The Emu's Nest
Firstly, if you have come here looking for information regarding emus, or any other flightless birds, then you are out of luck. This web site currently provides access to VirtuaGirl full screen scenes developed by "The Emu" (VGHD username TheEmu). As The Emu is a very poor artist the emphasis for these scenes is on their technical aspects rather than on producing beautiful setting for the performances.
The scenes are provided for use with the VGHD software, please feel free to download and use them as you will. You may modify them if you wish, or just use the ideas for scenes of your own, but in either case please include a reference to The Emu, and preferably let me know what you have done..
The available scenes currently comprise four three main groups, those based on Totem's "Paris Penthouse Club" scenes, those created by The Emu to experiment with the scene system and those based on fragment shaders downloaded from ShaderToy.com. In addition the site hosts a few scenes that have been contributed by others, including those who have been so kind as to make up for The Emu's lack of artistic skills by providing suitable settings for his efforts, thereby greatly enhancing them.
The Emu's modified Paris Penthouse Club scenes are simply variations on the examples provided by Totem when the VGHD software is installed. The Emu's variations include
The "Emu's Experiments" scenes on the other hand represent the process by which The Emu has investigated several aspects of scene generation including
Perhaps of most interest among these "experiments" are
The scenes based on shaders from ShaderToy.com and GlslSandbox.com each comprise a single performance in front of a dynamic background provided by a fragment shader obtained from the corresponding web site. These scenes vary greatly in complexity, and the load that they put on the host computer may strain low end systems. The Emu has done nothing to these shaders except the bare minimum to get them running with the VGHD software - all credit for them belongs to the original shader creators and these are identified as best as I can in the scene names.
The scenes are provided for use with the VGHD software, please feel free to download and use them as you will. You may modify them if you wish, or just use the ideas for scenes of your own, but in either case please include a reference to The Emu, and preferably let me know what you have done..
The available scenes currently comprise four three main groups, those based on Totem's "Paris Penthouse Club" scenes, those created by The Emu to experiment with the scene system and those based on fragment shaders downloaded from ShaderToy.com. In addition the site hosts a few scenes that have been contributed by others, including those who have been so kind as to make up for The Emu's lack of artistic skills by providing suitable settings for his efforts, thereby greatly enhancing them.
The Emu's modified Paris Penthouse Club scenes are simply variations on the examples provided by Totem when the VGHD software is installed. The Emu's variations include
- Improving the visibility of the floor shows by modifying the foreground
- Changing the two raised dancing platforms to form a "flying bridge"
- Modifying some of the seating to provide a couch for the performers
- Zooming in on the bar at the back of the room
- Increasing the number of active performers
- Introducing "chorus lines" of clones
The "Emu's Experiments" scenes on the other hand represent the process by which The Emu has investigated several aspects of scene generation including
- Various ways of animating the performer's clips
- Using twin performers or larger numbers of clones
- Investigating ways to use multiple cages
- Producing a few novelty clocks
- Using GPU fragment shaders
Perhaps of most interest among these "experiments" are
- the clocks, using pole dancers as clock hands
- the final forms of the experiments with carousels
- the use of fragment shaders for psychedelic backgrounds
- the use of fragment shaders to generate fractal backgrounds
The scenes based on shaders from ShaderToy.com and GlslSandbox.com each comprise a single performance in front of a dynamic background provided by a fragment shader obtained from the corresponding web site. These scenes vary greatly in complexity, and the load that they put on the host computer may strain low end systems. The Emu has done nothing to these shaders except the bare minimum to get them running with the VGHD software - all credit for them belongs to the original shader creators and these are identified as best as I can in the scene names.