list for links to companies producing either web3D technology or content.

www.macweb3d.org
Information source and download links for VRML and other Web3D applications which run on the MacOS.

www.3dgate.com
3D magazine now lives only on the web. Frequently updated information on 3D graphics applications, hardware, and software.

http://kb.hitl.washington.edu/onthenet.html
Virtual Reality resources on the net, project of the HIT Lab at University of Washington. Frozen in 1999.

Commercial Online Virtual Worlds

www.virtualworldsreview.com (names of and links to many online virtual worlds, reviews, etc.
www.there.com - (WIN only) New (2003) online 3D virtual world (online chat, activity, games site)
www.secondlife.com - (WIN only) New (2003) online 3D virtual world (online chat, activity, games site)
www.toontown.com - (WIN only) New Disney-themed online 3D virtual world (online chat, activity, games site)
www.worlds.net - (WIN only) 3D online community
www.cybertown.com (WIN only) 3D online community
www.activeworlds.com (WIN only) - oldest online virtual world. Has an Eduverse supporting educational application worlds focused on topics such as language learning and virtual PTA.

Free Assets

Sounds
www.a1freesoundeffects.com/noflash.htm
www.soundcentral.com
www.soundamerica.com
www.moviewavs.com
www.dailywav.com
www.cartoonwav.com

3D Models
http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/search.html
www.turbosquid.com
www.avalon.viewpoint.com - public domain models and textures
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dproc/ - 3DS objects
http://www.dreamsandmagic.com - textures and objects
http://www.3dlinks.com/ - links to similar 3D graphics sites
www.3dbuzz.com - news and links to 3D graphics companies
and google "free 3D models"

Web3D Related Companies and Projects

www.planet9.com - using game technologies for urban simulatio (SF)
www.manyone.net - developing a network of online expert information (SF), aiming to be the PBS of the WWW
www.there.com - There Studios, makers of There, online virtual world (Menlo Park)
www.lindenlab.com - makers of Second Life, online virtual world (SF)
www.vcom3D.com - Vcom3D, makers of simulation-based character e-learning applications including signing characters
www.planet-earth.com - navigable geophysical databases
www.3dna.net - 3DNA, product for spatial organization of data. Free download of player and sample world
See the Showcase section of www.mindavenue.com
http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu - Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design at The Ohio State University. See the Gallery > VRML Gallery
www.igda.com - International Game Developers Association
www.igda.org/sanfran/ - San Francisco local chapter of IGDA

Virtual Reality, and Web Art Project Sites

Steve Wilson's 2002 Book Information Arts site
Go to bottom of page and click on "Artists Works Links" and then click on categories of Virtual Reality and Web Art.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~swilson/
Recomended: Sheldon Brown, Maurice Benayoun, Jeffrey Shaw, Michael Naimark, Benjamin Britton Rebecca Allen, Char Davies, Andy Best and Merja Puustinen, Perry Hoberman, and any artists using the CAVE.

Sheldon Brown, UCSD
http://www-crca.ucsd.edu/~sheldon/index.html

Rebecca Allen, UCLA - Bush Soul: Travelling Consciousness in an Unreal World
http://emergence.design.ucla.edu and http://www.design.ucla.edu/home.html then click on People> Faculty > Rebecca Allen > Research and Creative Work (Bush Soul piece, etc.)

Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
(Virtual Reality research and graduate work; bridge program between engineering and art; Developed the CAVE, 3-sided room and the Immersadesk, large immersive panel)
http://www.evl.uic.edu/home.html
Go to Art>VR, then look at individual works and associated papers. You can also go directly to Papers>Art for a listing.

