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Reshaping Reality: Workshop - Mon 25th September

On Monday 25.9. we started the project by scanning the bomb shelter of TUT (Bommari) by using a laser scanner provided by the CIVIT lab of TUT. Aim was to use the data as a base for our VR gaming projects.

After scanning, the obtained point cloud data had to be processed into something useful for Unity. First, the point cloud was imported into Meshlab for calculating the normals and to create the mesh out of the vertices. Next, everything was transferred to Blender for fixing the normals and also to remove any excess material. In the afternoon we had a tour in the CIVIT lab, the center for immersive visual technologies. In the lab we had a really unique chance to try out the Omnideck manufactured by Omnifinity. The platform allowed one to walk almost freely in the virtual reality environment.

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Schedule for the week

Project work: Basic idea and tutorials

Our international workshop is held during 23.9.-30.9. in Tampere University of Technology on the topic of creating a virtual reality experience. The workshop is created together with The Centre for Immersive Visual Technologies CIVIT.

First of all, we are using data scanned by LiDAR as a base for the virtual reality world. The scanning process is also introduced briefly for the participants. Game development platform Unity is used for creation of the virtual reality experience. Our choice for the VR system is HTC Vive which is used for the testing. Development of the virtual realities are going to be carried out as group works of 3-4 people. Our final results are going to be action based games to utilize HTC Vive fully.

To prepare yourself for the upcoming project, below you can find few useful tutorials if Unity is new for you.

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/projects/roll-ball-tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/user/Brackeys/

Survival Guide: Weather in Tampere

Source: http://ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/ilmastollinen-vertailukausi

Average temperatures in September stay around 10 degrees so it’s better to pack some warm clothes with you. If we are lucky we might get few days with ~14 degrees.

Before leaving to Finland you might want to check the weather here: http://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/weather/tampere

Survival Guide: Finnish language

As you might have heard Finnish language is differs quite a lot from English and other Indo European languages. Instead of prepositions we just add something to the word to make it different. Here is few examples:

saunaan - to the sauna saunasta - from the sauna saunassa - in the sauna saunatta - without a sauna

There are also chances to combine a lot of these little bits to make very weird combinations such as epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydellänsäkäänköhän which means “I wonder if – even with his/her quality of not having been made unsystematized”

But to be realistic, no one can say that so here are some usefull phrases:

Terve - Hello/Hi Heihei - Byebye Kippis/Hölökynkölökyn - Cheers Olut - Beer Viina - Booze Ruoka - Food Saisiko olutta/viinaa/ruokaa? - Can i have some beer/booze/food? Oispa kaljaa. - I wish I had some beer? Olen opiskelija/taiteilija. - I’m an student/artist. Milloin Lappi on auki? - When Lapland is open? Missä olen? - Where am I? Miten pääsen Hervantaan? - How can I get to Hervanta? Miten pääsen pois Hervannasta? - How can I got out of Hervanta? Miksi olet alasti? - Why are you naked? Kaulin - Rolling pin Kuusi - spruce/six Kusi - swear word meaning piss puukko - small traditional Finnish belt knife puukkohippa - playing tag with small traditional Finnish belt knives kalsarikännit - drinking alone at home wearing only underwears with no intention of going out kuusi palaa - just google it

Also here you can find more actually usefull phrases: https://www.speaklanguages.com/finnish/phrases/basic-phrases

http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/finnish.php

Teekkari culture: Sitsit

Sitsit or sittning are a type of party where you sit. Sounds fun, doesn’t it? At the beginning it might sound boring, but when you add alcohol, food and singing into the mix it gets really fun. There are few basic rules how to behave at the party, but those rules are easy to remember and will be told by the Master of Ceremonies (MC) who makes sure that the party flows well. The MC can also suggest songs to be sang, but usually after few drinks everybody start suggesting their own favorites by having some kind of funny speech and connecting the song to it by some very flimsy transition. Some songs are printed in small booklets so everybody knows the words. At some point of the party food is served with wine and after that singing just continues. When the night continues it’s time for dessert, coffee and Jaloviina. After Jaloviina signing is - if possible - even more fun. Before everything gets too wild the last song, Ikuisen teekkarin laulu (Eternal teekkari’s song), is sang to show respect to all the past generations of teekkaris. After that everybody goes home to sleep (or not and everybody goes to afterparty and afterafterparty and afterafterafterparty and… :) ).

