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Useful Reading Papers about: Latest Developments MUPPETS (CITC4 03) M2MI (Web page) March 15 Both linked from DIARY on Web site. Plan for this evening Logistics Logistics The LDAP database Be sure that your

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Latest Developments

March 15

Useful Reading

  • Papers about:

– MUPPETS (CITC4 ’03) – M2MI (Web page)

  • Both linked from DIARY on Web site.

Plan for this evening

  • Logistics
  • Team Descriptions / Final Assignments
  • Cue Object
  • Component Summary
  • Event Summary

Logistics

  • The LDAP database

– Be sure that your e-mail is correct. – Dave Parks – need a correct email

Logistics

  • MUPPETS Discussion Board

– http://muppets.rit.edu/phpBB2/index.php – Virtual Theatre area

Logistics

  • MUPPET installation

– Jon? – Changes to MUPPETS

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Logistics

  • Samba Accounts

– To use ICL6 or BOR2 machines you need one. – See folks in CS Sysadmin office to set this up.

  • 70-3590

Logistics

  • Maya

– To have or not to have – CDs are not licenses…but – Full docs

  • Will load up on BOR2 Machines

– Marla Schweppe has offered licenses in 07- 1212

Logistics

  • Breakout Room 2 Access

– Still working in it. – Accounts on BOR2 Machines

  • Send me email with CS account name

Logistics

  • Art/Design meeting Tuesday

– Marla + Walter Wolf – Iron out story, staging, lighting – Implications on “cues”

Logistics

  • Marla Schweppe

– Here on Wednesday – Have Maya questions ready

Fight of the Bumblebees (RIT 2004)

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Technical Teams

  • Team MUPPETS (audience)
  • Team CAVE (stage manager)
  • Team FLOCK (flocking model)
  • Team MERRY MELODIES (music / audio)
  • Team VR (actor – lead bee)
  • Team INFRASTRUCTURE (networking)

Team MUPPETS (audience)

  • Main viewing app

– Display stage, actors, staging

  • Multiple audience members
  • Import Maya objects / animations

– Cueing object definition (with Team CAVE)

  • Audio – Music

– (in conjunction with Team MERRY MELODIES)

  • Audience participation
  • Event Response

– Actors, staging, audio

Team MUPPETS

  • Dennis Colburn (audio interface)
  • James DiCamillo

– confirmed

  • Jon Heise (networking interface)
  • David Parks
  • Assumed all others assume confirmed?

YES?

Team CAVE (stage manager) Team CAVE (stage manager)

  • Hardware setup /networking of UT-CAVE in Breakout

Room 2.

  • Main viewing app in UT format

– Display stage, actors, staging

  • Import Maya objects / animations

– Into UT format

– Cueing object definition (with Team MUPPETS)

  • Networking from Java to UT
  • Event Creation

– Controls for staging

  • Event Response

– Actors, staging, audio (probably not)

Team CAVE

  • Lomax Escarmant

– confirmed

  • Christopher Boyd

– confirmed

  • MUPPETS vs UT

– Current thinking is MUPPETS – But jury is still out. – Physical setup to be discussed tomorrow

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Team FLOCK (flocking model)

  • Emotive motion
  • Flock object

– Interoperate with team MUPPETS – Interoperate with team CAVE

  • Event Response

– From lead-bee

Team FLOCK

  • Kathy Law (Emotive motion)

– confirmed

  • David Rusbarsky (Flock Object)

– confirmed – Flock – MUPPETS interface

Team MERRY MELODIES

  • Emotive Music
  • Audio/Musician “object”

– Event Response

  • From lead bee

– Interoperate with Team MUPPETS

Team MERRY MELODIES

  • Ryan Becker (emotive music)

– confirmed

  • Dennis Colburn (MUPPETS interface)

– Assumed confirmed – Music – MUPPETS interface (Jfugue package?)

