Life-Sized USS Enterprise - Star Trek TOS - BRIDGE: Workstation Panels VRML

[DevilMaster]

Did you release the actual .wrl file(s) anywhere?

[brookestephen]

sorry no... and they're .vrml files (VRML 2)

[waynejame]

whair do you go to do that because that is

sweet

[brookestephen]

Thanks!

It's fun... look up VRML on the web.

I use a high tech software device to write VRML files...

calculator and notepad.

Want lessons?

[mcasual]

cool results,and i gather, much work :)

i have a quickly made bridge (modeled in maya) in my video titled starplic,

i plan on re-using it in my next video as the vilain's main room in his castle --

i'm researching the turbolift, that's how i found your videos

[brookestephen]

Thanx for lookin in on me!

Ya way too much work!!

Hey I see Microsoft Sam didn't get any billing in Star Plic... hmmm

You should probably know that all my stuff is VRML - all the animation is done with JavaScript (aka ECMAScript) in real-time.

How can I help with your turbolift?

[mcasual]

oh it's ok thanks, i found photos (star trek legacy fanfilm) and a huge web page with 10's of blueprints. In ncc-1701 the turbolift was quite simple (the handles look a bit like handheld vacuum cleaners dont they? :)

[brookestephen]

As I was designing my turbolift, I found there was only one set of doors (there are 2 on every earthbound elevator - one set moves with the elevator) and that the doors were straight, not curved like the turbolift.

So I built 2 sets of doors and they're both curved - the only major difference I have with the TV series sets... mostly...

Cheers!

[AramisMos]

That is pretty cool :)

[brookestephen]

What surprised me about your video was that you took floorplans and built the structure, and I did too... there's not much VRML stuff out there that simulates real world sites.

[AramisMos]

Yeah with the measurements it's easier to have everything to scale instead of spending ages estimating everything. I can see VR being used to simulate real worlds since it help 'clients' get a feel of a site, but the navigating can be tricky for some so I guess people use alternatives to vrml to do that? hmm dunno

[brookestephen]

Sofar I've built some homes I've lived in, and I'm now working on the whole life-size Enterprise in my spare time. VRML seems okay with the size sofar (3MB).

I wanted to model other things - Apartment/Condo complexes for sales, Cruise ships, city centres and theme parks so people could navigate within them easily, that kind of thing.

Do you still do any VRML work?