Checkpoint 1 Survey Said Latest Developments / Looking Ahead - PDF document

Checkpoint 1 • Survey Said Latest Developments / Looking Ahead – … � Come on, we can do better than that! April 7 � … We got questions Logistics • Maya SDK • Projector 2 has arrived – Marla’s looking into it. – And there was much rejoicing! • Lighting • So have the headphones. • Backgrounds / Theatre model – And there was even more rejoicing. – Depth maps? • On-stage elements Plan for today • Checkpoint 2 preview – Monday, April 19 th Checkpoint 2 Previews • Brainstorm about performance issues …in alphabetical order 1

Team CAVE Team FLOCK • Optimal BOR2 setup • Basic emotions – Projector positions – Happy – Furniture – Sad – Where will stage manager sit? – Frightened • Mockup of “stage manager view” – Angry – Stats from audience – Drunk – What’s up next? – Neurotic – Cue control (keyboard?) Team INFRASTRUCTURE Team MERRY MELODIES • Music • Mockup of performance setup – Basic emotions – Machines in • Happy • BOR2 • Sad • ICL6 – All audience members if possible. • Frightened • Angry • Classroom / auditorium • Drunk – Test clients on each sending / receiving events • Neurotic – Preliminary Results. – Event recorder – Demo of music playing in “concert” with MUPPETS • “Big Cowboy Hat Guy”? and sound effects Team MERRY MELODIES Team MUPPETS • Demo of Maya model / animation displayed and • Sound effects animated. – 3D Audio demo from MUPPETS on several machines in audience. • Demo of 16 audience members viewing the same • WAV file is fine. world. • Spatial audio each from its own aural perspective – In ICL6 + one classroom • Distributed Music + spatial audio a plus • MUPPETS GUI • Media Server 2

Team VR Team Instructor • Integration of all technologies • Cue objects – Mockup of actor view – Integrated into MUPPETS • Wearing the glove – Demo of simple cues • Wearing the FOB – Lighting cues if required. • Wearing the tracker • Seeing everything through the glasses. • Questions? Performance Logistics Performance Logistics • Physical Setup • Brainstorming – Audience • Looking for ideas • ICL6 • Heads up for technical issues • Auditorium/classroom – overflow – MUPPETS + audio – Stage Manager • BOR2 or empty classroom – Actor • BOR2 or empty classroom Performance Logistics Performance Logistics • Audience view • Stage Manager view – Preset + start – Has the “real control” over the performance • curtain – Audience response – Staging • How will he/she view results • does theatre façade stay the whole performance? • Recommendation or mandate? • Object vs Static Geometry – Audio – Interactivity • Should hear orchestra • How will audience choose flower? – Cue control – Choose by what they look at. • Keyboard or on-screen – Pop-up video – Casting call for stage manager – Who to invite for VIP seating? • producer…ISO control freak who… 3

Performance Logistics Performance Logistics • Actor view • Advertising – Cues from stage manager – Posters • Start of performance – Playbill • What’s coming up next…head tracker? – Web site (vtheatre.rit.edu) – How much physical space do we need? – Casting call for actor (Ryan K? others?) – We still don’t have a title! • Training on VR equipment • Direction by Walter Wolf Looking ahead to Monday • Updates / status • Questions? 4