METALLIC BALL
AMY HUANG
[email protected]
CMPS 160
DESCRIPTION
• THE PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE A REFLECTIVE SPHERICAL BALL WHICH COULD MOVE ABOUT
ON SOME TERRAIN
• THE BALL’S SURFACE WOULD REFLECT ITS SURROUNDING SURFACE AS IT MOVES
• RENDERED IN 3D
• MOVEMENT OF THE BALL MAY BE CONTROLLED BY THE USER USING EITHER SLIDERS OR THE
MOUSE
PLANNED RESULT
• THE RESULTING PROJECT WOULD LOOK
SIMILAR TO THIS
• THE SURFACE WOULD BE SOME TEXTURED
SURFACE WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
HEIGHTS
• THE SURFACE DESIGNED PLANNED FOR THIS
PROJECT IS A ZOOMED IN SECTION OF THE
MANDELBROT PLOT
CHECK POINT
PROGRESS
FUTURE WORK
• THE TERRAIN AND SPHERE HAS BEEN
GENERATED USING TRIANGULAR PATCHES
• IMPLEMENT TERRAIN REFLECTION ON THE
SPHERE’S SURFACE
• BASIC SHADING HAS BEEN USED SO FAR
• HAVE THE SPHERE MOVE ALONG THE
SURFACE OF THE TERRAIN
• SURFACE TILTING AND BALL
TRANFORMATIONS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED
• CURRENTLY WORKING ON LIGHTING
• APPLY PHYSICS TO THE SPHERE’S
MOVEMENTS
EXTRA FEATURES IF TIME PERMITS
• SPHERE CONFORMATION TO THE TERRAIN’S
SURFACE
• IT WOULD LOOK SIMILAR TO A BLOB OF
MERCURY
THE END