Matakuliah
Tahun
Versi
: T0553/Sistem Multimedia
: 2005
:5
Pertemuan 12
Multimedia Applications:
Virtual Reality and Games
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Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
akan mampu :
• Membandingkan Jenis – Jenis Aplikasi
Multimedia
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Outline Materi
• Virtual Reality
• Games Development
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Virtual Reality Definition
• What is virtual reality?
– Virtual –
• being in essence or effect, but not in fact
– Reality –
• the state or quality of being real. Something that exists
independently of ideas concerning it. Something that
constitutes a real or actual thing as distinguished from
something that is merely apparent
– Virtual Reality
• a computer generated ‘immersive’ (or wide field), multisensory information program which tracks a user in real time
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Key Elements of Virtual Reality
Experience
• Virtual World - content of a given medium
– screen play, script, etc.
– actors performing the play allows us to
experience the virtual world
• Immersion – sensation of being in an
environment
– mental immersion – suspension of disbelief
– physical immersion – bodily entering the
medium
– Related to presence – (mentally immersed)
the participant’s sensation of being in the
virtual environment (Slater)
Walking Experiment at
UNC – Chapel Hill
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Key Elements of Virtual Reality
Experience
• Sensory Feedback – information about the
virtual world is presented to the participant’s
senses
– Visual (most common)
– Audio
– Touch
• Interactivity – the virtual world responds to the
user’s actions.
– Computer makes this possible
– Real-time
Walking Experiment at
UNC – Chapel Hill
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Entertainment
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Design Visualization
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Training (NASA)
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Clinical Virtual Reality
Hunter Hoffman
HITLab –
University of
Washington
The direct use of VR as a tool in the treatment or
assessment of psychological and physical
disorders.
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Gaming Platform
• Personal computer games
– commonly referred to as "computer games" or "PC games"
• Console games
– commonly referred to as "video games"
• Arcade games
– coin-operated games played on a standalone device originally
leased to commercial entertainment venues
• Internet games
– those which require a connection to the Internet to play
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Game Development Team Roles
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Game Designer
– a person who designs games. The term normally refers to a person who designs
computer or video games, but it can also refer to one who designs traditional
games
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Artists
– responsible for all of the aspects of game development that calls for visual art
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Programmers
– a software engineer who primarily develops computer or video games or related
software (such as game development tools)
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Level designers
– a person who creates levels for computer and/or video games using a specific
set of programs
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Sound engineers (composers, and for sound effects)
Testers
– a person whose profession consists of testing video and computer games in
order to find bugs, errors and possible conflicts as a quality control process.
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Producers
– the person in charge of overseeing development of a video or computer game
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