Seth Freeman - Thesis Work

Wii Remote References

2007-01-31 23:09:09

Here are some references of drivers and software that are using the Nintendo Wii remote:

http://blog.hiroaki.jp/2006/12/000433.html
http://wiihacks.blogspot.com/2006/11/wii-mote-hacks.html
http://www.wiili.org/Wiimote_driver
http://www.wiili.org/Wii_bluetooth_specs
http://www.wiili.org/forum/wii-remote-and-nunchuck-f7.html

Real-Time Depth of Field

2007-02-01 00:26:58

VERY impressive work on Real-Time Depth of field done on the GPU. Also done with OpenGL & CG, so compatible with Maya's basic hardware renderer.

http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~quynh/student-work/cs638-sp05/MTasker_DepthOfField/MTasker%20Final%20Project.htm

nVidia's CG shaders for Maya

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/MayaCgPlugin.html

Real-Time Physics

2007-02-01 00:38:20

After investigating Maya 8.5's new physics system, I am still not sure of its feasability when running while the animation is playing. There are really four options.

1) I use some sort of API to add real time physics to the camera in Maya, then bake those out to keyframes. See http://www.ageia.com/developers/tools.html
2) Create my own stand alone program that exports camera data back into Maya. This brings up some problems regarding already rigged cameras.
3) I use "fake" physics. I.e. there is no real rigid body simulation etc.
4) I do not show physics when showing the camera movement, and only when processing the camera movements do you see the results. This is not really a desireable option.

New Links

2007-03-22 09:24:55

Still working on my proposal, but i found a few relevant links:

How to record camera input in maya while the scene is played back.
http://www.crackcreative.com/cinematographersTools.html

Virtual Camera System. Basically what I'm proposing. Yikes.
http://www.crackcreative.com/cinematographersTools.html