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Virtual BU

Virtual BU. Prof. Dick Steflik Prof. Les Lander. What is it. Virtual BU will be a photo realistic, modeled 3D virtual world based on the BU campus

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Virtual BU

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  1. Virtual BU Prof. Dick Steflik Prof. Les Lander

  2. What is it • Virtual BU will be a photo realistic, modeled 3D virtual world based on the BU campus • The purpose of Virtual BU is to be able to provide online users with a realistic introduction to BU where they can take walking tours of the campus (ala Second Life) and ask questions and get answers regarding the campus

  3. Plan • Multi-year project • Year 1 – modeling of the campus • Year 2 – more Modeling,Customization, animations and NPCs • Year 3 – Virtual conferencing and classes

  4. Technologies • Project Wonderland Toolkit • Sun Microsystems and Open Source Community • 3D modeling via Google Sketchup • 3D animation via Java and Alice • Game customizations via Java programming language

  5. If you are interested • Email: steflik@binghamton.edu • There will be a General Interest meeting in the next two weeks (make sure you email me to get on the mailing list.

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