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iPad + Server = Love

Posted on April 2, 2011 by rgrabman

Cassandra wrote up a summary of some progress the tech team made over the past few weeks: We’ve made significant progress in connecting our network through the server and over the web. It was relatively simple to make the server … Continue reading →

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And Now… Tech Talk with Tom!

Posted on March 27, 2011 by rgrabman

As part of our ongoing effort to highlight our technical achievements, Tom has some info on our system overview: Guests using the Starscape application will be holding an iPad in their hands, but this is only one small part of … Continue reading →

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Halves 3/15

Posted on March 25, 2011 by rgrabman

Dani recaps our recent presentation. We’re looking into getting the video recording so that we can share the whole thing! Last week we had our mid-semester presentations for faculty, staff, students and guests. Throughout the semester we have to make … Continue reading →

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Tower Photos!

Posted on March 22, 2011 by rgrabman

Correction! The object circled is actually NOT the tower! The incomplete tower, without the copula, is the purple object to the left of the one circled. Oops! Our partners on-site have passed along the following photographs: In the first photo … Continue reading →

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Technology Milestones

Posted on March 18, 2011 by rgrabman

Our very own Matt Stewart and Anthony Palma have been performing inception: putting the physical world (the star) made digital (a camera feed) inside a virtual world (on the iPad) all held by a guest in the physical world! Whew! … Continue reading →

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The Star Tower Rises

Posted on March 16, 2011 by rgrabman

We’ve been busy here at Starscape, with members traveling to attending GDC (San Fransisco), SXSW (Austin) and the TEA Summit (Los Angeles). For most of us, Spring Break was anything but a break, but we’re jumping right back into the … Continue reading →

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Paper Prototypes

Posted on February 24, 2011 by rgrabman

Dani and Rebecca have been working to develop the user interface that allows the volunteers to easily place the stars in the tower and focus the live camera feeds in the appropriate location. This week they produced paper prototypes of … Continue reading →

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Developing Art Style

Posted on February 24, 2011 by rgrabman

The story and experience discussions are wrapping up, having reached a point where asset lists can be handed off for rendering and interpertation. Above and to the left are images depicting a visitor’s experience visiting the tower and navigating the … Continue reading →

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Some Early Concept Art

Posted on February 18, 2011 by rgrabman

Here are some teasers for what we have in the works! Some concept art of the Fairy World, tower star fills and iPad casing. We know there’s something magical hiding just beyond the walls, now we just have to discover … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Quarters

Posted on February 10, 2011 by rgrabman

We’ve been busy here at Starscape! Our quarter walk-arounds were this past Wednesday, which means that we were given the opportunity to host faculty, staff and visitors to get a wide variety of input and opinions on our project. Our … Continue reading →

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