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Adrian Herbez   //  #5
Infinicity

Many of the problems faced in developing 3d interactive environments that provide users with rich experiences can be seen as issues of complexity. Complexity that is quickly approaching the point at which direct design and manipulation of every element by human designers becomes at least unrealistic, if not impossible. Therefore, it becomes increasingly important and desireable to offload design work to the computer via algorithmic means. The Inifinicity project represents a platform upon which to experiement with such solutions. The project takes the form of an infinte, non-repeating urban environment through which the user is free to navigate. At any given momment, the environment surrounding the user is generated on the fly by algorithmic means, based on pseudorandom numbers. By seeding the pseudorandom number generation with the user's current location in 3d space, environments that are both consistant and varied are obtained.

Adrian Herbez is an aesthetic programmer concerned primarily with the creation and evolution of real-time interactive spaces. He studied digital and electronic media at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating in 2001. Since then he has worked professionally producing both real-time and pre-rendederd content and teaching 3d animation. He has also been part of the OmniCircus theater, where he builds and operates Virtual Puppets (VRpits) that integrate with live performance. He is currently persuing a Masters of Fine Art in the ACE program at the Univeristy of California, Irvine while continuing to teach Maya at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

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