                
                              CREDITS  (Under Construction)

                                Virtual Egyptian Temple
                                     Jeffrey Jacobson &
          Lowry Burgess, Michael Darnell, Kerry Handron, Lynn Holden, Vashti Germaine, 

                         PublicVR, Carnegie Mellon University (SFCI), 
                    Carnegie Museum of Natural History, The Art Institutes


The Temple comes in four major versios:
    Version 4.0:  Under construction in 3DS Maxx & Unity (www.unity3d.com)
    Version 3.0:  The current public distribution, UT2004 
    Version 2.0:  Web-Enabled translation of v1.0, VRML 
    version 1.0:  Original Project, World Toolkit

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            Institutional Support

PublicVR (versions 2.0 and later)
Most evelopment funding,  technical support, public distribution,  
research design for educational testing and evaluation, and management.
http://www.PublicVR.org

Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH), Earth Theater Current
public venue for version 3.0, development of tours and educational
materials, for the public, the venue for testing.  Provided funding
for version 4.0 of the temple as a sub-award under NSF award 0916098.
http://www.carnegiemnh.org

Art Institute of Pittsburgh & Art Institute of New England
Contributions of objects and artwork for the temple, by students via
coursework and internships. This is part of a collaborative curriculum 
developed in concert with the CMNH and PublicVR.
http://www.artinstitutes.edu

Carnegie Mellon University, STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (version 1.0)
Developed version 1.0 of the temple in every way; it was a
cutting-edge project in its time. Contributing Sponsors were Intel
(funding), "Sense 8" now owned by Engineering Animation Inc. (software
tools), and Intergraph (hardware).  
http://www.cmu.edu/studio/

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Jeffrey Jacobson            Project director, sponsor, human-factors
(PublicVR)                  designer, and lead educational researcher.
                Maintains communication software (forum)
                manages contributions. Overall media design.

Lowry Burgess (CMU)         (v3.0 and later) Senior Advisor 
(CMU)                       (v1.0) Producer

Michael Darnell             Lead Artist.  He built the Temple Itself. 
(PublicVR)                   (model, texture lighting)
                            michael@worldsunknown.com

Vashti Germaine             Ambient Temple Music
(CMU)                       vashtigermaine@hotmail.com

Robyn Gillam            Historical Content and source materials
(York University)       for versions 4.0 and later. 

Kerry Handron               Exhibit & Presentation development, Testing
(CMNH)                      Supervision of CMNH Staff, resources, schedule
                            handronk@CarnegieMNH.Org

Lynn Holden                 Historical Content and source materials
(PublicVR & CMU)            for versions 3.0 and earlier.  Media design.
                            holdenl@pathcom.com

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2009-2010  Contributions From The Art Institute of New England 
                                   to temple Version 4.0

Casey Schenery          Lighting
                            (Art Institute of New England)
                http://www.caseyshenery.com/

Singer Ko           Lead Artist, Geometry, Lighting & Textures.
                            (Art Institute of New England)
                http://singerko.com/

Billy Gonsolves         Geometry and Textures.
                            (Art Institute of New England)
                http://www.billygonsalves.com/

Reginal Laurenceau          Draft lighting model.
                            (Art Institute of New England)
                            http://designsbyreggie.com/

Brian Relay                 Camera Work for lighting model fly-though
                            (Art Institute of New England)
                            b.k.relay@gmail.com 


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2009-2010  Contributions Through The Art Institutes of Pittsburgh
       to temple Versions 3.0  AND 4.0

Ricardo Washington          Management and coaching of the 2009-2010 AIP 
rwashington@aii.edu         student volunteers. 

Yelena Kamenetskaya         Converted all of the 2009-2010 models from
                            3DS-Maxx format to ut2004 static meshs for
                            version 3.0 and Unity format for version
                            4.0. Fixed many problems along the way.
                            Partially colorized artwork on the front
                            pylon.  Fixed historical problems with
                            pillar texture.

Robyn Gillam                Provided historical source materials. 
                            Advised on accuracy. 

