Virtual Reality Final Project
Chintan
Kotecha
Purpose:
Creating an accurate and detailed model of
the SERC reading room. The user should
complete immersion when running the simulation.
Results:
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To
keep all objects to scale, a conversion unit of measurement from VRML to real
world had to be established.
Arbitrarily, 26 inches to equal 0.5 units in VRML code. This helped in putting together all the
objects and made use of the SCALE function unnecessary. All objects in this world were created by
measuring the real object and calculating the VRML values to design the object.
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The
number of tables (circle table included), chairs and cubicles were all
accounted for and placed accordingly.
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The
“white” cubicles along the front of the glass wall were also put in.
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The
right wall facing the lawn has all three windows plus the emergency door. After a major wall segment, the wall
protrudes out and this was accounted for as well. The windows above the walls were counted and put in on top.
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The
back wall has four major pieces of which the far left piece juts out.
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The
glass wall tiles were all counted and texture transformed to match, as well as
the windows above them. Further, and
probably the most difficult part of the project, was the curve of the glass
wall. The real wall has flat pieces
that are rotated. To create the curve,
measurements of X and Y lengths were taken, and using Pythagorean, and angle of
rotation of each piece was found. The
result was a very similar curve and the glass wall itself seems flat as you
walk past it.
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The
computer tables were created and one table is made smaller to match.
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Quiet
study rooms were modeled and a proximity sensor is used on their doors.
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The
emergency door opens with a touch sensor and an alarm goes off until the door
is closed.
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Chairs
can be pushed out when touched.
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The
ceiling has light panels separated fairly accurately as is in the real
room. And tiles were modeled and
textured to match.
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The
information desk at the front, copy room, and room with couches were not
modeled due to a lack of time. If,
someone in the future would like to continue working on this project and
perhaps model that plus the rest of the building, they are more then
welcome.
Notes:
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Viewpoints
were made to gain better perspective and angles of the room and are suggested
to use.
