interactive 3d world
2002
1.6 GB, variable length
44 KHz, 16 bit
color, 800 x 600, 15/30 fps, 24 bit, animation compression
software: amorphium, bryce, cinema 4d, 3d studio max, photoshop, director, quicktime, super collider, metasynth, pro tools
hardware: apple dual powerpc g4 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, nvidia geforce 4 mx, wintel pentium III 933 MHz, 512 MB RAM, nvidia geforce 3 ti 500
system requirements
apple os: os 8.6 - os X, quicktime 6, g3 800 mhz, os 8.6 - os X, 128 mb ram, 800 x 600 display, millions of colors, 64 mb vram 3d accelerator, opengl 1.1.2, 8x cd-rom drive.
windows os: windows 98-me-nt-2000-xp, quicktime 6, pentium III 800 mhz, 128 mb ram, 800 x 600 display, millions of colors, 64 mb vram 3d accelerator, directx 5.2, 8x cd-rom drive, direct sound compatible card, speakers.
you can watch a reduced version of this work. only the interactive level is included: clicking on an object produces no result. click here to load the shockwave movie (800 x 600, 4.5 MByte - a powerful pc or macintosh is suggested, as well as a fast graphic card).
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oggetti features an interactive 3d environment composed of 18 abstract objects. navigation and scene manipulation allow the user to create his own views. the user can dolly, pan and rotate the camera, as well as rotate and move each object. clicking on each object triggers events chosen among a set of 36 animated sequences and 7 sounds. these events are not interactive.
the 3d objects appear as shaded, wireframed or rendered as points according to different types of objects: shaded ones trigger animated sequences that are the artist's view of that object. wireframed objects trigger animations that are totally abstract. point objects represent sounds.
this work is related to the world of games. its interaction is based on a gamepad, a device normally used in video and computer games. this contrasts with other interactive works, that live in environments such as museums or urban landscapes, while this way anybody can use oggetti at home or on a journey.
a keyboard and mouse version has also been created.
