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openGL exercise

Wednesday, January 12th @ 2:34 pm

for my OpenGL exercise I made a little drawing tool of sorts. You can draw little line segments around the screen in 3 dimensions (arrow keys move cardinal directions, and x and z move “in” and “out” of the screen). I used a combination of key, keyup, metro, and delay to incorporate a delayed key-repeat function so you can draw by holding down the keys. You can also change the color of the line by using the q (black), w (red), e (green), and r (blue) keys. The 1-6 number keys change the line thickness from 1 to 11. If you click in the center of the screen where the line starts, the handle tool is on so you can rotate the screen in 3 dimensions to view your line drawing. The space bar resets the view to default. The \ key switches between orthographic and perspective projection (with the default set to orthographic). And lastly, the backspace/delete key erases the drawing and moves the cursor back to the center of the screen.

download the patch here

Last Modified 6/23 @ 8:31 pm
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group project proposal

Monday, January 10th @ 10:04 pm

This project is based around the idea of proximity sensitive speakers. A small number of unassuming pillars (maybe 8-10 and approx. 4-5 feet tall) will be scattered about the installation space. The pillars will also all be “whispering” out loud via the speakers hidden inside them. However, when you get close to any one pillar to maybe hear what it’s whispering, the pillar becomes silent until you move away again.

Other aspects would make the piece even more interesting/interactive. Some pillars might start talking and then begin to whisper again when approached. Others, when being silenced by a viewer for too long, might shout out. If a viewer were to talk in the “presence” of a pillar, the pillar might “shhh” the user. A lound noise in the installation space might also temporarily quiet all the pillars.

A good deal of the project would involve manipulating various sound clips via MSP, not only in a random/unpredictable way, but also making sure each pillar adheres to the “rules” decided upon as far as behavior relative to proximity. Pillars would need to be constructed and speakers/microphones would need to be installed.

The other big challenge is the proximity sensing. Infrared proximity sensors are relatively inexpensive, but can only sense in one direction. If 4 sensors were used per pillar to sense the 4 cardinal directions, that quickly multiplies the number of required inputs to near 40 just for the proximity sensing. Another option might be embedding pressure sensors in the floor, which would be much more expensive and likely harder to use, but require much less overhead as far as the number of inputs and processer use.

Last Modified 3/10 @ 11:45 am
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done, for real this time

Friday, January 7th @ 6:05 pm

so my group met around noon again today to pull everything together and get it all working. had to change some of our code around a bit..there were some weird things but we got it all working, and re-exported our final .swf. enjoy.

Last Modified 1/10 @ 7:01 pm
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done

Wednesday, January 5th @ 7:47 am

ok..so i got to bed around 4.30 last night (kept the lab open till 4), woke up at 7.30..found out taegan added a little more sound and that brandy had trouble getting her stuff to work. so i made one of her variables a global variable and moved a few things around and added some script to a couple of her movie clips and that fixed those problems..then I got the preloader working (i think), so this thing should be pretty much finished. probably not as great as some of us hoped it would be, but its fully functional..just not as pretty in some places.

anyway, here’s a link to the .swf

Last Modified 12/13 @ 11:38 pm
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so its a little after 2 am

Wednesday, January 5th @ 1:29 am

and I think i’m done with the flash project..i’ve been working on it since about 7 today. taegan joined me for a bit..then june and jieun came later..brandy came a little after midnight. i still had work to do so decided to keep the lab open past midnight. laurens group has been here since around 6 and is still working too. i got the map linked up to the 4 games and handed it off to taegan and brandy to finish up. i have to start working on my audio final..which is due at 9, and as of now clocks in at the amazing length of 0 seconds..

Last Modified 12/25 @ 12:30 pm
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long day

Tuesday, January 4th @ 8:51 pm

so i’m at work now..have the 7-12 shift tonighttaegan stopped by around 7 and i did more coding with her help/encouragement. we got the info booth to go to the alphabet game and the souviners to go to the drawing game. i’m getting tired tho..june and ji-eun are showing up around 10 and brandy is supposed to stop by too..we’ll see if it actually gets finished or not

Last Modified 3/21 @ 11:28 am
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almost over..

Monday, January 3rd @ 11:11 pm

so we all met in class today and did a bunch more work..i stayed till about 12..brandy a little less…taegan, june, and ji-eun a little longer. then tonight i went in to the lab where taegan works and got a little more done with her around.

anyway..i’ve been trying to crank out actionscript for this thing the past couple days..i’m already over 500 lines of code written in just the map file. all 4 buildings are pretty much fully implemented now..when you click on one your guy moves there and a littel box comes up asking if you want to enter..and you can click yes or no. no just makes the box go away, and yes makes the splash screen of the building come up..and then once i start tying stuff together you’ll actually enter the game

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