Chirs and Jeff Representing Boston College

 Two of my classmates from Boston College competed in a video game competition in LA. The winners received $450,000 in scholarship money. This was a televised event on ESPN! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2nEqu4aSMA .

Final Project: Group Statehouse

 For this project, we had to build the Old Boston Statehouse as a class. We built the Statehouse using multilpayer Minecraft and used the dimensions 12x38x14-16.

We started by laying out the foundation and then measuring how long and wide each wall was. Then I helped build the wall up until it was tall enough.

 I then started to add the windows with a couple other group members helping me.

Here are the window sills that we added to the outside of each window.

This is a picture of the roof windows and the wall windows finished.

Final Project: Local Old Boston StateHouse

For this assignment, I had to build my own replica of the old Boston State House Minecraft in the span of 4 hours. I used single player creative mode. The dimensions I used are 39 blocks long, 12 blocks wide and 13-16 blocks tall. Here are my progress screenshots:

First I found an area that looked to be big enough.

 I cleared a lot of the weeds out of the way.

 I then begun to build the foundation.

 I built up the walls using brick.

 and used sandstone for the accent.

 Once the walls were finished I begun to build the roof.

 After the base of the roof was built I begun to add on the windows.

 As well as, the top tower.

 I then worked on the wides of the building adding the windows and door.

 I also finished the back of the State house.

 And here's the finished front of the state house.

These are the photos I used to base my replica off of..

This is apart of my Final Project. I had to build a structure in MineCraft that looked like the Old State House in Boston. I used the brick for the entire building, then the stone, some sandstone, and clear glass for the rest of the building. It took a long time to build up all the walls, but once that was done, it wasn't' too difficult to make it look comparable to the actual building. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://immersiveeducation.org/@/bc

WebGL Chrome Experiments the FAIL IN FIREFOX

For this assignment, I had to try to run Chrome Experiments using Mozilla's Firefox web browser. WebGL is not completely cross-platform yet so there is a great chance that there will be many problems trying to launch Chrome Experiments. First I tried running the experiments that I launch on Chrome. The first experiment that I tried was, WebGL Maze Which ended up working. The next experiment that tried was, JS Racing this also ended up working on Firefox. The last experiment I tried of the three I used is called, Swoop. This experiment also worked!

The only one I found that I would say failed it the Jack-O-Lantern Message. The experiment worked perfectly, but when I tried to shut it down the cursor wasn't visible and it stayed that way for about 10 minutes. This was really annoying...

Class 11: WebGL Chrome Experiments using Google's Chrome Browser

For this assignment I had to check out the Google Chrome 3D Experiments on Google Chrome's web browser. There were a lot of different experiments and quite a few fun ones. There are 3 different experiments I chose for this post. Here is the link I used to get there, https://www.chromeexperiments.com/webgl,3d?page=4&sort=newest.

The first experiment I worked with was call, "WebGL Maze". In this experiment it was a timed game and you had to get from beginning to end. Each level got more difficult. By level three you could run into obstacles. One in particular turned the screen upside down which made it really difficult to maneuver around. There were also blocks labelled "Jump" and you could jump extra high to cheat a little and figure out which way to go next. Here is the link I used for this experiment, http://www.spacegoo.com/maze/.

The next Google Chrome experiment I chose was called "JS Racing". This was your typical racing game that everyone plays. It's timed and you have to make a certain number of laps. There are also other people playing against you, which I thought was pretty cool. I had to use the "W, A, S, D" keys to move the car forward, backward, left and right. Here is the link for this experiment, http://js-racing.knockknock.jp:3000/.

The third and final experiment I tried was called "Swoop". This was probably the most entertaining game that I found. It took me a little while to figure out how to play this game since I wasn't provided with instructions (many of the experiments didn't). I had to keep the plane in the air while collecting gems. If I collected a star it regained some fuel. If I hit bigger gems It was sort of a power up and I got extra coins (shown in the last screenshot). Here is the link to this experiment, http://playcanv.as/p/JtL2iqIH

Final #3: Group 3D Building Project

Here are some screenshots from our group building assignment. We chose Minecraft, which I think was the best thing to use cause it is so easy to use. The hardest part was probably getting everyone together. A lot of people got lost for a while, but we were able to eventually able to find them. It was hard to get started because we weren't really sure what to do, but once one person started building we all kinda caught one and joined it. 

We built a huge mansion with a bunch of levels including a cave/basement. We also built a few swimming pools with a very high diving board. We also managed to start a minor flood and huge fire which almost burnt down my entire farm/stable that I worked for a while on. At one point someone filled my farm with pigs which was really annoying, but I eventually managed to get them out. I also built the second floor of the mansion and decorated with pictures and banners and stairs leading up to the second floor.

Here is a beautiful view of our masterpiece at night!

This is a final where the entire class built together in minecraft. It is a final exercise from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Discovering Computer Graphics. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc.