Daily Archives: August 3, 2008

3D in VB Fast Track Workshop 2

3D, gaming, VB, Workshop

Date : August 6, 2008
Time : 09:00 am to 11:30 am
Venue : Computer Lab – 4

Theory
What is DirectX?
The DirectX SDK and 3D Engines.
What is a Scene.
Keyboard/Mouse Input – DirectInput.
Objects/Mesh.
Faces, Vectors and Points.
Creating primitive Shapes.
Texturing,Bump Mapping and Blending Modes.
3D Model Files – MDL, MD2, BSB, X , 3DS
Loading Models from file.
Landscape generation.
Atmospheric effects/Particle systems.
DirectDraw.

Application
Creating a Menu.
Creating a World.
Application of Vector/Matrix Algebra and Trigonometry.
Creating a SkyBox
Loading the Actors.
Collision Detection.
Keyboard/Mouse Input.
Finalizing a Game.

eXun Quizzing Session

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The quizzing session which was supposed to be held on Friday, will instead be held on Monday, 4th August after school. It’s a request for ALL exun members (quizzers and non quizzers alike) to attend the session as it will be of a big advantage. It will be conducted by highly experienced quizzers- Dhruv Kumar (President of Exun, 2006) and Manas Gautam (President of Exun, 2007). Hope to see you there!

Date: Monday, 4th August
Venue: Just meet us at Web Resource Centre and we’ll see
Timings: 1.30-3.30

Also, they will be conducting a quiz next week. It will be confirmed on Monday itself.