Author: Diffie Bosman

IMY 774 | Virtual reality experience projects (2018)

For their Semester Project, IMY 774 students had to create an interactive Virtual Reality experience.

 

VR Airship was created by Ian Richter using Unity

 

VR Duck’n’Dive was created by Migael Hartzenberg using Unity

 

Forest Lumina was created by Celia Yeung using Unity

 

VR Skiing was created by Grant Smith using Unity

 

Refleqtion was created by Janko Lilje using Unity

 

FlyEx-VR was created by Keanan Jones using Unity

 

Tiki Island was created by Leandri Viviers using Unity

 

VR Jungle Gym was created by Janeen Bredenkamp using Unity

Conveyer Belt of Awesome

For their Semester Project, IMY 774 students had to create an interactive Virtual Reality experience

Conveyer Belt of Awesome was created by Rowan Scherzinger using Unity.

Biosphere Beyond

For their Semester Project, IMY 774 students had to create an interactive Virtual Reality experience

Biosphere Beyond was created by Mariaan Nienaber using Unity.

Recommended PC spec 2018

Hi everyone

We have set up a recommended specification for a desktop PC for 2018. The PC will cost an estimate of R 18 000 (based on sources like Takealot) excluding the monitor, speakers, mouse and keyboard, and will last you for the 3 years of your studies.

The specification can be found below:

  • Intel Core i5-8400 CPU (1151)
  • MSI Z370 SLI PLUS Intel Motherboard
  • Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB DDR4-3600 – CL17, 1.35V x2
  • MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC
  • Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB HDD/8GB SSD 3.5″ SATA6G
  • Cooler Master Elite 311 Chassis – Black/Silver (ATX,USB3.0,Win)
  • Cooler Master B Series V2 500W
  • LG 22″ 22MP58VQ IPS Monitor
  • 120mm fan x2
  • standard mouse & keyboard
  • 2.1 speakers

 

CPU:

  • 6 physical cores
  • 6 threads
  • Base frequency: 2.80GHz clock speed
  • Max Turbo frequency: 4.00GHz

Motherboard:

  • SATA slots x4
  • 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
  • DDR4 4000(O.C.)/3866(O.C.)/3733(O.C.)/3600(O.C.)/3466(O.C.)/3400(O.C.)/3333(O.C.)
  • DDR4 3300(O.C.)/3200(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666/2400/2133
  • 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode) (for the graphics card)

Memory: 16GB DDR4 RAM
Storage: 1TB HDD/8GB SSD SATA6G Hard drive
Graphics card:

  • Boost / Base Core Clock: 1759 MHz / 1544 MHz
  • Memory Clock Speed: 8008 MHz
  • Memory: 3GB GDDR5

Power supply:

  • 500w
  • Connectors
  • CPU 4+4 Pin x 1
  • PCI-e 6+2 Pin x 2 (for the graphics card)
  • SATA x4 (for hdd)
  • Peripheral 4 Pin x 3

Case:

  • length: 250mm+ (to fit graphics card)
  • 120mm fan placements x2 (1 for front, 1 for rear)
  • Must fit accompanying power supply
  • Must fit accompanying motherboard

Cooling: 120mm fan x2
Display: 22″ full HD monitor
Mouse & keyboard: standard
Audio: 2.1 speakers

Horror Short Film Projects: 2017 Top 3

As part of the semester project for IMY 211, the students had to film and edit a short horror film. The top 3 was as follows:

Third Place: Road Trip by A Group of Indispensable Gentlemen That Make Movies and Stuff

Group Members:

  • Jonathan Copeland
  • Donat Sinovcic
  • Keaton Roux

Second place: Solo by Palm Tree

Group Members:

  • Tshegofatso Sithole
  • Kago Kola

First place: The Plunge by Silent Scream Studios

Group Members:

  • Monica Oleasto
  • Jason Louw
  • Alistair Dyason
  • Olivia de Kok