30 second stop motion film

Here is my 30 second stop motion film

300 - 500 word essay on the Virtual World

For my research in multimedia technology I have chosen a simple but yet an amazing piece of multimedia which has and will change the way people will communicate for many years to come. I am talking about the virtual world; the virtual world is basically a reality world of our existing world but with more of an unrealism theme towards it. I think that the virtual world is more than just a place to communicate with your friends; it has many other useful and important features which companies all over the world can benefit from.

One of these features is being able to have a board meeting with thousands of people and although half of them may be on the opposite side of the world it can still be done with minor problems e.g. time difference. Another feature of the virtual world is that it can be used to teach children over the internet about Math, English, Science and other topics with an added fun factor so that the children wouldn’t get bored of learning and would keep them occupied for a lot longer than reading from a book.

Example of the virtual world is Second life



But with technology getting better each year the virtual world has improved a lot i.e. now it is possible to customize your avatar (your virtual world character) so that it looks exactly like you in every way e.g. age, skin colour, gender and different items to express your likes and dislikes.

Example of different styles of customizable avatars

So the impact that I believe has/will happen is by using these save and protected virtual worlds will create a unique and fun experience to have meetings with your employees and to also teach children about work which by reading from books would make them loose concentration and therefore make it a fun factor for them.

Finally I believe by using the virtual world to do board meetings and to teach children (and many more reasons) would create less problems for shearing out information to thousands of your work team members, rather than handing out thousands of papers out and it would be a fun and learning experience to children that might one day become work in the multimedia fields.

Here is an example of what lessons can be teached

Functioning well or is there more?

In most cases we want our belongings to do more for us than to actually function well. Take the Xbox 360 for example, we want it to offer a lot more, like giving us the opportunity to adjust the settings to allow custom control for individual users, customizable interfaces able to play computer games and HD DVD’s and to also allow us to communicate with our friends through voice chat or text. Than actually functioning well as a machine.

We are more willing to pay for things that cost a lot more if they have more compelling forms than thing that don’t have compeling forms, because the item with the compelling form will be better to physically look at and will be more temping for the customers to buy it. Examples of this are the comparison of the Xbox and the Xbox 360.

As you can see the black Xbox is pretty sweet to look at but its black and bulky form lets it down for some people of different ages and genders, whilst the Xbox 360 is white and has a slender form which makes it compelling towards many people of different ages and genders.

The first week

A little about me first...

Hey my name is Jamie but I dont like my name :P so I prefer to be called Jay. I live in Clifton which is about 30 minutes away from Trent so I live pretty close by, my favourite colour is black (yep you heard) I like metal and rock music and anime.

The First week

The first week has been interesting, with getting to know some people and also getting to know the tutors. The next few weeks should be interesting, with getting used to the paste of the work and meeting new people.

What do I want to get out of the course?

I would like to improve on my designing skills and to create better animations using 3DS Max and flash. I would also like to improve my skills on Zbrush, and overall I would like to increase my skills on creating characters for computer games and 3D animated movies.

What did I get up to in the first week?

In my first week I got to understand what will be happening with Trent University while I will be staying here, got to understand what events are offered to me and when I can take part in them. I also got talking to some new people and got to understand what they would like to get out of university.

Overall...

Overall I want to have an awesome time at University and get to know new friends :P