Monday, 13 October 2008

Week 3: 6th Oct - 12th Oct: Research, Research, Research!

This week is just about research. I need to get more defined at the research to come up with a specific question. My aim this week was to narrow down a problem until I got to a specific research question. This week I have done nothing but research websites and looked for journals and now that I'm at the end of the week I'm still confused on what to do. The weekend however will be used to research more. I do have a few ideas just need to narrow them down and decide.
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Some ideas:
Objects bouncing
Colliding in environment based on real life
Buoyancy
Movement over different terrains
Simulation of dynamics involved in animated joints/body
Procedural surfaces -curved
Liquid simulation
Particle dynamics affecting collision response
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On Wednesday, I received an email back from the colleague below me on the class list. He gave me very helpful comments and a website to look at on a physics engine.
This was quite useful and got me more interested in the topic.
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On the list of things to do for this week, the only thing which I have not got round to yet is meeting with the lecturers. I should have done contacted them about meeting this week as it would have helped to have their opinions before I decided on a research question. This is number one priority for next week.

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