Website Review :: bandit3

http://www.bandit3.com

From the the fwa website i found a pretty awesome website http://www.bandit3.com/. The website is fully 3d, allowing the user to have a freelook around a 3d environment of a inner city area. The website is set up for promoting bandit3 a kite boarding company, however to someone who has no knowledge of kite boarding could maybe make a vague reference to it but thats about it, first it was not clear what the website was about. Through exploreing & later reading the fwa's description of the website it became more clear.

As i explored the 3d inner city space from a street view it took me to videos of more about the company and other information, there are scenes where the user can look freely around the environment and to go to other sections there is a cut scene which automatically takes you there, this is good not to lose the user in the website but bad because it takes away an element of free looking around and exploring the website.

I really liked this website not for the content but for the environment and thinking about it, it probably wouldn't be too hard to use it in other things, like a tourism webste or in a 3d based game. The models seem simple with pasted texture what looked like photos put on to them so i think the concept is quite easy, overall i liked the website.

Building::Structure::Environment - Online Environments

Online Environment:: Website


Who will the online environment be aimed at?
The website will mainly be aimed at those who are eligable to use the libary, regular users of the libary but also information for new comers as well.

What is the online environment for?
The environment is for users to find information about the libary, it will also promote news and events and include useful information about the libary.

How is the online environment organised?
The website will be oraginsed over 5 seperate internet pages with a background/main template and the user can navigate using tabs in the page (i will post pictures later to explain more what i mean). The website will have 5 sections

• Homepage/overview
• News & events
• Libary services/features
• Gallery
• Contacts links partners
  

How will the online environment be updated and managed?
Probably have to be updated weekly or daily depending on the frequency of news and events within the libary.

How do you feel about the online environment?
Sure another libary website.

What problems can you see, predict for a online representation of this environment?
Maybe the coding because my knowledge of coding at the moment isn't that good because i'm still learning.

Building::Structure::Environment - Physical Environments

Physical Environment :: Boots Libary

Who is this environment for?
The physical environment is mainly for students & lecturers.

What is the environment for?
The boots Libary main purpose is a libary containing a vast collection of books and information, the environment is provided by Nottingham Trent University to support stundents & lectuerers in the exploration for more information. The libary also has seminar rooms for members of the university to hold meetings and other events there are also lecturer theaters on the higher floors.

The Library facilities at Nottingham Trent University have more than 531,000 books, more than 2,800 journals as well as online access to over 10,000 online journals and nearly 300 databases. If you want to go and study there are silent study rooms, as well as rooms for group study if you want to work with your friends or people from your course. There is also access to computers and the internet 24 hours a day.

* Boots Library is on the city campus and has the resources for the schools of art and design, design, social science, business and law.

How is the environment organised?
The Boots libary has numerical system for the books stored in the libary, the physical layout of the libary.

- Lower ground floor :
Has the majority of print journals
The Information Skills Training Room is used by LLR staff to provide regular training sessions
The Time Out Room

- Ground floor
Reception Desk
NUS card scanners & security
Self service issue and return machines
Computers on the ground floor
Wireless zone
Information Desk
Audio Visual Material section
Group study Rooms

- First floor
Houses the majority of the books
Art & design books and material
More group study rooms
Silent study area at the back of this floor

- Second floor
This floor is a slient study floor
Bigger books live on this floor
Law books & material on this floor

- Third floor
The Third Floor of the building houses the Bass Management Centre and is not part of the Library
This is where the lecturer theaters are

- fourth floor
The Fourth Floor is a large resource area with over 180 PCs and study spaces
Scanners and colour printing facilities are available
4th floor open 24/7

How is the space signposted/ negotiated?
There are plenty of signs around the unviersity pointing to the boots libary, it also right in the centre of the city campus and adjecent to the Nottingham Trent tram stop, can't miss it.

How do you feel about the space?
Pretty awesome.

What problems can you see? predict?
Gaining pictures maybe but then people might get in the way, or there might be angry libary staff, i don't think i will have too many problems gaining information about the libary.