Hi, I'm Greg Ambulos: March 2015

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Class 10: Monocular Cues part 2

I used Second Life viewer to capture the Monocular cues. I found this a lot easier to navigate and load compared to rocket.

Relative Size:

Both these bushes are the same size. But the closer one appears to be bigger than the farther one. In reality, they're both the same size.

Motion Parallax:

Texture Gradient

The trees in the back ground are more blurry than the objects closer to my Avatar.

Linear Perspective

As you can see this is a great screen shot of a Linear view. The road closer to my avatar appears to be wider than it is further away.

Aerial Perspective

Circled below is where you can see the aerial perspective. The farther the distance my avatar is from an object the more blurry it becomes.

Overlap (or Interposition):

Here i took a screen shot of an overlapping tree. If you look close enough you can see the other tree in the overlap position.

Class 10: “Monocular Depth Cues” final overview

These 6 screens shots represent the 6 most common monocular cues. I took these screen shots in Rocket.

Relative Size:

If two objects are roughly the same size, the object that looks the largest will be judged as being the closest to the observer.

Texture Gradient

When you are looking at an object that extends into the distance, such as a grassy field, the texture becomes less and less apparent the farther it goes into the distance.

Motion Parallax:

As you are moving, objects that are closer seem to zoom by faster than do objects in the distance. When you are riding in a car for example, the nearby telephone poles rush by much faster than the trees in the distance.

Aerial Perspective:

Objects that are farther away seem to be blurred or slightly hazy due to atmosphere.

Linear Perspective:

Parallel lines appear to meet as they travel into the distance. For example, the outer edges of a road seem to grow closer and closer until they appear to meet. The closer together the two lines are, the greater the distance will seem.

Overlap (or Interposition):
When one object overlaps another, the object that is partially obscured is perceived as being farther away.

FINAL PROJECT STEP 2: BUILDING MY IMMERSIVE LIBRARY/MUSEUM

Here is my Library/Museum so far. For some reason, I wasn't able to find my screen shots taken from Minecraft. I had to take pictures with my phone and then email them to my self.

The Front of my Library/Museum

Birds Eyeview

Used red carpets for the floors and went a head and added book shelves.

Here is the front entrance looking into my Library.

Another Front Shot

Another angle from inside the Library

Another angle..

FINAL PROJECT STEP 1: IMMERSIVE LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

This is an overview of an article we had to read in Immersive Education. I used the class notes (http://jied.org) to get to this article. I thought this article was fascinating and the fact that technology must be kept up to date to ensure students are getting the knowledge and education they need to become successful.

This is a great diagram of the Immersive Education Study rooms. As you can see, each student logs on and is then able to retrieve the resources for Immersive education. Everything is done in these Immersive education study rooms.Both educators ad learners are able to access these tools through shared applications.

Here an another use case by Immersive Education. This use case engages students, educators, museum professionals, scientist and authentic Watershed simulations of flora and fauna. This drives successful strategies in Latino youth workforce development. This allows the Latino youth group to demonstrate the necessary skills to problem solve, conflict resolution and to effectively communicate in a work place. This also reinforces the Latino group to work on their life goals and education.

One of the main objectives were to allow students to access libriaries and museums virtually. This is a great idea because it lets students leverge tools and the resources at there own home, rather than going to the library or the museum to obtain this knowledge. This creates a comfortable learning environment for the user which is what Immersive education wanted.

Overall, people who enjoy working from home rather in a classroom setting can really benefit from this virtual Museum/Library. A library can be a pain when trying to locate certain information. But with this virtual museum/library, users are able to conduct their own work where ever they may choose. This virtually museum/Library would be something I would like to see more of. This will be a great resource for schools to benefit from.