Building 3D Models for the Web

Course Description

Combine forces with creative students from other disciplines to build your own virtual worlds. Learn the basics of three-dimensional (3D) computer multimedia and use Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) to publish interactive 3D models on the Web. Possible multidisciplinary group projects are: theater set designs, fly-through sculptures, manufacturing process designs, walk-through urban environments, virtual tours of living organisms, reconstructed archeological sites, restaurant and other commercial interiors, and animated molecular models. Students from a variety of majors are encouraged to enroll so that diverse viewpoints can be applied to the projects.

Student Projects (Spring 1999)

Students' projects were completed Thursday, May 6, 1999. You will need a VRML plug-in for your Web browser in order to view the students' 3D models. We recommend.
 
The Indiana Gazette
(Client: Kathy Alarcón)
Trilobites
(Client: Dr. John Tylor, Department of Geology, IUP 
Lattice of Ideals of a Finite Semiring
(Client: Dr. Francisco Alarcón, Department of Mathematics, IUP)
A Coal Mine
(Clients: Phil Zorich and Eileen Cooper, Special Collections, Stabley Library)
Proposed Jimmy Stewart Museum
Note: access restricted at this time
(Client: Ms. Elizabeth Salome, Jimmy Stewart Museum, Indiana)
IUP South Campus - Parking Garage Proposal
(Client: Bob Marx, Engineering and Construction Group, IUP)

Student Projects (Fall 1998)

Students' projects were completed Tuesday, December 15, 1998. You will need a VRML plug-in for your Web browser in order to view the students' 3D models. We recommend.
 
A coaltown's general store 
(Client:Ms. Eileen Mountjoy Cooper , Special Collections, Stapleton Library, IUP)
IUP's Greek Village 
(Client: Mr. Bob Marx, Engineering and Construction Group , IUP)
Downtown Indiana 
(Client: Mr. Jeff Tobin, Henry Hall) 
Cerros: A Mayan site in Belize 
(Client: Dr. Beverly Chiarulli, Anthropology Dept. IUP) 
IUP South Campus
(Client: Bob Marx, Engineering and Construction Group, IUP)
Proposed Jimmy Stewart Museum
Note: access restricted at this time
(Client: Ms. Elizabeth Salome, Jimmy Stewart Museum, Indiana)

Student Projects (Spring 1998)

Students' projects were completed Tuesday, April 28, 1998. You will need a VRML plug-in for your Web browser in order to view the students' 3D models. We recommend.
IUP South Campus
(Client: Bob Marx, Engineering and Construction Group, IUP)
Molecular Modeling
(Client: George Long, IUP Chemistry Department)
Coal Mining Town
(Clients: Phil Zorich and Eileen Cooper, Special Collections, Stabley Library)
Office Furniture Design
(Client: Jeffrey Tobin, Henry Hall Office Supply)
Least Squares Regression
(Client: Fred Morgan, Mathematics Department, IUP)
Indiana Historic District
(Client: Alice Lackner, Historical and Geneological Society of Indiana County)
Monongahela Steel Valley
(Client: Doris Dyen, Director of Cultural Conservation, Steel Industry Heritage Corporation)

Equipment for the course

The course will meet in the Mathematics Department's Macintosh-equipped computer classroom. You will also have the option of using software installed in the university's Data Centers. But the most exciting equipment is the Mathematics Department's Silicon Graphics, Inc., (SGI) workstations, funded through a National Science Foundation grant. These computers are loaded with state-of-the-art 2D, 3D, and digital audio development and editing tools. Silicon Graphics computers are used by the movie industry for creating dazzling special effects in movies such as Jurassic Park and by the scientific community for high-end scientific visualization.

 Maintained by H. Edward Donley<hedonley@grove.iup.edu> and Francisco Alarcón<falarcon@grove.iup.edu>
Created by Alex Rolón <hsgg@grove.iup.edu> Last Modified Monday, 13-Aug-2001 16:53:19 EDT