VISUAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATIONENGAGING 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

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3D DisplayRapid Prototyping3D Modeling and GraphingVirtual Realities and Gaming

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3D Display

It’s been around for awhile…. (1840)

Stereoscopy

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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)

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Diversely Polarized (allows full color)

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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

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3D Display on laptops

Acer Aspire AS5738DG comes with conversion utility software (and glasses) $800 price range

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3D DisplayAsus 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

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3D Display on desktopsBumpTop

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Rapid PrototypingAdditive 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.

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Fab@Home

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Brain child of Hod Lipson (currently at Cornell)

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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/

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 FLAAR (Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research)

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3D Modeling and Graphing

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

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Virtual Realities and Gaming

Inciting Curiosity

Fun

Role Playing Games (RPGs)

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Augmented Reality

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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 rightsUsually involves no monetary award

Reputation Economy

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Example: Unshelved AnswersOnline discussion forum for librarians.

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Badges

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History: D&D and other RPGsDungeons and Dragons• 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 Role Playing Games• Champions – Superheroes• GURPS – Generic Universal Role Playing Game• Call of Cthulu – based on HP Lovecraft• Dr Who – based on the television series

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History: SCA and LARPSociety for the Creative AnachronismHistorically-based world of the Medieval EraNO supernatual elementsArbitrary enforcement of rulesCreate your own charactersCollaborative not cut-throatPlaying dress-up

Live Action Role PlayingCombination of D&D and SCAFantastic elements allowedLocally shared worldLocal rulesTimed gamesUsually more combat-orientedPlaying dress-up

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ARGs in the Physical World

Alternative Reality Games

Also known as: • Big Games• Location-based Games• Pervasive Gaming• MIT Assassins Guild

Features:• Overlays the real, physical world• Set time period• Goal-oriented

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ARGs OnlineOnline sites with puzzles and gamesSecret codes for insidersAdvertising and marketing tie-ins

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History: MUDsMultiple User DungeonsText-based gamesComputer/programmer as the GMTime-independentNo fixed ending

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MMORPGsMassively Multiplayer Online RPGsVisual worldLarge scaleNo fixed endingGenerate money in and out of game

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Virtual Reality

Online Shared Worlds

Second Life

Recreate hard-to-reach/impossible/destroyed environments

Physical rules do not always apply

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Incorporating SL in AcademiaSloodle = Second Life + Moodle

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Recreation of Extant SpacesSistine Chapel

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Recreation of Extant SpacesInformation Overlay

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Recreation of Lost SpacesPompeii Villa from the Crystal Palace, 1850

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Augmented Reality (AR)

Combination of the real and virtual worlds

Occurs in real time

Usually 3-D

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Fun with Webcams

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Fun with Webcams

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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

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