Images for print

 

 

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Walls 400 Exhibition 

 Marie Lynch Composited Sequence

Shaun Whoriskey Composited Sequence

Interface 0.9

Siege Era Gates Redraft

Digital Fabrication

Using the FabLab Facilities and the 3D assets from this project to fabricate a number of items.

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Press
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http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/derry-s-walls-go-digital-1-4948848
http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/digital-scanning-of-largest-monument-for-400th-birthday-1-4953236
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/headlines/mapping-missing-pieces-of-londonderry-s-walls-1-4955462
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/see-derrys-walls-in-a-new-dimension-famous-landmark-being-mapped-in-3d-29167859.html
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Live Site
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http://www.walls400.com/getting_the_story_straight/bishops_gate_timeline

Presentation Slides

 

 

Optimising the models

spent last night optimising the models, cleaning up the geometry and artifact-ing on the textures


 

Siege Era Walls Design Amendments

I've recent notes on changes needed to the siege era Design. To be updated

From: ------------------------------------
Date: 21 March 2013 20:01:54 GMT
To: Mark Lusby <mark@holywelltrust.com>
Subject: Re: Update

Hello Mark,

I suggest that - 

The ravelin needs a shallow ditch outside it

The sentinel box on the walls needs to go

The corbels below the crenelations on the walls need to go

There are far too many crenelations on the walls and gate

The squared off bit and corbels on the gate front need to go

Just leave a rounded arch with visible but not fancy voussoirs 

Move the drawbridge chains and openings outwards to where the edge of the squared off bit is now (and remove squared off bit)

Move the window slits above outwards too

Put a triangular gable popping up from the top of the gate and give it a chimney to one side or the other, I suggest the right 

The drawbridge needs lengthened and possibly very slightly widened 

The drawbridge needs the hint of a stone double arch to either side on which it would have rested.

Hope this makes sense and isn't too far from the truth,

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Creating an offline model loader

links dump
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http://www.entheosweb.com/Flash/external_links.asp
http://www.justskins.com/forums/link-to-open-external-146631.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1999874/how-to-load-external-flash-in-html
http://a3dplayer.com/ - this platform allows export of self contained 3d model viewer which can embedd ad hoc - this file can be linked externally via on realease open command in flash AS3

Verold 3d viewer

In an interesting turn of events Ive been contacted by the CTO of Verold enquiring about my workflow method!



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Ross McKegney <ross.mckegney@verold.com>
   
4:20 PM (3 minutes ago)
       
to me
Shaun,

Your scan in Verold Studio is amazing!

Could you tell me a bit more about your pipeline and the tools you used to create the scan? I've recently had several inquiries from museums interested in interactive exhibits, and your scan is one of the best I've seen - quality vs polycount.

I'm actually going to be speaking at Museums and the Web next month, and with your permission I'd like to show your model as an example of what is possible - using a combination of scanning + custom retopology.

Ross

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Ross McKegney
CTO, Verold


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Interface Test 8

3D Display Options

                     As I have established WebGL appears to the best performing and optimium approach to displaying 3d data for web or interactive use, the P3D.in platform is solid and while polycount isnt much of an issue it has strict limitations on texture size to a maximum of 1024x1024 dpi.

              Alternatively I've been looking at the verold Studio platform as well a proprietary codeset which I'm still trying to impliment. Verold takes a little more setting up in order to prep the materials and lighting on the models but definetly the result is superior - also there it has support for embedding models on facebook!
                             
                           https://www.facebook.com/Verold/app_190322544333196

Hi Res 3d Assets

Interface test 07

Interface Test 04

Almost there

Finished the framework - need to input my contextual research and set up the model window loader code

Issues to address
- Issue with interactive elements on siege section
- Need to clean Up texture/normal maps on final bishops gate Model
- test webgl implimentation

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Then

- tidy up FABLab Concept sheets
- Workflow analysis 2 sheet
- digital plan of action/presentation sheets

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Bucket List

- Basic Sound
- animated 3d loader icon
- animated drawbridge on siege section

3D Assets

Contextual Research

 Today researching the needed contextual data for the interface

Links Dump
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The Bishop
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http://fredrickhervey4thearlofbristol.blogspot.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hervey,_4th_Earl_of_Bristol
http://www.wordnik.com/words/leopard - relevence of the Snow leopard in heraldy

Edward Smyth
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http://irishartsreview.com/gpairisartsrevi/pdf/1989/20492105.pdf.bannered.pdf
 
 The Siege
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http://www.derryswalls.com/hist-siege-1689.html
http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/445/the-siege-of-derry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/siege/

The Troubles
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http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/
http://irishconflict.webs.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber_Pig


Amazing Resources
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http://www.foylecivictrust.com/Living_City_Project/Bishop%20St%20Shipquay%20St%20Diamond/Bishop%20Street/Bishop%20Street.pdf
http://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/supplementary_guidance/conservation/conservation_map/design_guide_historic_city_conservation_area_londonderry_.pdf

Progress Update

To do
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-Setup draggable interface code
-flow chart diagram for meta information of selectable artifacts
-setup model 3d loader code from flash menu
-3d model launch icon
-buttonify partner icons
-clean up 3d meshs - embed in p3d

Issues for concern
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-are facebook/twitter/web link icons needed?
-should i include mini map of bishops street current location
-image gallery?
-preloader neccesary?
-animate shaunwho.com icon?
-sounds/music?

Interface Test 03

Workflow Analysis

A major part of this project is processing the LIDAR scan footage of Bishops gate - working with point cloud data can be tedious because of how large they can be - in order to work with this data it is necessary to sub sample it  - which can mean a loss of detail - to compensate for this I will be in parallel using 123D catch to produce high resolution meshs of specific elements such as the figure heads and the emblem plaques on the archway - this data can then be projected & combined to create highly detailed & accurate assets.