CS382:Unit-lightnig

• Simulating a thunderstorm, including atmosphere, charged cloud, building on earth and etc. Estimating which area will get damages.
  • Lightning (Wikipedia)
  • Make Lightning Strike (National Geographic)
• Simulating a Lightning stroke. Making a model for the main stroke, and then recursively generating similar models for any branches that may occur. It would be a three dimensional lightning stroke by openGL. Realistic lightning strokes could be generated and displayed in real-time.
• Can I implement this lighting model to Second Life?

Comments

Pros

Cons

• Validation and verification very difficult to do if we build it from scratch in Second Life (has to be scientifically accurate, work with multiple people interacting with it).

To Do

• If you want to use Second Life, Charlie may be able to ask Intel if you can build on their land.