Top Secret

Oct 052005
 

Overview

Worldwide, agencies are on alert. Radar surveillance is suggesting unauthorised small boat movements off the coast. Meanwhile, there is evidence of a breakin at the highly secret headquarters of the Brainiac Corporation. But are these events linked? And what, if anything, has gone missing from Brainiac?

The secretive Brainiac organisation, run by reclusive Nigerian genius, Professor Iwanda Wye has developed the CROWN computer. This is the first quantum computer, more powerful that all computers on Earth combined. The development of the computer has been kept top secret to discourage competition until it is finally ready.

Apparently not secret enough with a number of suspects who could have been involved with the break-in plot.

In Top Secret: Licence to Spy the visitor acts as a secret agent, uncovering facts and investigating leads to determine which of the suspects, if any, can be implicated in the crime. Each exhibit provides more intelligence on the suspects, leading the visitor on a journey of discovery into the secret world of spies.

Spy Satellite

The visitor sees a screen depicting the suspected area of activity containing conspicuous landmarks. There is a grid on the map and the visitor is asked to narrow the field of view using latitude and longitude to direct the spy satellite to look in the right place to find out what is happening. Each time the visitor changes the coordinates to narrow the view further they get a closer look at the island. Eventually, the visitor reveals a boat with the name See Saw on the roof, a clue to the owner’s identity.

This is the first of our many projects with Scitech, Perth’s premier science and technology education venue.

Cited: Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2005

Jul 122005
 

We’ve been cited in ACMC05 Generate and Test: Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2005.

Hirst, D. 2005. “”Developing an Interactive Study Score for the Analysis of Electro-acoustic Music””. ACMC05 Generate and Test: Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2005: 85-88.

David’s abstract:

This paper documents the design and development of an interactive study score for acousmatic music. First we introduce our SIAM framework for the analysis of acousmatic musc, then document previous methods of representation. We then provide an analytical methodology for Denis Smalley’s Wind Chimes, show details of the design of the interactive study score, and make some conclusions regarding its efficacy and future enhancements.

Planet ThinkSafe

May 312005
 

An online educational resource for primary school students.

Planet ThinkSafe provides safety information in an interactive way, using colourful graphics and animation specially designed for kids from 7 to 11 years old.

Students can explore Planet ThinkSafe with ThinkSafe SAM then try the Beat the clock quiz to review the information they have learnt. The names of the top ten scorers are displayed on site, until someone else beats one of them.

Planet ThinkSafe provides printable Teacher tips and teacher led Classroom activities that have been designed to encourage enquiry from students and consolidate the information on the website. All Classroom activities have been mapped to relevant WA Curriculum Framework outcomes across the eight curriculum areas where appropriate.

Chiropractic Association Patient CD

Apr 152005
 

Overview

Designed to remove the mystery from chiropractic for new patients.

Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts which is based upon the understanding that good health depends, in part, upon a normally functioning nervous system (especially the spine, and the nerves extending from the spine to all parts of the body). “Chiropractic” comes from the Greek word Chiropraktikos, meaning “effective treatment by hand.” Chiropractic stresses the idea that the cause of many disease processes begins with the body’s inability to adapt to its environment. It looks to address these diseases not by the use of drugs and chemicals, but by locating and adjusting a musculoskeletal area of the body which is functioning improperly.

Design

The Chiropractic Association of Australia (WA) commissioned an information CD for new clients including:

  • An interactive 3D spine
  • An spine x-ray that you can manipulate to see subluxation effects
  • A stack of information
  • Some video
  • And some really cool pictures!

We were given a Word document and a bit of an explanation about how this all works. We then sourced all the images, did the design work, and created the virtual spine.

PSA 40th Floor Visitors Gallery

Jan 132005
 

PSA International, Singapore – 40th Floor Visitors Gallery

Summary

An interactive corporate communications tool for the world’s largest port operator. This presentation uses a blend of 3D, video, text and photos to convey the scope and quality of PSA’s operations around the globe. The port of Singapore also includes an immersive 3D model of the Pasir Panjang terminal that is currently under construction, giving a feeling of the scale of a working port without the dangers of actually being there.

The exhibit is the feature of the visitor’s lounge on the 40th floor of the PSA building. It includes 6 touch screen kiosks and a large overhead projector. Tour staff use the multimedia tool to present to a wide range of visitors from international dignitaries to local school children.

From 2005 to 2009 we provided several updates to respond to port acquisitions and video updates.

This project was rebuilt for new corporate needs in 2010.

Media

This exhibit presents a range of media within a state of the art 3D environment. The media provided to GMG included

  • 360 degree x 180 degree panoramic photos
  • web camera focused on one of the ports in Singapore
  • photo gallery of each port
  • port statistics
  • port maps
  • video of each port
  • model photos
  • engineering drawings of ships and cranes

Technology

The presentation was built using the latest 3D development tools more commonly used in the development of computer games. GMG took advantage of the latest graphics cards to create a virtual terminal of one of the ports that is currently under construction at Pasir Panjang terminal. We fully modeled the 20 hectare site including cranes, ships, trucks, containers, and buildings. We then used the virtual terminal as a tool to explain some of the processes in a modern port.

Design

This installation contains three main elements: a globe (featuring port holdings in several countries), a 3D reconstruction of the main terminals at Singapore (using it as a 3D map which may be spun around, overlayed with map details, and located the web camera and spherical panoramas on it), and the virtual terminal (to show the details of a working port).

Included in the presentation is 30 minutes of video (port videos, corporate, historical and branding videos) all in 4 languages that can be swapped in real time. Interactive diagrams explaining port operations and transshipment, and a quiz covering corporate and historical topics in Singapore ports.

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