CCT 370 Computer Visualization: Field Proposal- World of Warcraft
Group Stimulus
The labour will be divided equally amongst all team members. All members will contribute to the Wikispace. All members will create a short video that examines the physical difference between a persistent virtual environment and reality.
Oksana Cpin- research, creation/editing of the website
Tarek El Saad- research, creation/editing of the website, editing using iMovie
Nader Masoudi-research, creation/editing of the website
Jaudat Shah- research, creation/editing the website
Name of Virtual World:
World of Warcraft.
Research Objective:
In this presentation, we intend to prove that the persistent online environment in “World of Warcraft” effectively conveys the concepts of hyper-reality and pre-attentive processing.
Theoretical Concepts:
• Pre-attentive processing - Is done when catching an audience at a glance. The data given by an object is processed by the brain with little attention given to it. The processing leads viewers to understand the meaning of some content within a short period of time. An example would be the image of a sword to attack a creature
• Cognitive mapping- Cognitive Map: Is a mental/mind map created by a person to remember how to get around an area. It is conducted when a person involves experiences, cultures, backgrounds, family and values that relates to a physical location (having a memory in a place helps you remember it). Example. How the map on the top right of the screen helps us mental map to know where we are.
• Sensory Representation: is the recognition of objects or symbols which provide understanding without being learnt. They are processed immediately and are easily interpreted no matter what culture ( there is cross culture acceptance) (Ware). Wolves are hostile creatures, red text written over enemies.
• Hyper-reality- is a theory by Baudrillard, which discusses how virtual environment’s try to portray accuracy and detail in the real environment. An example is how its like to walk in snow in a virtual environment compared to the real thing.
Research Tools:
World of Warcraft
Dreamweaver
iMovie
Snapz Pro
Final Deliverable:
We will capture in-game clips and compare them with real world video-clips to demonstrate how well the virtual environment is constructed. Also a website will be created to display the research which has been conducted.
CCT 370 Computer Visualization: Field Proposal- World of Warcraft
Group Stimulus
The labour will be divided equally amongst all team members. All members will contribute to the Wikispace. All members will create a short video that examines the physical difference between a persistent virtual environment and reality.
Oksana Cpin- research, creation/editing of the website
Tarek El Saad- research, creation/editing of the website, editing using iMovie
Nader Masoudi-research, creation/editing of the website
Jaudat Shah- research, creation/editing the website
Name of Virtual World:
World of Warcraft.
Research Objective:
In this presentation, we intend to prove that the persistent online environment in “World of Warcraft” effectively conveys the concepts of hyper-reality and pre-attentive processing.
Theoretical Concepts:
• Pre-attentive processing - Is done when catching an audience at a glance. The data given by an object is processed by the brain with little attention given to it. The processing leads viewers to understand the meaning of some content within a short period of time. An example would be the image of a sword to attack a creature
• Cognitive mapping- Cognitive Map: Is a mental/mind map created by a person to remember how to get around an area. It is conducted when a person involves experiences, cultures, backgrounds, family and values that relates to a physical location (having a memory in a place helps you remember it). Example. How the map on the top right of the screen helps us mental map to know where we are.
• Sensory Representation: is the recognition of objects or symbols which provide understanding without being learnt. They are processed immediately and are easily interpreted no matter what culture ( there is cross culture acceptance) (Ware). Wolves are hostile creatures, red text written over enemies.
• Hyper-reality- is a theory by Baudrillard, which discusses how virtual environment’s try to portray accuracy and detail in the real environment. An example is how its like to walk in snow in a virtual environment compared to the real thing.
Research Tools:
World of Warcraft
Dreamweaver
iMovie
Snapz Pro
Final Deliverable:
We will capture in-game clips and compare them with real world video-clips to demonstrate how well the virtual environment is constructed. Also a website will be created to display the research which has been conducted.