29 June 2013

I came across an online game 'Medieval Vitoria-Gasteiz'. The concept behind the game is of interest to me. This idea that the user is transported back in time to get some idea of what the city was like in the past. I think this could work well in relation to Spike Island in order to enrich the experience between the user and the model.

There has been research carried out exploring the advantages of this 'Virtual Heritage' and its ability to enhance the users experience, and I think I should examine this area further.

28 June 2013

Today I spent the first half of the day in the library researching. I spent the rest of the day in the VR lab on 3D studio max becoming more familiar with the interface.

Tomorrow I plan on concentrating on refining what the focus of the project will be.

27 June 2013

Yesterday I was set up with a work station in the VR lab. For the moment I will be working with the windows operating system as I try to establish which software I will be using for the implementation of my project. We have yet to hear back from Cork County Council regarding how much information and what type of data I will have to work with in relation to developing the 3D model of the island.

Today I spent most of my day in the VR lab trying to become more familiar with the 3D Studio Max interface. My prior experience in blender significantly helped as there are a lot of similarities between 3DS max and blender, so I did not feel like I was beginning from scratch.

Tomorrow I plan to spend some more time on 3DS max and also some time on UDK. I also plan on spending some time in the morning on research and refining what the core aspects and aims of the project should be.