Location
Stephen F Austin State University, Baker Pattillo Student Center, Student Center Theatre and Twilight Ballroom
Start Date
16-4-2019 4:00 PM
End Date
16-4-2019 7:30 PM
Description
Why is this project needed?
❑ Surfaces of Revolution is many student’s first experience with three dimensional mathematical objects.
❑ The calculations required are not the inhibitor of the student’s understanding.
❑ Visualization of these solids along with the appropriate set up are the greatest hindrance to a deep under-standing of surfaces of revolution.
❑ Other tools that create computer generated visualizations of surfaces and curves in space render them as two-dimensional projections of a three dimensional object.
❑ Other tools typically do not have the capabilities of guided instruction, exploration of concepts on carefully chosen examples, and the ability to discover new facets based on user input.
Surfaces of Revolution in Virtual Reality
Stephen F Austin State University, Baker Pattillo Student Center, Student Center Theatre and Twilight Ballroom
Why is this project needed?
❑ Surfaces of Revolution is many student’s first experience with three dimensional mathematical objects.
❑ The calculations required are not the inhibitor of the student’s understanding.
❑ Visualization of these solids along with the appropriate set up are the greatest hindrance to a deep under-standing of surfaces of revolution.
❑ Other tools that create computer generated visualizations of surfaces and curves in space render them as two-dimensional projections of a three dimensional object.
❑ Other tools typically do not have the capabilities of guided instruction, exploration of concepts on carefully chosen examples, and the ability to discover new facets based on user input.
Comments
Faculty Sponsor: Jeremy Becnel (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)