CALENDAR

2011.09.12 – WEEK 01

Topics & Tutorials:
-Go over syllabus and expectations
-Introductions
-Explanation of Kinect
-Brekel (http://www.brekel.com/?page_id=155) and iPiSoft (http://www.ipisoft.com/en/wiki/index.php?title=Quick_Start_Guide_with_MS_Kinect_Sensor)
-Look at MoCap Libraries: CMU (http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/) and Animstreet (http://www.animstreet.com) and https://sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/cgspeed/motion-capture
-overview of artists using motion capture
-Assign Project 1: The Motion Project
Assignments:
-Read for Week 02: Sound Unbound, Chapter 25 (pg.265-270) – “Permuting Connections: Software for Dancers” by Scott deLahunta
-Brainstorm Project 1

2011.09.19 – WEEK 02

Topics & Tutorials:
-Intro to Performance Art, Virtual Space, and Recent Softwares
-Discussion of performing for motion capture
-Kinect
-Install Unity on personal computers
-Discuss Project 1 Ideas
-Motion capture tutorial using Brekel and/or iPisoft
-Setup students.autodesk.com accounts
-Work on Project 1
Assignments:
-Read for Week 03: pg. 63-64 in Digital Visual Culture: Theory and Practice
-Due: Project 1 Ideas

2011.09.26 – WEEK 03

Topics & Tutorials:
-Project 1 Critique
-Assign Project 2
-Work on Project 2
-Motion plus objects
-Dual quaternion weight skinning in Maya
-Getting BVH skeleton data into Maya and Unity
Assignments:
-Read for Week 04: Installation Art: A Critical History
-Project 1 DUE TODAY
-Begin Project 2

2011.10.03 – WEEK 04

Topics & Tutorials:
-Turbosquid, google 3d warehouse, Unity Asset Store, and other databases of 3d model objects
-Prefabs and standard assets in Unity (plants, fire, etc.)
-Work on Project 2
Assignments:
-Read for Week 05: Installation Art: A Critical History, by Claire Bishop (examine all of the images of artworks throughout the book)
-Work on Project 2

2011.10.10 – WEEK 05

-Work on Project 2
Assignments:
-Work on Project 2

2011.10.17 – WEEK 06

Topics & Tutorials:
-Project 2 Critique
-Assign Project 3
-Work on Project 3
Assignments:
-Project 2 DUE TODAY
-Begin Project 3

2011.10.24 – WEEK 07

Topics & Tutorials:
-Work on Project 3
Assignments:
-Work on Project 3

2011.10.31 – WEEK 08

Topics & Tutorials:
-Work on Project 3
Assignments:
-Work on Project 3

2011.11.07 – WEEK 09

Topics & Tutorials:
-Project 3 Critique
-Assign Project 4
-Work on Project 4
Assignments:
-Project 3 DUE TODAY
-Begin Project 4

2011.11.14 – WEEK 10

Topics & Tutorials:
-Work on Project 4
Assignments:
-Work on Project 4
-Work on Final Project Proposals

2011.11.21 – WEEK 11

Topics & Tutorials:
-Work on Project 4
Assignments:
-Work on Project 4
-Work on Final Project Proposals

2011.11.28 – WEEK 12

Topics & Tutorials:
-Project 4 Critique

- Final Project PROPOSALS Critique

-Assign Final Project
-Work on Final Project
Assignments:
-Project 4 DUE TODAY
-Begin Final Project

2011.12.05 – WEEK 13

NO CLASS – CRITIQUE WEEK

2011.12.12 – WEEK 14

Topics & Tutorials:
-Help with final project
Assignments:
-Work on Final Project

2011.12.19 – WEEK 15

Final Project Due Today
FINAL CRITIQUE

2011.12.26 – WEEK 16

NO CLASS – FALL SEMESTER ALREADY ENDED