Alice

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Alice

• Presented by Jeff Wang

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What is Alice?

• Interactive Graphical Programming Interface
• Object Oriented
• Designed for creating 3D environments
• Built on Java

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A Quick Glimpse
World Window
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Purpose for Alice

• Alice address both the mechanical and
  sociological barriers that currently prevent many
  students from successfully learning to program a
  computer. Alice addresses the mechanical barriers
  to programming by making it much easier for
  students to create programs. - Carnegie Mellon
  University

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How Does it Work?

• The 3D Environment is composed of Objects (Object
  Oriented)
• Objects have
• Properties
• Methods
• Functions
• Animations is done through manipulating objects

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Live Example
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Future of Alice

• Intergrating with SIMS
• Version 3 coming soon

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Questions?