Computer Science

 

This course is an introduction to programming that takes students from the basics of C++ coding all the way through the basics of object oriented coding to OpenGL 3D animation. Students eventually create animated 3D models out of coloured/texture mapped polygons. The model animation involves self-assembly, and the various parts also have unique (and sometimes very complicated) movements.

• Some of the models are texture mapped.
• All the modeling and motion control is done using object-oriented C++ computer code in OpenGL!
• All models are animated with sometimes very complicated movements, and synchronized to appropriate music or sound effects.
• The screensavers have randomization built in so they're never the same each time they are run.
• Above each image, you'll find a brief description of the hard work put in by the students

 

 

Taj Mahal

by Juljka Klinger

• the Taj Mahal comes together piece by piece as the whole thing slowly spins around.

 

 

 

Polaroid Camera Taking Picture

by Genevieve Mateyko

• the camera comes together, piece by piece, and then opens up, takes a picture of the background, and then the picture comes out as the whole thing rotates.

 

 

 

 

Pork is Yummy

by Yu Feng

• the pig starts to cry as he's slowly cut up and taken away by the fork, as young kids sing about how yummy pork is.

 

 

 

• watch the movie here

 

 

 

 

 

Harley Quinn Jack-in-the-Box

by Sabrina Ng

• she pops up at a certain point in the music and flops around just like a real doll (arms, head), and then the head slowly turns around to reveal a sinister face.

 

 

 

• watch the movie here

 

 

 

 

 

Record Player

by Tia Blunden

• the record player opens slowly, a record falls down, lands on the turntable and starts playing (synchronized to the music)
• many records cascade down slowly in the background.

 

 

 

 

 

Kinetic Text - "Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe

by Toshi Nakagawa &

• lines of a poem are independently moved and drawn in various ways
• the movements are synchronized to music.

 

 

 

 

• a few screenshots

 

 

 

 

Anna's Synesthesia (computer created music video)

by Anna Bohn

• a visualization of what Anna sees when she hears this particular music
• the project goal was to blend bitmap images together over time and synchronize the resulting movie to music… creating a music video.

 

 

 

• watch the movie here

 

 

 

 

 

Gizmo

by Brian Tong

• Gizmo starts sprouting gremlin puff balls that bounce out in random directions when a water droplet falls down and touches his head.

 

 

 

 

(left) Cardboard Vegetable Theatre

by Taeyoung Kim

• the vegetable cardboard cutouts timidly come out of the cardboard box after the transparent tape is removed, and the edges of the box open up, and to the music of Scottish bag pipe music, the vegetables say "eat me" as they pop up.

 

(right) Passenger Jet

by Yusra Rabia

• several small parts of the passenger plane come together (including rotating jet turbines), the landing gear comes down, then the plane rotates away and then takes off.

 

 

 

 

Spitfire

by Melle Hong

• the Spitfire is revealed as the walls of a box made of old war photographs
• the propeller spins and the plan wobbles back and forth as if in flight.

 

 

 

(left) BLT

by Heather Neale

• the sandwich is slowly built as Chariots of Fire plays in the background, and eventually the sandwich is lifted up and a bite is taken out.

 

(right) Charlie the Unicorn

by Katie Blank

• the unicorn is put together as various candies rotate and fall down, eventually his kidney is removed.

 

 

 

 

(left) Gameboy

by Max Cirka

• the Gameboy turns on and then shows the Tetris screen after a cartridge drops in.

 

(right) Three Russan Dolls

by Suzanne Kwong

• each doll nests inside one another.

 

 

 

 

(left) Optimus Prime

by Junfeng Zhao

• Optimus Prime's trailer rolls away as he fully transforms into robot mode.

 

(right) Buzz Lightyear Potatohead

by Judy Shane

• the character comes together piece by piece and then flies up in a spiral and then shoots across the screen as the clouds in the wallpaper slowly move across in the background.

 

 

 

 

Jack

by Paige Quinton

• Jack tosses a flipping pumpkin up in the air (with correct hand, forearm, and upper arm movements) as a dog-ghost flies around him, and Santa goes flying by in the background.

 

 

 

 

(left) Hot Rod

by Kai Mushens

• a detailed Hot Rod comes together (including engine parts) and then drives off.

 

(right) Spongebob Squarepants

by Katy Chen

• the character is constructed, and then bounces and dances around the screen as the title music plays on.

 

 

 

 

(left) The happiest banana split

by Venus Fung

• the desert is put together and then starts dancing around to the music.

 

(right) Sailboat & Sharks

by Priscilla Yeung

• the sailboat is constructed while the sea swells and then two sharks start circling.

 

 

 

 

Dymaxion Solar System

by Shauna Davis

• starting with a close-up view of a dymaxion mapped (icosahedron map) earth, the camera slowly pans back to reveal the orbiting moon and the rest of the solar system
• all the planets and the moon have quick but approximately correct relative rotational speeds.

 

 

 

 

Olympus SLR

by Aleksandr Kudimenko

• the camera lens moves towards the camera body and attaches by twisting into place
• the shutter button is pressed, and the film advance lever is pulled a few times.

 

 

 

 

Komatsu excavator

by Han Wen

• the first image is the real Komatsu excavator that was modeled
• the 3D texture mapped model drives around as it digs (all parts are properly articulated and the digging motion is proper).

 

 

 

 

Water lily & dragonfly screensaver

by Taeyoung Kim

• water lilies float around while rain falls (and creates multiple ripples on the water), and dragonflies weave their way around (with flapping wings)
• the surface illusion is helped by the fact that all objects are reflected.

 

 

 

 

Tron screensaver

by Daryl Shambrook

• lightcycles race across and their tails fade transparently, the recognizers swoop down towards the viewer, while the bits dart around
• the positions, speeds, and colours of the lightcycles (and the position attributes of the recognizers) are randomly chosen each time the program is run.

 

 

 

 

Game characters screensaver

by Andrew Chan

• different characters move around in different ways

 

 

 

 

Office supply screensaver

by Aleksandr Kudimenko

• 3D office supply items fly around and fade into the background using transparency.
• uses realistic lighting

 

 

 

 

Geometric shapes screensaver

by Melanie Camman

• 3D geometric shapes phase in and out of existence as they each rotate and move around in different ways.

 

 

 

 

Ascii art, Graphitti Red

by Thom Watchorn

• a raster image is sampled and used to create an image out of letters, numbers, and other characters.