OT: Designing Virtual Enviornments

p@mast3rs wrote on 1/25/2005, 7:52 PM
Working back on an old idea for a project (video resumes), I have yet to come across so of the sets I would like to use for it (i.e classroom enviornments.) So, I thought, why not build my own sets to use with green screens.

However, I am unsure what type of programs are best fitted for designing sets. Maya? Bryce? Any others?

Anyone have any links to tutorials on creating virtual enviornments?

Comments

Erk wrote on 1/25/2005, 8:45 PM
I'm no 3d expert, but Bryce and Vue are competitors for the low-end dollar as far as landscape generators. You can use them for 3d environments of all kinds. Poser, the low-end/hobbyist's 3d figure app, would also be worth looking into, as it is also easy to set up rooms, buildings, floors, etc, if that's what you mean by virtual environments.

Here's the popular Bryce forum at Renderosity, where you'll also find forums and tons of tutorials for Bryce, Vue, Poser, etc. Also some higher forums (3d Studio, etc.) Each of these apps have gallerys at the site, too, so you can see the kind of stuff they can create.

I use Poser a lot, and fooled with Bryce a bit. Its amazing what you can create with a few clicks.... Of course, like any app, the true masters excel with whatever tool they work with.

http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=107
richard-courtney wrote on 1/26/2005, 5:20 PM
I have Caligari Truespace. Static sets look great but
the design of the virtual set also needs to sync motion of the set with your
camera pan and zoom. I assume one can take two snapshots of the
green screen sequence and draw a vector line with keyframes to move
the rendering camera.

I have played with this a little but seems like something is not quite right
and looks like a composited image.

Any software or even hardware to read camera pan.tilt, and zoom?
Software I assume uses a reference point.

p@mast3rs wrote on 1/26/2005, 6:29 PM
All I am looking to do at this point is create a somewhat realistic classroom with a black board and some chairs and maybe a desk. I dont need many angles as it will be a short video resume (3 - 5 minutes).

Ill keep looking.
Trichome wrote on 1/26/2005, 7:46 PM
http://www.realviz.com/
ImageModeler
MatchMover
more....

Erk wrote on 1/26/2005, 7:50 PM
pmasters,

Here's two complete schoolrooms for Poser. I don't know if they are realistic enough for you, but they are cheap ($7 and $18) and Poser can be had for few hundred at curioslabs.com

http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?ViewSoftgood=19226&ViewImage=1#Image

http://market.renderosity.com/softgood.ez?ViewSoftgood=30425&ViewImage=3#Image