Æliens

studyguide / (pre-master) instroom

  dr A. Eliëns
  eliens@cs.vu.nl
  Vrije Universiteit, FEW/Informatica, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam
  www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/multimedia
  

curricula

• information science: multimedia and culture
• computer science: multimedia / game development

principles/elements

• exploratory design -- advanced information systems, human-computer interfaces
• multimedia technology -- 3D graphics, animation, games, virtual environments
• scientific context -- user evaluation, media theory, mathematics, logic, convergence, standards, retrieval

topics/projects

• multimedia information systems -- e.g. digital dossiers for cultural heritage
• game development -- using 3D technology and game engine SDK's

facilities/technology -- multimedia zaal

• VRML -- Blaxxun Contact 3D, Parallel Graphics VrmlPad
• virtools -- www.virtools.com
• Alias Maya Complete (5.0 & 6.0) -- 10 floating licenses
• 3D Studio Max 7 -- 15 floating licenses
• Adobe Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS
• DirectX9c SDK -- www.microsoft.com/directx
• WildTangent WebDriver & SDK -- www.wildtangent.com/developer
• CG Toolkit -- developer.nvidia.com/page/tools.html
• RenderMonkey & SDK -- www.ati.com/developer/rendermonkey
• Half Life 2 SDK -- www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk

research

Our mission statement is:

... to study aspects of the deployment and architecture of virtual environments as an interface to (intelligent) multimedia information systems

www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/research

game technology

• digital dossiers in cultural heritage -- www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/casus
• game @ VU -- developing promotional games -- www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/game
• reality augmented presentation technology -- www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/vip

• student practical work -- infotainment, games, digital dossiers
• research-related -- intelligent multimedia applications
• game development -- preferably in cooperation with others
• presentation technology -- on request only

www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/media