Robin uses the combination of PHP and Flash that allow users to interactive with other users in the same application. I can see this technology to be popular in games. Games with multi-user or multi-player option always seemed to stand out more than single-player games. Another good example is Social Networking Site. They are one of the most used and visited website today due to the usefulness. Therefore, I really see a bright future for Robin in the future.
From my experience, it was one of most complicated but most fascinating technology that I experienced. It was frustrating at first getting it to work, but after getting the hang of it, it really did enjoyed the experience. I can brainstorm a ton of new ideas for Robin. Since the world is all about communication, there is not doubt Multi-User will be useful in the future.
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Over the past 4 months, my club members and I had been exploring and experimenting a virtual reality game called “Second life”. Second life is basically giving the username a “second life”, where user can create how he/she look like, purchase in-game product such as clothings, buildings, and etc… I myself is a fan of online games. I was shocked when I saw the game population. I was around 5 millions and it is still expanding. Some pros I find benefiting this game, is finding users that you located locally. Second life allows users to view other user’s profile, their age, interest, and location. I also like building and modeling in-game objects by using theirown unique scripting. This really bring the creatvity up a level.
But one major con that I found is overusage. It is great users are contributing to the game, but some user are willingly to spend massive amount of time improve their in-game profile. Improvement includes better apparence, clothings, and etc… But most improvement will require a fee, not in-game fee, but real money. Some even are said to be really pricey and surprisingly people think is worth purchasing it.
In conclusion, I think Second Life is great game for meeting new friends, but users should balance out their game time and their “First Life” time.
This was my first experience seeing the Goose (Multi-touch emulator). In the beginning, I was struggling to get to function correctly. But after some help and tweening with the device, I was having a lot of fun playing around with it. This also gave me TONS of new idea for the future. One would be a game with involving 2 players sharing or even battling for control. This can test their communication skills of the 2 players. Another Idea could be 1 user having control of 2 cursor by using 2 mouses. There are a lot of simulation game involving using both of the user’s hand, such as playing drums by using 2 mouses or even boxing by using 2 mouses.
This was my first experience seeing the advance technology of Flash. In this assignment, users with web cam can incorporate in with Flash, allowing them to capture motion video. With the capability of capturing motion with Flash and a webcam, users have the freedom to create many motion-based works. There are tons of possibilities that user can create. One of the most popular is motion-based flash games. It is where gamer can use their movement to control and interact, instead of the mouse and keyboard.
A few example I found on the web by (henriquesvilela on Youtube)
The technique used to invent these motion-based works is primary by Action Script, a powerful script that can control and create Flash’s abilities. At my first glance, just by looking at the amount of codes, I felt I would never understand this. However, when the code was carefully explained with high details, I started to understand more and the codes became much clearer to my head. I was really fascinated of how much customization Flash is capable of. From how smooth I want the target cursor to be like; to what kind of shape I want my target cursor to be like. I learned a lot from this project, from how this technology works to actually building one. This is definitely be useful in the future, where motion-sensor will be use more frequently
