Academic Catalog

MMI710 MODELING OUTDOOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR SIMULATIONS AND GAMES

Course Code: 9090710
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(0-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Multimedia Informatics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

This course aims to present the fundamentals of outdoor virtual environments in computer games and simulation applications. Outdoor virtual environments cover terrain, geography, vegetation, sky, sun, moon, rain, snow, seasons, etc. Besides these natural phenomena, life layer entities will also be mentioned during the course. Good knowledge of these components helps game developers to design and create better titles throughout their professional life. A practical knowledge of programming language (C++, C# or Java) is a prerequisite for this course.