Introducing computer science through animation and virtual worlds

A Complete Bibliography of Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

ablation [54]. abstraction [116, 133]. accelerated [402]. acceleration [22]. accelerometers [274]. accessibility [443]. account [50]. Accurate [51]. achieving [326]. ACM [175]. acoustic [79]. acquisition [391]. actions [137]. active [145]. adaptation [214, 203, 227]. Adaptive [59, 319, 367, 428, 209, 371, 384, 300, 396, 69, 305]. Adding [235]. adjustment [300, 323]. advances [162]. Advected [28...

Computer Animation in Mathematics, science, and Art

At the conference whose proceedings make up this volume, my presentation consisted of a collection of excerpts from computer animated films. Since I showed only my own films, a description of my personal experiences in computer animation seems appropriate for this paper, with indications of the fi1ms shown at the conference, and where they can be obtained. I started my career as a topologist an...

Physical Presence through Virtual Worlds

I n the new era of globally dispersed operations, increasing travel costs, and the ever-growing need for real-time decision-making, organizations should look for new, immersive technologies for distance collaboration. Virtual environments can provide flexible, cost-effective, and efficient ways for distributed team members, partners, and customers to connect just as they would in the real world...

Virtual Worlds for Teaching: A Comparison of Traditional Methods and Virtual Worlds for Science Instruction

Immersive virtual worlds structured for education have the potential to engage students who do not respond well to traditional classroom activities. To test the appeal and usability of virtual environments in the classroom, four ninth grade science classes in a rural Upstate New York school were randomly assigned to learn an introductory genetics unit for three class periods in either an online...

Computer science. What can virtual worlds and games do for national security?