X3D4WA, X3D for Web Authors Examples Archive, Kelp Forest Exhibit

X3D Example Archives: X3D4WA, X3D for Web Authors, Kelp Forest Exhibit

The Kelp Forest Exhibit from the Monterey Bay Aquarium demonstrates what students can accomplish together using VRML and X3D.

The Kelp Forest Exhibit is a large student-produced project that illustrates how X3D can build and integrate a large collection of individual Web-based models. The overall scene that integrates all these individual X3D models is Kelp Forest Main.

The paper Teaching 3D Modeling and Simulation: Virtual Kelp Forest Case Study describes how this group effort was accomplished. Comprehensive modeling efforts such as the Kelp Forest Exhibit provide an excellent way to organize course work and student projects.

54 X3D Models		X3D Model Descriptions
	Black Surf Perch	Create a new fish type through configuration of the CircleFishLod prototype.
	Blue Rock Fish	Create a new fish type through configuration of the CircleFishLod prototype.
	Changing Fog	A Fog node that adjusts as the viewer's orientation and position changes. This is a good candidate to become a Prototype since Fog does not automatically bind when inlined.
	Circle Fish Example	This is a circle fish using the CircleFish prototype. Fish size max width is 10 cm (X-axis) length is 1 m (Y-axis) max height is 1 m (Z-axis)
	Circle Fish Lod Example	This is a circle fish using the CircleFishLod prototype.
	Circle Fish Lod Prototype	Modifies an externally defined CircleFish prototype by adding Level of Detail (LOD)
	Circle Fish Prototype	This is a prototype for a CircleFish, which is also used by CircleFishLod. Default fish size: length is 1 m (Y-axis), max Height is 1 m (Z-axis), max Width is 10 cm (X-axis).
	Copper Rock Fish Placard Viewer	Viewer for tank placards - needs photo on one side, placard on other, and conversion into prototype once ready.
	Fish	One simple Fish with three levels of detail.
	Fish Examples	Example instances of the Fish prototype.
	Fish Model Comparison	This file compares all of the fish prototypes.
	Fish Prototype	This is a reusable prototype of a generic fish, which can be configured upon instancing to create customized fish.
	Fish School	Fish Schooling Demo
	Garibaldi	Instancing a prototype to match a specific fish.
	Half Moon Group	This is a group of HalfMoon fish implemented as ProtoInstances.
	Half Moon Prototype	Prototype for a group of HalfMoon fish in the Kelp forest.
	Introduction Message	Welcome text message (positioned high and low) that introduces visitor to Kelp Forest Exhibit upon initial entry - zoom camera back beyond 40m range to make this text visible.
	Kelp Bass	Kelp bass is a type of fish.
	Kelp Bulb	One leaf of Kelp moving around a Bulb. Cycle time is 11 seconds, which is twice the cycle time of tank surface motion.
	Kelp Examples No Base	Creates 3 instances of Kelp that sway.
	Kelp Flexible Stipe	An extruded piece of kelp for the Kelp Forest project. Bulb is separate.
	Kelp Forest Main	This is the main entry to the Kelp Forest that loads all of the other components as Inline scenes.
	Kelp Forest No Nancy	This is the main entry to the Kelp Forest that loads all of the other components as Inline scenes.
	Kelp Prototype	Creates Kelp Prototype - this file uses Bulb and is used by KelpExamplesNoBase.
	Kelp Surf Perch	Create a new fish type through configuration of the CircleFishLod prototype.
	Kelp Tank	Kelp Forest Tank at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
	Kelp Tank External Light	Topside light for Kelp Forest Exhibit.
	Kelp Tank External Lights	Topside lights which illuminate the Kelp Forest Exhibit at night.
	Kelp Tank Water Surface	Moving water surface for KelpTank - initial view is perpendicular, rotate viewpoint up to see motion. Cycle time is 5.5 seconds to match pump, with slight time lag to indicate inertia of quasi-steady-state equilibrium..
	Pump House	Positive-displacement cylinder pump to emulate breakers surge, designed and built by David Packard.
	Rock Floor	Rock-like floor and walls of kelp forest exhibit, modeled to scale.
	Rubber Lip Group	A group of RubberLip fish, instanced using the CircleFish prototype.
	Sardine	One Sardine, three levels of detail.
	Sardine School	School of sardines
	Sardine School Double	sardine school - 20 fish
	Sardine School Final	Sardine school with 30 fish
	Sardine School Midterm	sardine school - 30 fish
	Sardine School Original	sardine school - 10 fish
	Sardine School Triple	sardine school - 30 fish
	Sardine Shape	Picture of a sardine for high detail
	Sardine Wagging	Picture of a sardine for high detail
	Sardine X	Individual Sardine for use in the Sardine School.
	Sea Star Group	SeaStar used in the kelp forest project
	Sea Star High Resolution Example	Example instance of a SeaStar high-resolution prototype using default settings.
	Sea Star High Resolution Prototype	High-resolution model of a seastar, created in Maya 4 and exposed as a prototype for further reuse.
	Sea Star Prototype	Prototype of a simple SeaStar. Zoom in to inspect.
	Sea Star Simple	A simple sea star constructed out of scaled Sphere primitives.
	Shark Lefty	Lefty Shark, who has the red/gold NPS logo because he is proud of being a Marine animal.
	Shark Lefty Locale	Lefty Shark with animation to traverse the tank
	Shark Lucy	Lucy Shark is a tour guide for the Kelp Forest exhibit.
	Shark Lucy Locale	Lucy Shark with animation to traverse the tank
	Striped Surf Perch	Create a new fish type through configuration of the CircleFishLod prototype.
	Striped Surf Perch Plaque	One fish plaque with lithograph on one side and actual picture on the back. Click on plaque to go to picture or click on buttons to change picture.
	Tree Fish Plaque	One fish plaque with lithograph on one side and actual picture on the back. Click on plaque to go to picture or click on buttons to change picture.

The X3D Resources: Examples page and Savage Developers Guide provide more information about the production of this archive.