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Sketchup model: http://www.gamefront.com/files/20769285/maze.rar
Crysis environment documents:
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week 6 Research Assignment submission

References: http://www.incrysis.com/

Related links:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFBdL-1c2ME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwipMkaI4Q0&feature=related

week 5 Final submission

Analytics Engine Brief -I did my analytics engine based on a light intensity sensor pachube feed. The concept was to create a building co move, change size. The feed says "A high value currently represents low light intensity, and a low value represents high intensity." and so I created higher building for periods of high low light intensity.For the first building, I use the "average speed" concept to show the datas, the number message displays the initial velocity and final velocity, and then it calutates the average speed, that's correspond to the  min value, max value and average value collected from my feed data. The movement up&down of building to show the data changing trend. Besides, I add the rain to the environment to show the change of data, and  then I add the snow to show the various and distinctive datas.For the second building, I use the xml flow graph to show the data, the higher the building the larger the number, and this displays the highest value-100. For the last scene, I add the vehicle to show the various datas, the stable size tank means the lowest value-0.

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Week 4

Demonstration3-Flow graph challenge

Draft Analytics Engine: This is is a  graph I created for part of my analytic engine. Not all of the data conveyed is via flowgraph. The ones conveyed via flowgraph is the xml data, the HUD and the object scaling. Others that are not includes the moving up object means the higher the light intensity is and the moving down objects means the lower the light intensity is.

Week 3 Cool infographics

1.Pancreatic Cancer Survival Rates Aren't Improving

The charity, Pancreatic Cancer UK has released this infographic showing some stats that aren’t common knowledge.

We’ve put an infographic together to highlight the main stats about pancreatic cancer that are unknown - you know, less than 3% of people who are diagnosed will live to see five years post-diagnosis? Infographics can be gorgeous and fun but occasionally have a really important message at their heart.

I like the tree maps showing the difference between death rates and funding for the different forms of cancer.

2.SPAM: More than an Annoyance?

The SPAM: More than an Annoyance? infographic asks the question “Are there actual physical effects of email spam that impact the environment?”  From WebpageFX.com, I like the simple, focused message in this design.There are a handful of statistics in the infographic that fall into the lazy-designer “large font” style of visualization.  These could have easy been visualized to make the design better.  I do like the shaped clouds to indicate countries and breaking down the different actions related to spam, and relating them to the total carbon footprint.
Although I like the overall design, it is missing some key items.

3.Carbonite Small Business Disasters

The design does suffer a little from the large-font-syndrome that tries to make the numbers really large instead of visualizing them, but there are a number of good, simple visualizations included in the infographic.
The design also seems like something is missing at the top.  No title, company logo or anything to indicated what this infographic is about.  That’s espeically important because infographics can be heavily shared and have a life of their own on the Internet, separate from any text or explanation that the origianl company posts along with it.

Week 2 Demonstraion 2

Demonstration 2-Reading xml in flow graph

With my feed I would like to create a flowgraph that makes a building change in size according to light intensity. The higher the value the higher the building gets the darker the day is. In the feed the higher the value represents periods of lower light intensity hence, higher buildings means lower light intensity. The feed is frozen, so as a result I will construct my own Xml based on the values using approximations which will be quite accurate but not 100%.

Week1 Independent Study-SWOT Analysis

Pachube feed by margaretgoldsack Arch1391.

Chosen Pachube Feed:https://pachube.com/feeds/35501

Conceptual Idea:

"The sense of space is created using light. The number of people entering and leaving a room directly correlates to the floor area which is lit up. As more people enter the room the lit floor area increases. As more of the floor area lights up the concept of a larger space is created."

Strengths:

The idea is innovative.It's indicate that ever changing in tune with the amount of people that are in the room is rather than having a fixed amount of light for a defined space.There is no need for a switch to be flicked as one enters the room and then.There is also the possibility that as more people enter the room the brightness of the light will give a sense or a larger space, avoiding the potential concern to leave a room due to overcrowding or feeling enclosed.

Weaknesses:

Depending on how the room is constructed, a room could be too dull(if there is nowt enough people in the room to light it up) or it could be too blinding(if there are too many people in the room). To solve this there would need to be a minimum and maximum limit for the light strength produced in the room.

Opportunities:

Replace single light fittings into chandelier style fitting, perhaps, where you have many bulbs thus increasing the amount of light into the room. Further create a sense of space by using neutral or light colours - this property design obviously expands the space, whereas dark colours will make it feel a lot smaller. Quite a few design tips there to help you make the space that you do have feel bigger. It may be that you want to knock a wall through and combine two rooms together, such as a separate toilet and bathroom.

Threats:

Lighting is also an important creative element of composition. By controlling the light and directing it where you want it, you can subdue objects or distracting elements in the scene to give more emphasis to the main point of interest.

For good picture composition, you must develop an awareness of how changes in lighting can affect the appearance of things around you. Light and shadows can be used in composition to create mood, to draw attention to an area, to modify or distort shape, or to bring out form and texture in the subject.