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Where was Alice developed originally?
Carnegie Mellon University or UVA
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Why is Alice 3 in the Beta Stage (What does Beta mean?)
It's the original version that hasn't been out for that long, changes are still constantly being made.
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Some objects have pre-compiled animations, which are also known as pre-compiled....
methods.
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Placing something into the world
What is adding an object?
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What was "Alice" named after?
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
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What year was the first version of Alice released?
1999 or 1998
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What's one of the big differences between Alice99 and Alice2.0?
All code can be dragged and dropped, or, it is now intended for programming students.
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How do you make the camera follow an object?
By making it a vehicle
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This object can turn, roll, move and is automatically added to the world
What is the Camera?
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Name any of the three things that the Alice environment provides.
Interactive Objects Ease of Manipulation GUI Control panels
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Who was the original Alice developer?
Randy Pausch (now deceased)
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Who was Alice99 originally intended for?
3D Graphics students
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What is one of the definitions of an object, in programming.
Something that can be manipulated within the confines of a program, or something that doesn't exist before an instance of the class has been created.
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In order to have an object do anything you need to do this
What is code or edit code?
300
What does each Alice object have?
A list of properties?
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Alice was created as a tool to do what?
To create Virtual reality programs
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Who originally created Alice storytelling as part of her doctoral work at Carnegie Mellon?
Caitlin Kelleher
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What group of customizable objects have no manipulable parts?
People!
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A series of commands that you have given an object
What is a procedure?
400
Who provided pre-made characters in Alice 3?
EA-providing characters from their game "The Sims"
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Programming language that Alice is based on.
What is Java?
500
This version is focused on Object-Oriented Programming
What is Alice 3?
500
Added to Alice to allow you to control a camera or object
What is Keypressed Listener or Arrowkeypressed Listener?
500
0% renders an object invisible, while 100% renders an object completely opaque.
What is opacity?
500
Described as a template or blueprint for an object.
What is a class?