“In Epic Roller Coasters you’ll get the same feeling of a real roller coaster with a high level graphics, physics-based simulation. You’ll go up and down seeing everything around you with our long range vision capabilities!” Steam
Using two sensor and the oculus rift the students manage to set a play space around the classroom; this play space was around 4 by 6 feet rectangular area. As seen in the featured photo we used the touch controllers for our selfies. Student had to interact with the interface to trigger the photo mode feature. The motion controls are able to pick up different articulation of the figures.The assignment was to Find a unique shot that demonstrated the vivid and realistic graphics but also point in-game interest points (attraction). Attractions are events where the roller coaster slows down and the environment and it inhabitants interact with the User. Prime time for our students to illustrate their excitement.
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DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice aims to bridge the digital divide by combining media literacy and cultural awareness along with a vast understanding of technology to encourage young women in under served communities to pursue careers in computer science and new media.
