ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee - Groovy Graphics Assignments

Creating a Modern Classic Visual Effect

wobbe — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 01:25:52 +0000

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Ken Cameron, University of Bath

While much of the traditional terminology of visual effects survives, the role of computers has transformed the way in which filmmakers are able to realize their vision. To support these filmmakers, effects teams must understand both how visual effects have been created in the past and how to develop software to deliver them in the modern context. The assignment we present here is designed to be part of a computing programme that provides an opportunity for students to develop such software in a near realistic setting. We do this by asking the students to work in small groups to replicate a classic visual effect that was originally created in camera.

This Groovy Graphics Assignment was presented at SIGGRAPH 2019, and is available in the ACM Digital Library:

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3328019

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the VR ride: a cross disciplinary assignment in computer graphics and interactivity

wobbe — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 01:24:06 +0000

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Nick Jushchyshyn, Robert Lloyd, and Erik Sundquist, Drexel University.

In this Groovy Assignment submission, we present a VR Ride assignment that challenges students to create a fully interactive VR computer graphics experience integrated with a themed ride. For this assignment, a ride is an apparatus that fully supports the users weight, utilizes the user's body motions as a primary input for computer interactivity, and provides haptic feedback relevant to the VR experience.

The assignment is designed to inspire and motivate creative thinking and cross disciplinary collaboration with faculty and students from outside the scope of those traditionally involved in programs focused on computer graphics and interaction.

The assignment can be easily scaled, by utilizing wholly existing, found or purchased platforms (exercise equipment such as a rowing machine or stationary bike) for use with small groups of students if desired. In the example presented, students from Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Game Design, VR & Immersive Media, Animation & VFX and Game Design programs collaborated using primarily found or recycled components to build a bespoke, human powered "VR Cycle" ride, integrated with original VR experiences developed for the ride.

This Groovy Graphics Assignment was presented at SIGGRAPH 2019, and is available in the ACM Digital Library:

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3328018

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Image ditching: manipulating images with audio effects

wobbe — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 00:39:30 +0000

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Erik Brunvand, School of Computing, University of Utah

Image glitching and data-bending are used to introduce image formats, data manipulation, and data visualization to beginning CS students and non-major students taking computing courses with no coding required.

This Groovy Graphics Assignment was presented at SIGGRAPH 2019, and is available in the ACM Digital Library:

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3328017

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ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee - Groovy Graphics Assignments

Creating a Modern Classic Visual Effect

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the VR ride: a cross disciplinary assignment in computer graphics and interactivity

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Image ditching: manipulating images with audio effects

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