Ben Buchwald's Portfolio

Alice

January 2001 - August 2003
Client: Stage3 Research Group

Project Description


Screenshot of Alice
Alice is a modern programming environment designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn basic computer science while creating animated movies, simple video games, where students control the behavior of 3D objects and characters in a virtual world. Alice was originally created to build virtual reality experiences but has transformed into its current form as a teaching tool for computer science.

My Role

For three years I was a member of the Alice development team. While I worked on Alice I was responsible for many pieces of the system including:

  • Creating and maintaining the 3D model gallery
  • Built-in sound recording and editing
  • Alice world movie recorder
  • 3D Text
  • Motion capture importer
  • Virtual reality input device support
  • Bug database system

Videos


Example Alice world video generated by Alice movie recorder
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