Week 7

In week 7 I developed the rotation buttons and the hot-spot animations.

I decided that the rotation button should be a mini version of the master head with arrow heads either side of it. When either of the arrows are rolled over, the mini head rotates to appropriate direction to simulate the master head rotation. The mini head was created using contours through mental ray -



The hot-spots are to be circular orange circles similar to a cross-hair, this is intended to attract the user to interact with them. When the user rolls over the hot-spot it will rotate in a direction relating to where the corresponding tag will appear.

Also this week, time was spent making sure that the alignment of elements in the interface is perfect. In particular, making sure the tags sit in the same position when the interface is divided into 4 corners leaves the interface looking more professional.

Work has now began creating all the content for the final implementation, a sample of the diamond shape at -45 degree's, complete with tags, can be seen below -



In week 8 I will continue making content and perhaps begin testing of the animated elements.