Research: (Papers and Projects)

1) "The Merry MIDI Makers"

An interactive musical experience in virtual reality

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• Based in Disney's Panda3D and built in 3 weeks
• For this project I worked in a team of five people as a programmer,modeler,rigger and animator
• I developed a C program for interactive MIDI synthesis and wrote a python wrapper for it
• I also did all the lighting setups and texture baking for this virtual world

2) Stereo Visualization and Flythrough for 3D Feature Extraction

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Project Website

• OpenGL based Stereo Visualization and Digital Elevation Model Flythrough software
• Developed for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

3) Programming with Disney's Panda3D engine

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• Programmed interactivity and implemented content for virtual worlds
• Developed an interactive scene editing tool for object placement and virtual world construction
• Lead implementation of particle system API and wrote technical documentation for it
• Wrote a C program for interactive MIDI synthesis and a python wrapper for use with Panda3D

4) Facial Expression Synthesis for Entertainment Robots (FESER)

Abstract   Entire paper as pdf (356 kb)   Intro Video of presentation(1 MB)   Video Capture of Bezz in action (1.5 MB)

• Presented at L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad,19th September, 2002.

3) Project 'Bezz' (Supporting project for FESER)

• Bezz is a simulated 3D head that can carry out textual conversation accompanied by facial expressions.

5) OpenGL Game Demo 'Aerokombat 3D' a.k.a Voice driven game demo 'Screaming Engines'

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• Presented at Seminar on Computer Graphics, L.D. College of Engineering, August 2001.
• Presented at IEEE Student Lecture on Computer Graphics, Rollwala Computer Center, September 2001. (VC++, OpenGL)

6) 'TrueShare- Online Stock Portfolio Manager' a.k.a. 'Crusade against boring business software interfaces'

TrueShare Screen Capture Video(1.5 MB)

• Presented as part of Application Development Tool Lab (ADTL) Project at L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, June 2002.
• Awarded highest marks in class with special merits for Interface Design. (Visual Basic)

7) Simple Intelligence Building Scheme for Game Entities (SIBS)

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• A 5th Semester paper which i sent to the IEEE Region 10 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest in February 2002.

8) 'Quadra' - OpenGL Sound Visualization

• Quadra uses fast fourier transforms of a real time audio signal to create eye candy based on sound input. (VC++, OpenGL)

9) Pick and Place Robot 'Maubus'

• Presented at IEEE Student Seminar on Fundamentals of Robotics', September 2001.

10) 'Aerokombat 2D' My first real computer game

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• Won 2nd Prize at Open Software Contest in Nirma Institute of Technology, March 2000. (Visual Basic)

11) 'Chatterbox'

• A chat software in Visual Basic

12) 'Pegit' in VC++

• A game similar to 'plot 4' or knots and crosses for a 10x10 grid.

13) Knots & Crosses with AI (VC++)

• My first ever comptuer game!