[CLUE-Talk] help with new course

[Kevin Cullis]

Roger,

The one thing which I would comment on is: where are your heading with
this?  I.e. is 3D gaming, simulations such as modeling, low level
programming to draw XWindows stuff, or architecture stuff what you are
looking for? Whilee the sky's the limit, you've got a limit, time, in
which to teach the stuff so begin with the end in mind.  $0.02

Kevin

Roger Frank wrote:
> 
> Therein lies the difficulty.  Just what should such a course
> include?  I'm thinking it is more than just creating some 3D
> images or animations.  I think there should be some appreciation
> of what's going on (perhaps with an OpenGL or a Java 3D piece).
> I think there should be some appreciation of animations that
> mimic intelligence (perhaps with boids or something else).
> The course prerequisites are Multimedia I and Algebra 2.
> What this means is that student might not have any programming
> experience, and they might not have had 3D matrices in math.
> 
> For the 3D piece I'm looking at Art of Illusion.  Blender is
> another possibility, or even Maya.  Anyone with experience
> there?  I have some time next semester to put the course
> together and try out different 3D applications, but I'd like
> to bootstrap from others' experiences if possible.