HMC SIGGRAPH Project Homepage
Team members are Brian Carnes,
Joe Bester,
David Hamm,
and David McCoy (leader), all HMC '97. Our faculty advisor is
Ran.
Look for us in the demo area at SIGGRAPH on 8/4/97!
The Proposal
The HMC SIGGRAPH team will design and implement a networked 3D interactive simulator. The form of the simulator will be a virtual table tennis competition. In addition to striving for strong graphical merit, the team will focus on an intuitive user interface aided by a special input device. The project will be developed on the Indigo2 graphics workstations using C++ and OpenGL.
Milestones
- October 15: Basic scene filled, Some ball movement with simple hit testing, Some networking in place. -- COMPLETED
- November 1: Net responds to contact, basic spin implemented, temporary mouse interface. -- COMPLETED
- November 15: Scene lighting and sound system. -- COMPLETED
- December 1: Major Milestone, all essential components in place including reasonable interface with final control device. -- COMPLETED
- February 9: Demo ready including real paddles, simple viewpoint translation, scoring, some effects. -- COMPLETED
- February 23: Pegasus integration playable, good hit testing. -- COMPLETED
- March 9: Initial setup interface, final sound system. -- COMPLETED
- March 23: Optimized Pegasus interface, final viewpoint translations. -- COMPLETED
- April 6: AI Complete, Final setup. -- COMPLETED
- April 20: Final playability issues, testing, and intro sequence. -- COMPLETED
Input Devices
- Spacetec Spaceball 3003: GLUT support, $695 - 20%, Ellen Feehan
- Spacetec SpaceOrb 360: PC only, $99 local -- PURCHASED
- OWL from Pegasus: PC only, $99 + $15 airmail, Ron Serber -- OUR CHOICE
- Magellan from Logitech: SGI support, $550, Rosemary Gores 510-713-4581, Sales 1-800-231-7717
- 3D Mouse from Logitech/VRD: SGI support, best offer $999, Bob Haya
- Vivitar WJ2000 wireless joystick: PC game port, 3D capabilities ambiguous (long shot), ~$60 local
- Others
Table Tennis
Last updated 5/28/97 DLH