My final area

My coordinates for building the Old State House project were (-516, 80, 820). Here is a link that better explains coordinates in Minecraft 

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Coordinates?cookieSetup=true

Below are some picture of what the class created...

Class 12: How 3D Computer Graphics Work

This short video called "Verto 2.0 Tutorial Series :: Episode 5 :: How 3D Graphics Work" can be found on Youtube, and works as a simple, straight forward overview of how 3D graphics work.  The main focus of this video was on the shapes that make up 3D graphics, and the lighting that brings these shapes to life. 

The first thing we learn is that almost all 3D graphics if made from polygons, specifically triangles. In the video, he refers to these polygons as the "atoms of 3D models," because they are the building blocks that construct 3D graphics.  Below is a picture of the vertices that make up the polygon/triangle shapes. Connecting the vertices creates the different triangles. The triangle is the most important shape in 3D graphics.

Once the vertices are connected to make triangles, those triangles can be put together to form different 3D objects such as this image below. Here we see how the triangles are placed together to create this 3D creature. 

The second most important part about 3D graphics is the lighting. Adding light can make the 3D object seem more realistic and not so "self illuminated," as if it refereed to in the video. By adding a light and moving it around, the light shines on the 3D object from different angles causing shadows and different parts of the object to light up depending on where it is standing. 

The last focus of the video is the normals used with lighting. A normal is basically a line sticking out of each polygon/triangle used to create he 3D model. When the normal is pointing towards the light, that portion of the object is going to be light, but when the normals start facing farther and farther away from the light, that portion of the object will become dark.

WebGL Chrome Experiments the FAIL IN FIREFOX

Mozilla Firefox would not even let me onto the home page of the Chrome Experiments website. The screen was black and I could not get of the experiments to work obviously.

WebGL Chrome Experiments using Google's Chrome Browser

This experiment is named "Volumetric Particle Flow." This shows different colored particles moving through air creating a 3D object. In this experiment, you can change the color of the particles and change the speed at which they are moving. http://david.li/flow/

The second experiment I chose was the "eye texture raytracer." In this one you could move which way the eye was looking with your mouse and also change the setting in which the eye was viewing. I chose "circus" and the outside of the eye started getting bloodshot. I also changed the color of the eye from blue to green. http://www.vill.ee/eye/

The last experiment I looked at was "Umazlizer." This put a horse head on mu body when I turned my webcam on. The head would follow my face around the screen when I would move. http://umazlizer.vkcdesign.com/

Final #3: Group 3D Building Project

This was the very beginning when we were planning what to build. While we were talking I was clearing some of the grass to make an open space. It was hard to get everyone together at first. We ended up splitting up, but it worked out.

This was me building the floor with the half sized stone blocks. Many of us were helping with this task.

I added some torches around the building for some light and also filled in the layer of stone blocks that were missing.

This is just a screen shot of what the inside looked like without the roof

The walls are made of different materials and I added more light

Helped build the brick ceiling.

Then I was helping another team member build a glass enclosure on the roof.

This is what is looked like from the inside. My partner add the beds.

leveling off some of the backyard with grass blocks

fixing the ground around the pool/lake

adding more light outside

adding some light around the patio

and some light around another pool

levels the land around these structures

some group pictures at the end 

adding some light around the farm

This is final #3 where we needed to work with a team in Minecraft to construct a building. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc