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UMBC
40th Anniversary
In celebration of UMBC turning 40, the IRC produced hand-drawn blueprint-style animations of the campus being built. A simulated fireworks display over the Albert O. Kuhn Library were uniquely programmed using Mel Scripting within Maya. |
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Brightwater
Plaza
In collaboration with artist Jann
Rosen-Queralt, the IRC developed a design for the Brightwater
plaza in Washington state using solid modeling software. Her
mission for this project was to use sculptural elements in a
public art context to articulate the flow of water into and
out of the treatment system and to educate visitors about the
treatment process. |
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Wearable
Computing
Distinguished Professor Zary Segall
conducts and promotes research in the area of wearable computers
that are able to read human physiological and emotional states.
Rhino 3D was used to design and create digital models of a number
of handheld and wearable devices in support of his transdisciplinary
CMSC 691W wearable computing class. |
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W-47
W-47 is a virtual reality artwork retracing the foundation of
America's atomic bomb program. The project is directed by Timothy
Nohe and supported in part by the Center for Land Use Interpretation,
the Imaging Research Center at UMBC, the International Corporation
of Lost Structures, and the Maryland State Arts Council. W-47
site |
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UMBC
Campus Interactive Visualization
This digital reconstruction allows anyone to explore UMBC's
campus realtime on a basic laptop computer. |
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America
Beyond Capitalism
In
collaboration with the University of Maryland's Democracy Collaborative,
a team of IRC researchers, including students from a variety
of disciplines, developed a Web presence to initiate discussion
about a number of public policies issues. |
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Euphoria
Euphoria is a feature film about the pursuit of happiness.
Lee Boot conceived of the film during his time as a high school
teacher after seeing his students’ strong positive response
to information about the potential of their own brains to help
them build meaningful and engaging lives. |
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Syrinx:
Virtual Garden
Professor Alan Price directed the IRC Fellows
class in the development of a sound sensitive immersive environment.
A computer analyzes the sounds produced by the user and generates
a 3D virtual garden of surreal plants in response. |
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Landscapes
of Liberty
Landscapes
of Liberty is an interactive program with 3D animated sequences
created for permanent installation in the Maryland Historical
Society's Looking For Liberty in Maryland state overview
exhibition. |
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Virtual
Tour of the Cone Sisters' Apartment
A
touch-activated interactive virtual tour that gives a detailed
view of the Cone Sisters’ 1930 apartments and the incomparable
collection of early 20th Century painting with which they lived.
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Sun
Dagger Interactive
This
is an interactive real-time computer simulation of the ancient
Sun Dagger site on Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon, NM. Users may
interact with the scene by navigating in 3D space and also adjust
the time of year and time of day controls. |
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Édouard
Vuillard's Public Garden
The IRC was approached by the National
Gallery of Art in Washington, DC to recreate the original Paris
Salon, complete with the nine paintings of Édouard Vuillard.
There was no documentation of the series in its orginal setting
and this visualization was the first opportunity to experience
it as Vuillard had intended. |
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Chaco
Canyon
The animation for this one hour documentary illustrates
not only how the ancient cities of Chaco Canyon may have looked
but also how they oriented to astronomical events. |
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Unbuilt
Hurva
Many
of architects Louis Kahn’s most significant designs were
never built. Unbuilt Hurva, is a pilot visualization that presents
the unrealized design of the Hurva Synagogue as a virtual photorealistic
building, complete with a live action host. |
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Wide
Body Jets
The IRC created a visualization of an experimental
samll passenger jet with a unique "lifting body" aerodynamic
design. Full body motion capture was applied to 10 detailed
human models to illustrate the jet's interior design. |
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American
Sign Language Project
A
project to create a web-site of VRML models and animations of
ASL signs. The IRC created the web-delivered avatars along with
motion capture data for the signs. |
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Virtual
Dave
Virtual Dave was exhibited at Maryland Art Place
accompanying an exhibition of work by IRC founding director
David Yager. This interactive animation allowed up to four users
to "probe" a virtual David Yager using a Plastic Camera
anf toy medical instruments. |
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KinderCat
Working with Interactive Children's Televison,
the IRC developed a 3-dD animated character for the educational
show It's Kinder Time. KinderCat was designed as a
hip, fresh character who would appeal to a diverse multi-cultural
audience. |
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On
The Day You Were Born
Animation
brings to life the award winning children’s book and symphony
of the same name. 15 UMBC student interns each animated a sequence
of the video. |
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Baltimore
Ravens
The IRC was commissioned by Art Modell, owner of the Baltimore
Ravens football team, to create a 3D animated version of the
team’s logo and symbol, the Raven.
The project allowed UMBC students to create 3D animated mascots
to rally fans during home games. |
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The
Commons Logo
When The Commons opened, the campus’
newest hangout immediately had a student
touch – animated logos which serve as transition points
on the building’s video messaging network, created by
interns from the IIRC. |
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