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 Please send me slides

• Will compile and place on Web site
• Dropbox in mycourses set up

 Nov 2nd – TEDxRochester

• Geva Theatre
• 2pm – 7:30pm

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  Monday, October 19th  Demos

• Everyone on their own screen as audience
• “Showcase” client on front machine

 Multiple teams…same code.

• Manage with SVN.

 Let me know early if you forsee trouble with

keeping dates

 Actor Assistant functionality no-longer in

stage manager

 Master Cue list order  Define “most used” a-priori  Cue “parameters” when adding?

• What light, what sound, etc…

 What tools do you need (FLASH, etc)?

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 Checkpoint 2

• Demo: Light, sound, spot, staging
• Interface + running on stage

 Organic Motion more than half there…

• Will find out exactly when.

 Wiimote and aux hardware on the way

• Should be here later today.

 Bounding spheres only on “Actor client?”

• How and where are bounding spheres

defined?

 During modeling / after the fact?

 One actor client / per mo-cap suit or per

model?

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 Actor assistant

• One stream / multiple actors

 List of models / actors in XML?  Checkpoint 2

• Demos:

 3 actors – 2 mocap system

 1 mocap  1 actor  Other mocap  2 actors  Swap

 Wiimote:

 Have actor pick up something  Have actors exchange something.

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  Physical logistics

• miking the actor!
• What mikes?
• What headphones? (need headphones for

audience)

 Attach speaker client as part of the actor

client?

 Audience team will need to include

appropriate software to assure on client machines.

 What ports do you need open?

 FYI: Need access to stream for lip sync

processing.

 Volume control?

• Does this belong in staging?

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 3D Audio

• Listener position will need to be in audience

client.

• Coordination with asset team for “sound
• bject” location/definition.

 Checkpoint 2

• Dialog between 2 actors in 2 different moCap

envrionments

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 Minimize administrator access

• Can test on machine in Lab…I will “cleanup”
• ne machine.

 Upon startup of audience client, should

check for updates.

 No seating after performance starts!!!  Audience avatar

• Need to adjust sound based on position.

Audience sound control?

 Checkpoint 2

• Test system to assure that *all* machines in

ICL6 ready for demo with latest audience client.

• Perhaps test a machine in Building 7A (if room

is ready)

• If things are going well:

 Spheres as audience member avatars.

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  Maya 2010 is on the way (for next quarter)  You will be your own user for the LUSTER

previewer.

 Assets for VTVS…all in one place?  New asset structure will need coordination

with audience client update mechanism.

 Checkpoint 2

• Load in and place all assets from scratch.

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