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Democratizing Information Technology

1: Spoilers

Chapter 1

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Before you get into the nuts and bolts of how simulations and games work, we would first like to feature several examples to give you a sense of what you are getting into. These are examples of fully functional simulations and games. The point of these examples is to show the kinds of applications we are talking about. We will also be referring to some (or all) of these at various points throughout the book. Most of these are far too complex to examine in detail, but we will refer to aspects of these examples.

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  1. A Sneak Peak at Simulations
    1. Microsimulation of Traffic Flow
    2. GRI Virtual Remote Operated Vehicle Simulator
  2. And Games
    1. Mario Kart
    2. Portal II
  3. For Education and Training
    1. The Coole Immersive Service Rig Trainer
    2. FoldIt
    3. FloodSim
    4. Real Lives
    5. Booze Cruise
  4. Summary
    1. Concepts
    2. Terminology
  5. References, Notes & Further Resources

Images

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Figure 1-1: A simulation of traffic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1-2: Simulated traffic at a lane closing, for various speed limits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1-3: Various configurations of the Virtual Remotely Operated Vehicle (VROV) simulation.

 

Figure 1-4: A screen from Portal 2. The portals in this scene are the orange and the blue circular doorways in two quite different places. You enter into one of them and exit the other, wherever they are.

 

Figure 1-5: The Service Rig Simulator, a game-like training simulator.
Figure 1-6: The console for Real Lives showing the player’s character image, his characteristics, a script of his life as it occurs, and educational features.
Figure 1-7: – Informational pop-ups provided by Real Lives.
Figure 1-8: FloodSim. Click on policies on the left and then on a region on the map to implement a policy in a region. The man on the right speaks to you, explaining each policy that you select.
Figure 1-9: One of the example puzzles from FoldIt showing a tutorial panel. Note the score display at the top. If the player can reach a score of 8850, then this puzzle is complete.
Figure 1-10: The Booze Cruise being played (left) The blurred motion perception imposed by the game. (Right) A typical scene. Note the time to completion counter at the top of the screen.