Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: rs108@mdx.ac.uk (Robert Swan) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Middlesex University Net Yaroze Short Course Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 23:49:43 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 41 Message-ID: <358c48c0.7776116@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <6mgfh1$khq3@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <1daxmid.1k3eflnd15laeN@[194.151.88.141]> <358C367A.3D432E0@shell.jps.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: th-eng07-033.pool.dircon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 On Sat, 20 Jun 1998 15:23:54 -0700, Elliott Lee wrote: >Out of curiosity, what is the course curriculum going to be? Is it >an introduction to it, or is it real hard-core programming? Signing >up for a course and finding out it's all just review really sucks. >Are they going to let you guys play with a nice development system--- >i.e. fast PC, good 3D packages, pro sound editors, etc. the course is one week long, and we are expecting people with no experience up to people who now C better than we do (which may not be so hard!) For this we are supplying libraries meaning that if required all knowledge of the yaroze can be ignored. For those who are a bit more advanced there is the opportunity to mess around with 3d Studio Max and some ok computers - a room full of 166-200 Mhz pentiums. THe emphasis for the course is getting some applications running in a very short time - which may mean some of the less advanced students spending less time on graphics and sound. (As it is, sound will not be heavily promoted- there isnt the time to mess around with it to any degree of complexity, a bank of sounds will be included for those without their own sound effects) The course will be aiming to get everyone to a certain level, but those who wish to go ahead and mess around are free to do so as well. Who knows, If the situations arise, you may find only one person doing three rendering, in which case they'll have all the computers to themselves :) For more details, visit http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk/cg/shortcourse/ Personally, i'd rather only be helping fully proficient yaroze users as their results could be really interesting, but hey, thats life. Maybe I can steer some of the students in that direction and Ill be well pleased Robert Swan rs108@mdx.ac.uk http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~middex2