emilydumas / genusview

Paint on a genus 2 surface and its universal cover

genusview

A utility for drawing on a genus two surface and its universal cover, which updates both pictures in real time. This is meant to be used to understand the universal covering of a hyperbolic surface. Developed in Unity 3D.

Status

Alpha quality; see the list of known issues.

This program was developed as a prototype for a Fall 2018 project in the Mathematical Computing Laboratory at UIC in which undergraduate students will seek to develop a VR port, and to refine the program and add additional features.

Documentation

Keybindings are described in the in-application help screen, which is accessed by pressing 'H' on the keyboard.

Requirements

For building

• Unity 3D; developed in version 2018.2.1f1

For running a binary release

• Supported platforms:
  • Windows
  • Linux

Developers

• David Dumas ([e-mail])