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Meeting Times: Monday 4-5pm, Rm 135(26).
Supervisor: Jon McCormack, Rm. 145(26).
email: jonmc@csse.monash.edu.auNewsgroup: monash.csse.proj-alife
Due Date for Project (including Report): Friday, 1 June 2001
Project Semester 1, 2001
Modelling Seashells
Seashells have been studied for centuries and admired for their aesthetic and mathematical beauty. The aim of this project is to produce a visually realistic model of seashells using 3D graphics and artificial life techniques. The modeling aspects could include the growth and development of the shell over its lifetime. A realistic model should include both geometric and textural detail. The final model can be output as a real-time visualisation on screen or using one of the public domain rendering packages available on the internet.
For this project you will need to know some basic computer graphics. Experience with OpenGL is recommended.
Recommended Reading:
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson: On Growth and Form, Cambridge University Press, 1942.
Fowler, D.R. et. al. Modeling Seashells, Computer Graphics 26, July 1992, pp. 379-387
Hans Meinhardt: The algorithmic beauty of sea shells, New York : Springer-Verlag, 1995.
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