Development of three dimensional Hong Kong Disneyland on the internet - I

Abstract

In general speaking, web pages are usually presented in form of text with pictures. As web programming being maturely developed, more interactive stuffs can be added into web pages, but so far those stuffs are mostly showing in 2D format. As a result, 3D stuffs, such as VRML, will become the future trend. VRML, which stands for Virtual Reality Modeling Language, is used to build a 3D space on the Internet. By installing plug-in, a web browser can be used to view VRML world. Some softwares help to build the VRML world, such as Internet Space Builder. This project aims to develop 3D Hong Kong Disneyland with VRML. The project is divided into three parts, developing by three different students. My part is to build the Fantasyland of HK Disneyland, including Sleeping Beauty Castle, Cinderella Carousel, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, and some other attraction points. Compared to the VRML projects in past few years, the size of the virtual world is relatively small. However, the composed components of each real building are very complicated as detailed decorations and irregular shapes are used. To make the world more realistic, much of the time was consumed on building the Sleeping Beauty Castle, which is the center building of the HK Disneyland.