Project Number
- 124
Title
- Alice: Easy to Learn Interactive 3D Graphics
Description
- Educational toolkit for creating interactive virtual environments.
Contact
- Brian Stearns
Affiliation
- University of Virginia
Address
WWW
Year
- 1996
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 96 Website
Project Details
- Alice is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use software package that allows users with little programming experience to create interactive and interesting virtual environments.
- The scenario presented is a virtual environment for training Jedi Knights. Using a head-mounted display and tracked light saber prop, participants defend themselves against floating droid blasters while audience members view the action on a projected screen.
- The scenario demonstrates an easily created virtual reality environment.
Sight
- graphics workstation, head mounted display, projection display
Sound
- amplified sound
Touch
- tracking hardware for light saber
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 3 - Functional, Reproducable, Adoption
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 306 - education
Secondary
- 201 - virtual environment
Remarks
- This entry was not documented in the formal Visual Proceedings. No contact information was recorded. The project was featured again in 1997, this time from Carnegie Mellon University. The software is available from: http://www.alice.org
Last updated: 5 Jul 2002
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