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Chapter on 3D and Virtual Reality
| Title/Description | Demo | Available Students | Available Faculty | Tutorials | Reviews | Examples | Company | List Cost | Educ. Cost |
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3D Modeling |
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| SketchUp (from Google with placements in Google Earth) | free | help | |||||||
| Bryce 3-D natural 3D worlds and abstract 3D landscapes | NA | students-(Hunter and Belk Labs, v3.0, 2c.) | CATA Lab, v5 | DAZ | Froogle | Froogle | |||
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3D Studio Max |
30 day | no | no | Discreet.com | Froogle | Froogle | |||
| Carrara Studio (Ray Dream Studio) | try | no | no |
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Eovia.com | Froogle | Froogle | ||
| Poser for modeling 3D 'mannequins' | poser 4 demo | no | no | Curiouslabs.com | Froogle | Froogle | |||
| Cinema 4-D modeling, animation and rendering | NA | none | none | Maxon.net | Froogle | Froogle | |||
| Maya "3D modeling, world-class animation and visual effects | try | no | no | Alias Wavefront | Froogle | Froogle | |||
| Quadrispace Presenter | try | no | no | Quadrispace.com | Froogle | Froogle | |||
| Cult3D (Mental Images) | try | no | no | Froogle | Froogle | ||||
| 3D Studio VIZ | NA | no | CATA Lab (SG320s) | Discreet.com | Froogle | Froogle | |||
| Autodesk Viz | |||||||||
| Atmosphere (Adobe killed a powerful product with a growing fan base- explanations anyone?) | 30 day trial | no | no | March 2, 2004 |
examples by category | Adobe | $399 | $99 | |
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360 degree VR panorama tools |
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| Quicktime VR, Virtual Reality. | |||||||||
| SoundSaVR, MapSaVR, enhanced panorama effects | demo downloads | Kaidan | |||||||
| Freedom VR (Java- cross platform) Allows you to embed photographic VR in web pages without any plug-ins. | free | free | free | ||||||
| VR PanoWorx (Mac/Win) | demo | ||||||||
Add sound to VR Add sprites (free test download, $33), http://spincontrol.cheathamlane.net/2007/Download/an-easy-way-to-add-looping-audio-to-your-qtvr-movies Add Kaidan's sprites for directional control ($200) http://www.kaidan.com/products/sqsoundsavr.html |
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Online Virtual Reality Worlds (3D Worlds) |
Virtual Worlds 3D Review Center | ||||||||
| Second Life | |||||||||
| Croquet (virtual reality world as an networkable operating system) | |||||||||
| Scenecaster (not virtual world, instead build virtual rooms) | |||||||||
| ActiveWorlds | |||||||||
| Google Earth | |||||||||
| Microsoft Virtual Earth | |||||||||
| World Wind (NASA) | |||||||||
Immersive VR Technology |
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| ImmersaDesk | |||||||||
| Fakespace | |||||||||
| CAVE examples | |||||||||