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« on: December 19, 2007, 09:14:20 PM »
I ran across this story in the NYTimes yesterday about an MIT physics professor whose lectures are videotaped and hosted online for free.  I watched part of his lecture on vector/cross/dot products last night and it's pretty good.

It's been 4 years since I took mechanics in college, and all the math crops up all the time in game development, so I thought I'd share.  The lectures are entertaining and informative, and if you miss something, you can rewind!

Here's a link to all the video lectures.  A lot of different game-applicable concepts are covered, useful for those working in 2D or 3D.



The only caveat is they're Real streams... but the content is good!
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« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2007, 09:35:52 PM »
Quote from: Golds on December 19, 2007, 09:14:20 PM

*SPOILER* The professor dies in that lecture.  It is the "The Crow" of taped physics lectures. *SPOILER*

... er, I mean, looks intense!  Shocked
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2007, 03:34:29 AM »
Arg, bloody Real streams. Anyone know a way to watch them without real player? I'll be damned if I put up with all the adware that crap forces on you.
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2007, 06:02:04 AM »
Quote from: th15 on December 20, 2007, 03:34:29 AM
Arg, bloody Real streams. Anyone know a way to watch them without real player? I'll be damned if I put up with all the adware that crap forces on you.

I haven't tried this, but there's: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

Looks like it has browser plug-ins as well.
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« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2007, 03:14:58 PM »
Real Alternative works well.  You need a DirectShow player (ie Media Player Classic or something).
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2007, 03:33:48 PM »
Man, I've avoided downloading any Real player-related products for some time. I don't suppose there are any alternatives that run on Mac?

Also, is this more of a pre-calculus-and-differential-equations course? I'm trying to figure out if it is worth downloading terrible softwares.
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2007, 05:58:56 PM »
Some hits on youtube:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=walter+lewin
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2007, 09:10:48 PM »
Quote from: I Like Cake on December 20, 2007, 03:33:48 PM
Man, I've avoided downloading any Real player-related products for some time. I don't suppose there are any alternatives that run on Mac?

The current RealPlayer for OS X is actually not too bad.
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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2007, 02:37:14 AM »
I had real player explicitly knowing (so id doesn't stuff ads or pop up all over the place).

I watched the first lessons and it seems very cool so I will continue to watch ... I just hope I learn something out of it.
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