1. BPC: Art and Computation – Summer 2007 Full Year Final Project Erik Brisson ebrisson@bu.edu

2. BPC: Art and Computation – Summer 20072 Outline Bringing together all elements Based on trips to Chaco Canyon, MIAC, visiting artists, personal Using Painter, Audacity, Maya Group effort Planning, multiple iterations

3. BPC: Art and Computation – Summer 20073 Planning the Virtual Environment Identifying a theme –Review class discussions –What message do we want to convey? –What look-and-feel do we want to present? –List ideas for elements to include

4. BPC: Art and Computation – Summer 20074 Designing the Virtual Environment How to implement the theme –How to convey the message (symbols, etc) –Overall scale –Color schemes –List of objects, sounds, etc. –What is reasonable given time frame?

5. BPC: Art and Computation – Summer 20075 Implementing the Virtual Environment Tools used –Corel Painter –Autodesk Maya –Audacity –DAFFIE run-time system –DAFFIE world layout preprocessor

6. BPC: Art and Computation – Summer 20076 Building the Virtual Environment Division of labor –Students express their personal vision –What tools student enjoys –What skills does each student bring –What method is used to assign tasks?