Janelle Desborough          Bowl with dates and Qebeh Vessel.
                            jmd1529@stu.aii.edu

Geoffry Bowker              Lotus flower in the new temple.
                            Gbowker@pitt.edu

David Bakos                 Crook and flail. Base model and texture for 
                            the amulet in the sancruary.
                            dgb153@stu.aii.edu

Octavo Garcia-Rivera        Wadjet eye, now in the sanctuary. Plate with
                            with fish and eggs in the Hypostyle Hall.
                            dassath@hotmail.com

Sean VanGorder              Qebeh Vessel, now in the Hypostyle Hall.
                            sxeseany@hotmail.com

Jason Wilson                Linen wick candle, now in the sanctuary.
                            jcw1510@stu.aii.edu

William Everett             Egyptian candle, now in the Hypostyle Hall.
                            wme151@stu.aii.edu

Damico                      Incense burner, now in the sanctuary.

Gabe Strickland             Ribs, now in the Hypostyle Hall.
                            gds153@stu.aii.edu


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2008 Contributions Through The Art Institutes to Version 3.0

Ricardo Washington          Management and coaching of the 2008 
                            Art Institute of Pittsburgh (AIP) students
                            rwashington@aii.edu

Cyrus Conner                Jug and wooden mini-table (AIP - Washington)

Michael Jones               Texture for the colorized piller
                            Medium resolution version of Bram de Beer's 
                            Offering Table, now in the Sanctuary.

Cody McLachlan              Jugs and Cup. (AIP - Washington)

Monica Mulneix              Plates and cup. (AIP - Washington)

Anthony McKeever            Offering Table in the Hypostyle Hall and the 
                            Stela behind it.  (AIP - Washington)

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2006 Contributions Through The Art Institutes to Version 3.0

Jeff Zehner                 Management and coaching of the 2006 AIP 
                            Art Institute of Pittsburgh (AIP) students
                            jzehner@aii.edu

Amber Johnson               Trees surrounding the Temple.
                            Hawk statues in the courtyard.  Cat Mummy
                            ordinary jars in courtyard and hypostyle Hall.
                            www.TheAlterian.com   (AIP - Zehnor)

Colleen Nachtrieb           Harp in the courtyard.
                            Model barge in the sanctuary.
                            www.NachtriebArt.com  (AIP - Zehnor)

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Additional Contributions Through PublicVR to version 3.0


Robert Brunskill            Artwork Editor (especially 2008 student work)
                            Sound placement and programming.
                            emouse@mac.com  (AIP grad)

Sarah Green                 Statue of Horus.  (AIP grad)

Bram de Beer                Very high resolution model of the offering 3
                            table in the sanctuary. 

Jason Yates                 The Priest, Cleanup/Rebuild of v2.0

John Amakawa                Model for the Hawk statues in the front 
                            of the Temple.

Jeffrey Jacobson            Original Conversion of v1.0 to VMRL, 
                            creating v2.0.  v2.0 distribution.

Nicole Jackson              Assisted with v2.0 VRML model.


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    THE VIRTUAL EGYPTIAN TEMPLE (VERSION 1.0)

           aka Virtual Ancient Egypt
           aka Egypt NT

The Virtual Egyptian Temple (Version 1.0) was created during a
residency at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, an interdisciplinary
research center in the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon
University.

PERSONNEL

    Producer:  Lowry Burgess
    Director:  Carl Loeffler 
    Technical Manager:  Jeffrey Jacobson 
    Research/Content:  Dr. Lynn Holden
    Artwork:  Leon Stiel, Nicole Jackson, Chris Pegher, 
          Scott Morgan, Jeffrey Jacobson
    Programming: Philip Nemec, Simen Hagen, Nathan Dohm 
    Sound:  Vashti Burgess
    Thanks:  to Jeremy Epstien, CMNH

CORPORATE PARTNERS
    
    Intel Corporation. *Logo* http://www.intel.com/ 
    Contact Kevin Teixeira, Manager, Intel Arts Program, 
    kevin.d.teixeira@intel.com
    
    The STUDIO for Creative Inquiry (SFCI) *logo* 
    at Carnegie Mellon University 
    http://www.cmu.edu/studio/ 
    Contact persion: brodt@cmu.edu

CORPORATE CONTRIBUTORS

    Engineering Animation, Inc. - The SENSE8 Product Line *logo* 
    Provided WorldToolKit, an advanced cross platform development 
    environment (API) for Real Time 3D graphics applications. 
    All the original code was based on it. http://www.sense8.com 
    Contact: Erik Garrison <garrison@eai.com>
    
    Intergraph Inc. http://www.intergraph.com *logo* 
    Provided the primary development and demonstration platforms, 
    a TD4 and a TD5, at that time the most powerful PC's available.
    
    Thanks also to the CMU libraries.



        -- Jeff

        Jeffrey Jacobson
        jeff@planetjeff.net
        617-435-517