Marcos Novak Virtual Archtecture (VRML works)
http://www.centrifuge.org/marcus

Beyond Manzanar - VRML Art Work
http://web3d.about.com/compute/web3d/

www.rhizome.org - portal for web art, jobs, information, exhibition

Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality Research Sites

California Institute For Telecommunications (joint research between State and Industry including virtual reality along with all sorts of telecommunications projects. Research facilities at UC Irvine and UCSD.
http://www.calit2.net

University of Michigan Virtual Reality Laboratory (Football coaching simulator)
http://www-vrl.umich.edu/

Columbia University Mobile Augmented Reality Systems
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/graphics/projects/siggraph2001-etech/

MIT Media Lab (click on Research)
http://www.media.mit.edu/

Georgia Tech (Conceptual Design Space), Atlanta
Interaction, useability, 3D and immersive environments design
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/virtual/CDS/
...and back up to "virtual/" to see listing of other research projects

Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Univ of Washington, Seattle
(Augmented Reality research and study)
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/
http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/knowledge_base/onthenet.html VR Resources Page

Institute for Simulation and Training (Polyshop)
Military and law enforcement training
http://www.vsl.ist.ucf.edu/

North Carolina State University (Virtual Environments Lab)
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/design/
Go to Design Research Lab then click on Project, then Vision Dome.

Stanford's Center for Design Research (Telepresence Projects)
http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/telepresence/VSEL.html

University of Alberta (JDCAD)
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~graphics/vrlinks.html

University of North Carolina (Graphics and VR Research)
http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/ProjectIndex/CompGraphics.html
http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/stc/office/ Office of the Future Project (videotape)
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~us/ Virtual Ultrasound/Laparoscopy Project

Virtual Pet Sources

Some Research Links (from Google: virtual pet and voodoo, voodoo doll, virtual voodoo doll):
Virtual Pet:
http://www.neopet.com/
http://www.virtualpet.com
http://www.virtualpuppy.com/
http://www.metapet.net/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Toys/Virtual_Pets/Tamagotchi/
http://www.mimitchi.com/html/tindex.htm
http://www.maniform.com/stuff/hamster.htm
http://www.adoptme.com
http://www.virtualhorse.com
http://www.talkingbuddy.com/index.html
http://www.froggyville.com/pickapet.html
http://www.LDW.com/lpp/index.html

Voodoo Doll:
Bernadette voodoo doll:
http://www.wired.com/animation/collection/stalling_arcadias/bernadette2/
or http://www.slip.net/~arcadias/
http://www.wired.com/animation/archive.html?bernadette=1
http://www.slip.net/~arcadias/
http://www.voodooshop.com/products/dolls/
http://www.pdacity.com/apps/details.asp?AppID=60
http://www.t0.or.at/vvv/vvv.htm
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/voodoovince/firstencounter.htm
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Abuse_20Me_20Doll#1018463229
http://www.jars.com/classes/jresout.cgi?resource=225
http://thesims.ea.com/us/support/question74.html

3D Animation and Graphics Sources

www.intel.com/technology/3d/docs
Explanations of basic principles of 3D graphics

www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter
SIGGRAPH Quarterly Online Issue Archive
May 2002 - Concept Development for Computer Animation
Article: The Nuts and Bolts of Animation (and others)
Feb 2003 - Education and VR Technology
May 2000 - Web3D RoundUp
May 1998 - Computer Gaming and Graphics

http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/toc.htm
SIGGRAPH Hypergraph Computer Graphics Education Materials
Especially valuable: Sections on Animation (Camera and Character Motion), Color, and Lighting.

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/catalog/13040-0.htm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471130400/002-9725099-0372844?v=glance
"The Way Computer Graphics Works", book by Olin Lathrop
Excellent, if slightly dated, clearly illustrated, NON-TECHNICAL explanations of the basic principles of 3D computer graphics .

http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~pacshop/lab/lab.html
Virtual Lighting Design Lab - good representations of the effects of combinations of key, back, and fill lights

http://www.schorsch.com/kbase/glossary/index.html
Lighting Design Glossary
http://www.schorsch.com/kbase/resources/fun.html
Fun with Light - interactive learning

http://www.3drender.com/light/chapter1.html
[digital] Lighting and Rendering, recommended book by Jeremy Birn