60-501 Building Virtual Worlds

Units: 12.0 Department: Art Prerequisites: 60-110 Cross-listed: 05-331 , 05-831 , 48-563 , 51-348 , 53-831 , 54-364 Related URLs: http://www-art.cfa.cmu.edu 60-501 Building Virtual Worlds. This is a project course. Interdisciplinary teams build desktop and immersive (helmet-based) interactive virtual worlds. It will cover world building, environmental design, non-linear storytelling, and related topics. Students will use 3D Studio Max (CAD modeler), paint tools, such as Adobe PhotoShop and DeepPaint, sound processing tools, and the Alice authoring system (www.alice.org) leading to an exhibition of class projects. The course takes students with varying talents, backgrounds, and perspectives, puts them together, and they do what they couldn't do alone. The course is targeted at undergraduates, but is open to grad students. Students MUST have ONE (not all) of the following skills: Modeling with 3D Studio Max; Painting using shadow/shape/light in a realistic style; Programming, as evidenced by using the Alice system (www.alice.org); Ability to compose and record original music; Storyboarding; Production tracking; Other relevant skills. There are no "idea people" ; everyone shares in the mechanical creation of the worlds. This is hands-on, and takes a lot of time, but most students find it very fulfilling and fun. It doesn't try to teach artists to program, or engineers to paint; just creates teams using already-learned skills to attack a joint project. Scheduled for 2 weekly meetings, 2.5 hours each (regular lectures, display/critique of group projects, and guest lectures). Enrollment is by permission of instructor only. Although the OLR system allows enrollment, students must contact the professor during the preceding semester and validate that they have a skill that will contribute towards the group projects. Students who fail to do so will be de-enrolled. In the event the course is over-subscribed, students will be taken at the instructor's discretion. This course is open to sophomore, junior, senior and grad-students only.

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