VR-Midtown

Graphics & Animation Group

OBJECTIVES (Fall 1998)

John Kramer

Eric Lorenzo

Sam Zamani

Ross Newberry

1. Integration of last quarter's animation work with the current 3D graphics code
   • Graphical agents will have walking motion restricted to the ground plane
   • Fix colormaps of agent models
   • Possibly create support for custom colormaps
   • Flexibility for future work
   • Animation Optimizations
     • Calculate and use bounding boxes for Level Of Detail (LOD) optimization
     • View frustrum culling
2. Finish the implementation of texture mapping
   • Currently the mapping functions are not working properly
   • Support for different file formats
3. Improve the user interface
   • Currently all interaction is done with mouse movement and cursor keys
   • Create pull-down menus by using the GLUT library
   • Provide help function for user (outlining keystrokes and mouse control operations)
4. Limit agent walking to the 2D ground plane and the roads
5. Implement pseudo-collision detection
   • We will leave this for last
   • Using true collision detection is discouraged because of its major performance penalties
   • Use agent bounding boxes for fast collisions and only on the 2D ground plane
6. Continue to improve and better document the current 3D graphics code
7. Cross-platform implementation (any machine with OpenGL & Glut should be able to compile this code)

Modified 10-8-98 by Sam Zamani