Objectives:

1. Working knowledge of VRML 1.0 and the CAVE Collaborative Console (CCC)
2. Itroduction to conversion of AutoCAD and AutoDesk 3D Studio files to CAVE usable format
3. Advanced features Introduction to VRML 2.0

Introduction to VRML 1.0

9:00 - 11:00AM :

VRML 1.0 geometry primitives, text, hyperlinked objects

11:00 - 12:00 PM :

Exercise #1, Draw a stick woman

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12:00 - 1:30PM                                      LUNCH

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Colors, Textures, and Mapping
 

1:30 - 3:00PM:

Applying colors, textures and images to geometry primitives

3:00 - 4:00PM:

Exercese #2, Continuation of Execise #1 with colors and textures

4:00 - 4:30PM:

Show Exercise #2 in: VRML viewer in Netscape, saranav (CAVEsim, CAVE)

Advanced Texturing Issues in VRML 1.0

9:00 - 10:00AM :

Understanding Polygonal Structures

10:00 - 11:00 PM :

Exercise # 3, VRML objects in VT-CAVE, correct vs. incorrect examples of mapping

11:00 - 12:00 PM :

More on VRML 1.0, VT-Samples: s.wrl, s2.wrl, s3.wrl, s4.wrl, s5.wrl, s6.wrl, s7.wrl. s8.wrl, s9.wrl
More VRML 1.0 Examples from NCSA tutorial
Intro to VRML97, Object Oriented issues, and animations:
Floppy's VRML Guide
VRML Web 3D Consortium
Learning VRML Resources

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12:00 - 1:30PM                                LUNCH

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1:30 - 3:00PM:

Intro to VRML in the CAVE Collaborative Console (CCC), lecture followed
by CAVE demo.

Intro to common file type conversions.  The most common CAVE usable
formats are inventor files (*.iv), performer binary files (*.pfb), and
Multigen flight files (*.flt).  Below are links that outline in detail how to
convert AutoCAVE file formats (*.dxf) and AutoDesk 3D Studio files to
CAVE usable formats:

           *.dxf to *.iv  and *.pfb /  *.3ds to *.iv   /  *.3ds to *.flt

3:00 - 4:00PM:

Exercese #4, Each student puts their stick-woman in the CAVE using CCC

4:00 - >                                         DEPARTURE

http://www.sv.vt.edu/classes/vrml