Final #3: Group 3D Building Project

This is my 3D building project and exploration. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Final Project: Immersive Library Writing

I think it is safe to say that I have discovered more about virtual worlds in this particular class than I have with my other two online classes here at Boston College. This course allowed me to spend more time within a few different worlds, and see the true potential and sometimes craziness that comes with these online destinations.

The world that I felt most comfortable in was Meshmoon as I felt as though, perhaps through our final project, that I was able to explore it in more depth than some of the other worlds. Building my library was rather difficult at first, but after exploration and lots of Professor's audio recordings I was able to get a grip!

The world that I felt was most social was SecondLife. This was the world that really opened my eyes to how many people actually invest so much time in these virtual spaces, and they truly create an identity for themselves in them. When exploring different destinations, it was incredible to see how many people were in saloons, shopping malls, on beaches, etc. It was by far the most social world that we entered this semester.

Overall, playing around and switching our avatars allowed me to see who people might be drawn to, interested in, scared of, etc. I think that these worlds serve as an escape for some people in that they allow them to be whoever they want and truly go wherever they want. It was a really eye opening and fun experience to get to work with so many different virtual worlds and people!

This is a review and self reflection in regards to the JiED. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Final Project: Testing My Fellow Classmates' Immersive Libraries

I was able to explore Jamie's world and she did such a great job! Unfortunately my computer was unable to load some of her work, but I could tell she spent a lot of time organizing her library and putting detail into it. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see all of her hard work!

This is an exploration of my classmates' immersive library. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Final Project: Building My Immersive Library in my "VK Final" World

Examining Gender, Race and Body Image in a Virtual World

 

While there weren't many drastic changes after changing my avatar, I did notice that more people initiated conversations with me when my avatar was a woman. More people approached me as a woman than when I was a man and I felt as though people were a bit more outgoing. That said, when I initiated chat when I was in my male avatar, people were welcoming and very open to chatting.

Final #5c: My Customized Java Game

http://www.greenfoot.org/scenarios/11346

This is a coding exercise. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Final #5b: Greenfoot Lettuce and Snake

This is a coding exercise. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

Final #5a: Greenfoot JoC #4 Finally some code!

This is a coding exercise.. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc

WebGL Chrome Experiments that FAIL IN FIREFOX

Out of the links and experiments that I have looked at thus far, including Jaime's and Steven's, none of them have failed in Firefox. Some of them have run slower, but I have not had any trouble opening them. As more experiments are loaded, I will continue to see if they are compatible with Firefox.

WebGL Chrome Experiment's using Google's Chrome Browser

http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/eye-texture-raytracer/?f=webgl

This was one of my favorite experiments in Chrome experiments as the eye was so very lifelike, even more so than I was able to convey in my screenshots.

http://carvisualizer.plus360degrees.com/classics/

I like this experiment because it had many of the lighting and shading monocular depth cues that we looked at in class. 

http://ericrius1.github.io/ComeDownToUs/

I chose this experiment because it had a lot of linear and atmospheric perspectives that we looked at during our monocular depth cue class.

Final #4: MakeHuman

This is a MakeHuman Avatar exploration exercise. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc