Welcome to BVW at the Entertainment Technology Center Building



Lots of exciting changes here! This year, the Building Virtual Worlds course will be taught at the Entertainment Technology Center, which is located a short drive off campus, at the 2nd Avenue Pittsburgh Technology Center complex.

The good news is:

1) There's a shuttle that runs every day, even weekends!

2) The facilities we have are unbelievable! Check out these photos!




We have our own rooms: there are two of them: here's one - note the open space!




They have virtual reality headmounts set up, right in the room




All the extra equipment (scanners, printers, you name it) we could ever want




Heck, there's so much equipment there are still tons of computers that we haven't even bothered unpacking yet!




Many of the workstations have dual-monitors, so you can really spread out and work more comfortably




Huge windows with tons of natural light!




But the best part! We're on the top floor, and the view is great (this picture doesn't quite do it justice)

How to Get There


If you have your own car, you can drive down yourself - driving directions are here

Otherwise, there's a free shuttle...




It will probably be a big bus that looks like this




Here's another picture




But it might look like this; anything big and white that comes along, I'd suggest asking the driver if he/she is headed to the Entertainment Technology Center down at 2nd Avenue.



The shuttle stops two places on campus:




Here they are, shown as red rectangles




NOTE! The "Morewood Stop" is here (it stops on Morewood Avenue, not at the bus stop on Forbes.)




The second stop is at Scaife Hall




And here's how it looks with the Shuttle there!


SHUTTLE SCHEDULE


Monday through Friday:
The Shuttle leaves campus at 9am, 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 9pm, 10pm and 11pm. It picks up at Morewood "on the hour" and then goes to the Scaife pickup. It takes about 15 minutes to get to the ETC.

The Shuttle leaves the ETC at 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, 10:30pm, and 11:30pm.



Weekends
On Saturdays and Sundays the Shuttle runs from 11am (first trip from campus) to 5:30pm (last trip back from ETC)

The BVW class will accommodate the shuttle schedule: in order to be "on time" for class, just catch the 3pm Shuttle -> class will start when you get here. Class goes until 5:20, making it easy to catch the 5:30 shuttle back to campus.


See you Tuesday!


-- Randy Pausch