The Thing Growing - Programming

The Thing Growing is being programmed for CAVE and/or I-Desk using Dave Pape's xp VR authoring system which is built in Performer. The system establishes all the basics for the VR environment,
• Loading Models
• Collision Detection
• Navigation
• Interaction Triggers based on the user position and wand interface
• Objects can be grabbable
• Scenes, Objects and Behaviors can be swithced on and off
xp offers a hierachical text file system for managing the environment.

The user can build there own xp classes for their specific needs. In my case I am adding classes to make the Tbing intelligent, to enable the narrative flow, to make the rocs behavior etc etc.

Code and Notes

• Preliminary notes for the Thing's intelligence
• Description of XP
• Info on Xp movement classes
• Info on Thing movement classes
• My attempts to codify the movement classes