Local Architect ’s Work Brought To Life In Luster
A few weeks ago a local architect from Rochester, NY contacted Darkwind looking for more information regarding Luster. He’s very interested in bringing people together in interactive virtual worlds. One of his current projects, the Baden Street Gaming Center, is available on Google’s 3D Warehouse. I decided to bring it into Luster to show him what Luster could do for him. Here’s what it looks like from the outside:
After only a few hours of work, I was able to create a simple guided tour that brings the user into the various rooms of the complex. The user can pause and play the tour at any time, as well as switch into the free roam mode. This mode allows the user to move freely throughout the scene to take a better look around.
As you can see, there are several wall-mounted televisions in the basement. With a few lines of code I was able to put a flash movie player on the screen in which the user can interact with (pause/play, seeking, volume control). I personally love this use of flash.
You may notice a flickering effect occuring on some of the walls. This effect is commonly referred to as z-fighting, and it’s due to the way the model was constructed. The model was not originally created in Sketchup. It was created in a more professional tool such as AutoCAD and imported into Sketchup. Sketchup isn’t exactly the best when it comes to importing other file formats, so problems like this are unfortunately somewhat common.
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