Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 23:10:00 GMT Server: NCSA/1.5 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:17:25 GMT Content-length: 12721 CS 418 Final project animation

Computer Science 418
Cornell University
Final Project Animations.


These animations were submitted as final class projects by students in Computer Science 418 (Cornell University) during the 1994 through 1996 spring semesters. This course provides an introduction to the principles of interactive computer graphics and scientific visualization. Topics include two- and three-dimensional graphics algorithms (perspective transformations, hidden-line and hidden-surface algorithms, parametric surfaces), lighting models, image synthesis, and application to scientific data analysis. They were created using IBM's Data Explorer. The instructor is Bruce Land.

Animation from 1996
(Maximum mpeg size is 5 Mbytes, average is 3).
Numbers are for reference and indicate no other ordering.

  1. USS Hornet. mpeg and description.
  2. Mt. Cyclone: A virtual Coaster. mpeg and description.
  3. Shadows. mpeg and description.
  4. DIDI & the magic helmet. mpeg and description.
  5. The unabomber's fatal mistake. mpeg
  6. The Magic. mpeg and description.
  7. Ignag: the one with whiskers. mpeg and description.
  8. Judgement Day. mpeg and description.
  9. Godzilla vs. Megalon (In a Game of Chess). mpeg and description.
  10. Veritech Battle. mpeg and description.
  11. Typical Day on the Plains. mpeg and description.
  12. Enemy Invasion. mpeg and description.
  13. Tanks on Fire. mpeg and description.
  14. Nuke. mpeg
  15. Barney Must Die...The Future of Dragon Day. mpeg and description.
  16. Cornell Fly-through. mpeg and description.
  17. Intergalactic Journey. mpeg and description.
  18. James Blob Saves Orphange. mpeg and description.
  19. Ride To Heaven. mpeg and description.
  20. Robbie vs the Daleks. mpeg and description.
  21. Attack of the fly. mpeg and description.
  22. The HEAD. mpeg and description.
  23. Pinball. mpeg and description.
  24. My Dixie Wrecked. mpeg and description.
  25. Origami Dinosaur Park. mpeg
  26. Transformer from Hell to Heaven. mpeg and description.
  27. Captain Kirk has a bad day. mpeg and description.
  28. Springtime in Ithaca. mpeg and description.
  29. Spring SnoSkiing. mpeg and description.
  30. Welcome to Rebel Attack!. mpeg and description.
  31. Lands-End. mpeg and description.
  32. Annihilation. mpeg and description.
  33. Mr. Conehead goes jogging. mpeg and description.
  34. Crew Boat Rowing on a Lake. mpeg and description.

Animation from 1995
  1. Phoenix Rejuvenation A bird is reborn. (8.5 Mbyte)
  2. The Penalty Shot. A hockey player scores in a breakaway play. Orientation of the player's body and hands are calculated from the trajectories of the puck and body. (8.7 Mbyte)
  3. HOTH. An ATAT from StarWars. (8.5 Mbyte)
  4. Empire Strikes Back: The Opening Battle. A starwars saga with a bit of lab humor at the end. (4.4 Mbyte)
  5. Knight Rider - Kitt vs. Karr - Part III. An automobile duel. (4.8 Mbyte)
  6. F-1 Race Car.A driver's view of a car race. (2.6 Mbyte)
  7. Dogfight. A dogfight between a carefully modelled Me109 and a Spitfire. (7.9 Mbyte)
  8. House Design. A house is built. (7.5 Mbyte)
  9. MacroMouse in The Hallway of Death. A spoof on certain role-playing games. (2.5 Mbyte)
  10. Demento the Robot. A robot which rebuilds itself. (10.7 Mbyte)
  11. Head Trip. A human head in strange surroundings. (4.5 Mbyte)
  12. Riding A Bike. A detailed bike and rider. The bike includes spokes, chain and pedals. (2.7 Mbyte)
  13. Water Wonderful World. A diver hunts for treasure. (4.9 Mbyte)
  14. Fly by the Pool Side. A fly trys to avoid a pool cue. (2.4 Mbytes)
  15. Fasten Your Seat Belt. A car crash with realistic crumpling. (5.1 Mbyte)
  16. Trotting Quadraped, A Horse? The title says it all. (0.7 Mbyte)
  17. VR Trooper. A robot which changes shape. (1.3 Mbyte)
  18. House of Lost Dreams (Under Construction). An accurately modelled house from actual plans. (8.4 Mbyte)
  19. Bungee Jumper. A jumper who meets a tragic end. (5 Mbyte)
  20. As Time Goes By. A traditional alarm clock. (1.6 Mbyte)
  21. Outpost. A StarWars scene. (21 Mbytes)
  22. Dandelion. A high-performance dandelion grows, goes to seed and blows away, all in a single day. (3.3 Mbyte)
  23. Tank War. An alogrithmically controlled tank battle. The tank detects the terrain it starts on, then follows a "streamline" down the hillside, while keeping its cannon aimed correctly. (2.2 Mbyte)
  24. Voyager's Journey Home. A spacecraft returns to earth. (2.5 Mbyte)
  25. Surreal Descent. A space-faring octopus lands in a bad spot. (6.7 Mbyte)
  26. Silicon Frog. A frog with a serious thirst who trys to hijack a beverage truck with his tongue. (1.9 Mbyte)
  27. The Match. A robot volley ball match. (11.5 Mbyte)
  28. Rower at Sunrise. A person rowing a shell on Cayuga inlet. (2.4 Mbyte)
  29. Space Shuttle. A shuttle blastoff with volume rendered exhaust smoke. (1.5 Mbyte)
  30. A Light Death. Insect meets streetlight. (1.2 Mbyte)
  31. Tunnel of Doom. A first-person exploration of a very dangerous place. (4.8 Mbyte)
  32. I'll be Back. A rocket launch which includes a very convincing thrust flame and texture-mapped Earth. (4.0 Mbyte)
  33. It's a Bug not a Spider. An animation combining heirarchally modelled motion of a bug with the motion of a rubber sheet. The shape of the rubber sheet was solved for each frame using Laplace's equation with constraints derived from the bug position. (9.6 Mbyte)
  34. The Great Space Coaster. A simulation of a camera riding in a roller coaster on the moon. The coaster is an arbitrary parametric curve specified at runtime. (2.0 Mbyte)

Animation from 1994

  1. Bubblebee (1.6 Mbytes) A bumblebee with texture mapping.
  2. Juggle (0.5 Mbytes) An invisible juggler.
  3. Weird Science (5.6 Mbyte) From dragonfly to butterfly.
  4. Virtual Fight (2.9 Mbytes) Choreography of two figures.
  5. Day at the Pool (1.9 Mbytes) Particle systems at the pool.
  6. Rad Spider (9.1 Mbytes) A spider and her web.
  7. GIS Ithaca.mpg (1.5 Mbytes) Real GIS data of the Ithaca area and the airport.
  8. Death Trek (0.3 Mbytes) Star Trek vs. Death Star.
  9. Drive (3.1 Mbytes) Oceanside driving.
  10. Flight (1.9 Mbytes) A flock of birds and a parachute over real terrain.
  11. Flush (2.7 Mbytes) Follow a bug down the drain.
  12. HBO (5.0 Mbytes) Walk-through of the Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory.
  13. Hoop (2.9 Mbytes) Robot basketball.
  14. Pursuit (1.7 Mbytes) A running figure.
  15. Race (4.5 Mbytes) A racetrack and spectators.
  16. Stage Robot (1.9 Mbytes) A robot puts on a show.
  17. Tour of the Solar System (0.3 Mbytes) Fly through the whole solar system.

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