Survival Guide: About Hervanta

Hervanta is a lively and unique suburban located 8 kilometers south from Tampere city center. Hervanta was founded in the 1970’s and it has now more than 22 000 people, most of whom are students. By area Hervanta is pretty small, only about two by two kilometers. This means that services and people are near wherever you are. Tampere University of Technology is also located in Hervanta where most of the engineering students live. In the center of Hervanta lies the shopping mall Duo, containing three grocery shops, Alko and Subway. (OK, it has some other shops as well, but who needs those, Alko is btw where you need to go if you want something stronger than beer). Hervanta’s center has also many pizza/kebab places and pubs. The most popular pubs in Hervanta at the moment are Kultainen Apina, Wanha Tappi and Varjobaari. There are many reported cases where people notice that they haven’t visited the city center for months just because there hasn’t been anything that couldn’t be done in Hervanta.

Hervanta has it all.

Survival Guide: About Tampere

Tampere is the largest inland city in the Nordic Countries, situated between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. The city was founded in 1779 by King of Sweden Gustav III and it has since grown around Tammerkoski rapids which still run through the city centre. Tampere is dubbed the “Manchester of Finland” for its industrial past as the former center of Finnish industry, and this has given rise to its Finnish nickname “Manse”, short for “Mansester”, as Finns would pronounce Manchester not being used to a few sounds used in e.g. English. The city has about 220 000 people, making it Finland’s third largest city and largest city outside Helsinki metropolitan area. Tampere has two universities, University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. The city also has a university of applied sciences, a Finnish weardo in the field of study. These three universities make sure that student life in Tampere is lively.

Survival Guide: How to get to Tampere

Tampere has an airport, where at least AirBaltic, Finnair, Blue1 and Ryanair operate. Finlands largest airport is in Helsinki. If you only get a flight there you need to take a bus or train ride to Tampere. For that there are three ways:

A Bus ride straight from the airport lasting about 2 hours and costing 27 euros one way with matkahuolto busses (buying return tickets will save you 10%). You buy the ticket with cash (matkahuolto hasn’t noticed that we live in the 21st century) from the driver and you don’t need to book anything in advance.

A train ride, which also lasts about 2 hours and which prices depend a lot on how much in advance you book them. [please disregard the student prices on train or bus websites, they only accept Finnish student cards :(]

An adventurous chance of taking Onnibus (tickets start from a few euros), which leaves from Helsinki city center, but gets you directly to Hervanta, where you’ll be staying. Onnibus is of course a good idea, if you want to see some of Helsinki. Please reserve enough time to get to the city center. Easiest way to get to Helsinki city center is to take Finnair’s city bus from the airport. This bus costs 6.70 (from the driver with cash or debit/credit card) and the bus leaves every half an hour. The city bus and onnibus doesn’t stop at the same place. The city bus stops near the railway station and Onnibus leaves from the main bus station of Kamppi (walking distance 500 meters). When booking the Onnibus choose stations named “Helsinki” and “Tampere(Hervanta)”. There is also station called Tampere, but that’s not what you want.

Usually a flight to Helsinki + train/bus is the cheapest option!

You can also look for cheap flights to Tallinn or Stockholm. If you get to Tallinn take a ferry to Helsinki and then a bus or train to Tampere. From Stockholm you need to take a ferry to Turku or Helsinki and then a bus or train to Tampere. Those ferry rides take around 12 hours, so please consider this, when booking flights to Stockholm.

You can start planning your trip here: http://www.liikennevirasto.fi/web/en/

for schedules and prices please check: Buses: http://www.matkahuolto.fi/en/ http://www.onnibus.com/en/index.htm http://media.finnair.com/files/pdf/FINNAIR_CITY_BUS_TIMETABLE.pdf

Trains: http://www.vr.fi/en/index.html

Ferries: http://www.tallinksilja.com/en/web/int/stockholm-turku (ferries Stockholm - Turku) http://www.sales.vikingline.com/en/find-cruise-trip/route-traffic/stockholm-turku-vv/ (ferries Stockholm - Turku) https://www.tallinksilja.com/helsinki-tallinn-timetables (ferries Helsinki - Tallinn) http://www.sales.vikingline.com/en/find-cruise-trip/route-traffic/helsinki-tallinn-vv/ (ferries Helsinki - Tallinn) https://www.eckeroline.fi/ (ferries Helsinki - Tallinn)

https://laevapiletid.ee/en (ferries Stockholm - Helsinki, Tallinn - Helsinki)

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