SAE Magazin 2/2011

Creating temples in 3ds max Xcode Development Tool Palenque use high resolution textures and normal maps. Be- ing made of only 3000-5000 polygons and with technology ad- vancing, these models can be rendered in realtime on devices like iPhone 3GS or iPad and up, so there is less need to resort to memory-consuming pre-rendered movies. The TimeTours team has now been enhanced by a second 3D Designer who is responsible for the reconstruction of ancient Roman cities. In addition, three tourist guides and archaeology graduates as well as translators for Spanish, Italian and French have also joined the crew. For the music David Kneupper (‘Pit- fall: Mayan Adventures’) was signed to produce the tracks for TimeTours:Chichen Itza, he is unfortunately too busy with his work for amusement parks right now, so if any fresh and talent- ed SAE audio students out there want to add some more Maya rhythms to future apps, they are very welcome to join the team. The TimeTours series of apps offers quite a different take on travel guides with animations, 360° panoramas, galleries and of course the many ‘Time windows’. Added minigames like the Maya quiz TimeTours are aimed at targetting the education sec- tor. The first app is already being used in an iPad pilot project at Cambridge Friends School – providing important feedback Castillo Maya Rendering – a virtual tour to ancient times – by Martin Gruhn – Maya Rendering – a virtual tour to ancient times – by Marti by Martin Gruhn – Maya R 100 People & Business // Web 3D // Maya Rendering