The purpose of
this assignment was to acquaint ourselves with the VE technology
available in our lab, and to explore or show off some feature of VEs.
I created an environment with escalators.
In
this assignment we were to familiarize ourselves with creating
models in 3D Studio Max. I created a moving platform floating high
above the ocean, including transparency effects and, of course,
escalators.
In
this assignment we explored user interaction in VEs. I created
a pen-and-tablet style widget interface that had a physical
cardboard tablet mounted on the non-dominant forearm.
For my final project, I explored incorporating
passive haptics into an environment that employs redirected walking.
In particular, I made a single physical cylinder represent multiple
virtual cylinders by using a distracting task. See my
final presentation slides or the
short paper presented at ICAT 2005.