Assignment 6 (Due November 10)

Choose either Option A or B.

Option A: Linked Panoramas

1. Create (or develop an existing) Bryce landscape that contains at least three distinguishable objects or groups of objects. Place these items or groups well apart from each other, but ensure that there is a line of sight connecting one to another.

2. Shoot one QTVR panorama for each key location (object site). You may use either the single-image Bryce export method or the multi-image Bryce/QTVRAS method, depending on your standards for visual quality.

3. Review the instructions for Assignment 2. As in that assignment, you will use your panorama movies to create a scene containing hotspots. However, this time you will import all three movies into a single scene and use the hotspots to link from one movie to another, not from movie to HTML page as in Assignment 2.

This is the point of having a line of sight from one location to another when you design your landscape: Each of your panoramas should contain at least one view or vista in which an item or items marking another site is visible. Construct your hotspots on these landmarks and thus link one panorama to another within the QTVR scene.

4. Submission: Create an HTML page named assignment6A.htm. Change the file extension of your QTVR scene from .scene to .mov and use an <EMBED> tag to include it in your page (again see the instructions for Assignment 2). Place your HTML page and scene movie (.mov file) in a new directory called assignment6 within your personal folder on Cow.

Option B: World Without Panoramas Amen

1. Create or redesign a landscape with at least three distinguishable objects, groups of objects, or interesting locations (same as Step 1 above). Separate these locations but allow unobstructed lines of sight to connect them.

2. Follow the instructions given out last week for constructing a non-panoramic tour of a Bryce landscape. You may use the simple HTML interface provided, or if you're feeling ambitious, design your own.

Your project must allow the user to perform a complete tour of your landscape, visiting all three major sites and returning to the entry point.

3. Submission: Create a new directory called assignment6 within your personal folder on Cow. Place in that directory all component files and subdirectories required for the non-panoramic presentation. Name the entry page/location index.html. This step is very important: you will not get credit for successfully completing this version of Assignment 6 unless all your files and directories are in good order.