Team VR (actor – lead bee)

I-glasses Head Mounted Display w/head tracker 5DT Data Glove

Team VR (actor – lead bee)

  • Hardware

– Get HMD and Data Glove working

  • “Actor” object

– Generate events (from data glove)

  • Viewer App

– In conjunction with team MUPPETS – C to Java conversion (if required)

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Team VR (actor – lead bee)

  • James Tranovich

– confirmed

  • Damian Eads

– confirmed

Team INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Basic networking to be done in Java
  • Implementation of VT networking classes

– Thin wrapper over M2MI

  • Event recorder

– For offline rendering – Test for network traffic

Team INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Roderic Campbell

– confirmed

  • Ryan Kidder – NEW

– confirmed

  • Jon Heise (MUPPETS interface)

– Assumed confirmed

  • Questions?

Sound off…

  • Introductions.

Theatrical Cues

  • “Triggered” by stage manager to initiate a

given stage effect.

– Staging / Lighting / Sound / All of the Above

  • Cues are

– Prescripted – Predetermined – Triggered

Cues and the VT

  • Interface for stage manager:

– Performance.goCue (7);

  • CueManager Object

– Will receive a “goCue” message – Will make the actions of that cue happen

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Cues and the VT

  • Each cue will be made up of 1 or more

Actions.

  • Each Action will happen in succession

(possibly delayed) from the “triggering” of a cue

– SoundAction / StageAction / LightAction

  • Each Action will have a predetermined

duration.

Cues and the VT

  • Action classes

– SoundAction (MAYBE)

  • cue a sound event
  • Hook into sound “manager”

– StageAction (REQUIRED)

  • Cue a stage event
  • Be able to playback saved prescripted Maya animation

– LightAction (POSSIBLY)

  • Cue a light event
  • Hook into a light manager

Cues and the VT Component Summary

Audience (ICL6) Stage mgr. (BOR2)

Flock Cue Mgr Flock Cue Mgr Orchestra

Actor (TBD)

Flock Cue Mgr

... = instance of MUPPETS

Software only components

  • Flock Object

– Manage the flock – Expects “emotion” input – To be specified as interface

  • Orchestra

– Produces music – Expects “emotion” input – To be specified as interface

Software only components

  • Cue Manager

– Manages cues – Expects “go” command

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Physical Components

  • Audience (ICL6)

– 1 instance of MUPPETS per audience member.

  • Events to each instance or share events / space via

MUPPET Networking?

– Has Flock Object

  • Generation of positional “buzzing” sound?

– Has Orchestra Object – Has CueManager Object

Physical Components

  • Stage Manager (BOR2)

– 1 instance of MUPPETS or UT

  • in cave envrionment

– Controls cues (via keyboard or GUI?) – Has Flock Object

  • May or may not be the same as Audience

– Has CueManager Object

  • May or may not be the same as Audience

– Should it have orchestra?

Physical Components

  • Actor (TBD)

– 1 instance of MUPPETS

  • Viewed through HMD

– Data Glove

  • Direct communication to its own MUPPETS
  • Event (position / emotion) communication to other

MUPPETS

– Has Flock Object – Has CueManager Object

Event Summary

  • Events sent between “physical” components

– ActorEvents

  • FlockEvent

– CueEvents – AudienceEvent

Event Summary

  • Audience

– Generates

  • AudienceEvents

– Listens for

  • FlockEvents
  • CueEvents

Event Summary

  • Actor

– Generates

  • FlockEvents

– Listens for

  • AudienceEvents
  • CueEvents
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Event Summary

  • Stage Manager

– Generates

  • CueEvents

– Listens for

  • Flock Events
  • AudienceEvents

On the horizon

  • Wednesday

– Marla visit

  • Have your Maya questions ready

– Discussion of Performance Interface

  • Monday

– Bag the event definitions – List of deliverables for checkpoints.

  • Create a task / responsibility list + schedule.
  • Not a contract, but an indication

Questions?