HA7 Task 1

Task 1 - Applications of 3D

3D in Games

Battlezone

"The first big 3D success was Battlezone, a tank game released in 1980 that used vector graphics to create its work, much like Asteroids. While a simple game by modern standards, it was fiendishly complex for such an early example, offering the ability to go anywhere in an (admittedly featureless) world, hide from attacks and fight enemies."

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/the-evolution-of-3d-games-700995

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BattleZone was the first 3D game that used vector graphics much similar to asteroids, with poor frame rate and bad visuals the game was still big hit. the games designer was Ed Rotberg, he was also a game designer for Atari at the time. The game was also to be though so realistic that the game was used to train US army tank gunners.

3D Modeling Examples

This is a model i have created using a 3D modeling program.

3D in films

Monster House was created in a 3D virtual environment, it was shot using performance capture, this is where the actors perform he characters movement while being linked up to a sensor, this was also used in the film "The Polar Express" the studio name this type of 3d "Imageworks 3D"




Chicken Little, The project started in 2001, originally set out to be a young girl in summer camp, then change when David Stainton became Disney's new president. This used simple CGI to create the film.

3D Printing

"It all starts with making a virtual design of the object you want to create. This virtual design is made in a CAD (Computer Aided Design) file using a 3D modeling program (for the creation of a totally new object) or with the use of a 3D scanner (to copy an existing object). A 3D scanner makes a 3D digital copy of an object."

http://3dprinting.com/what-is-3d-printing/