Brian's Journal

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1 | 5 | Goal 0: example goal showing "novice" score before and "expert mentor" after

1 | 4 | Goal 1: articulate VR visualization software tool goals, requirements, and capabilities;

1 | 3 | Goal 2: construct meaningful evaluation strategies for software libraries, frameworks, and applications; strategies include surveys, interviews, comparative use, case studies, and web research;

1 | 3 | Goal 3: execute tool evaluation strategies;

1 | 2 | Goal 4: build visualization software packages;

1 | 4 | Goal 5: comparatively analyze software tools based on evaluation;

1 | 4 | Goal 6: be familiar with a number of VR software tools and hardware;

1 | 5 | Goal 7: think critically about software;

1 | 5 | Goal 8: communicate ideas more clearly;

1 | 3 | Goal 9: demonstrate VR tools to non-users;

Google Earth VR

VR_video.mp4

Above, left: the house in California I lived in during high school

Above, middle: my current off-campus housing in Providence

Above, right: the airport at Indianapolis where I met my girlfriend during Covid

Left: my video

Above, left: the house in California I lived in during high school

Above, right: my current off-campus housing in Providence

Below, left: the airport at Indianapolis where I met my girlfriend during Covid

Below, right: my video

Screen Recording 2023-02-05 at 11.32.01 PM.mov

ALL OTHER WIKI CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTION 1 [Adding links to the prerequisite courses on the main course page would be useful for students who cannot immediately remember if they took a specific class or for students who are considering taking this class in the future and want to complete one of the recommended courses] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 2 [Added a page going over differences in SteamVR after the release of SteamVR 2.0, and the new technical limitations that this added to developer. Recommended page for developers to read before working with SteamVR in Unity] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 3 [Created a new page going over two different websites for finding and downloading 3D models, and basic introductions on using the pages] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 4 [Created a new page going over the different major 3D file types that a student or a developer using this wiki is likely to run into on the internet, listing pros and cons] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 5 [Created a new page discussing the two major plug-ins for UnityVR that support a VR application: SteamVR and OpenXR] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 6 [Modified the page somewhat to mark out areas where the tutorial has changed due to the release of SteamVR 2.0 and provide some context for the changes] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 7 [Added links to the new pages on SteamVR 2.0 and the comparison with OpenXR] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 8 [Added a new tutorial for working with custom actions in Unity3D using the OpenXR plugin] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 9 [Added a tip to the Google Woe's page for dealing with slow loading/saving times and possible crashes] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 10 [Added a comparison page going over some of the different technologies that I compared for building collaboration into WebVR, particularly with A-Frame] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 11 [Added a tutorial page on setting up collaborative spaces in WebVR using A-Frame and networked-aframe] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 12 [Updated information on Aframe City builder that might be useful for future students] <Link>

CONTRIBUTION 13 [Tutorial for using Python in Blender] <Link>

HOURS SUMMARY

Total: 154 hours

HOURS journal

1/26/21 - 2 Hours

1/27/21 - 2 Hours

1/29/23 - 6 Hours

2/1/23 - 4 Hours

2/2/23 - 4 Hours

2/5/23 - 2 Hours

2/6/23 - 5 Hours

2/7/23 - 1 Hour

2/8/23 - 2 Hours

2/12/23 - 4 Hours

2/15/23 - 2 Hours

2/17/23 - 4 Hours

2/18/23 - 4 Hours

2/19/23 - 6 Hours

2/20/23 - 1 Hours

2/22/23 - 1 Hours

2/25/23 - 6 Hours

2/26/23 - 2 Hours

2/27/23 - 1 Hour

3/1/23 - 1 Hour

3/4/23 - 5 Hours

3/5/23 - 9 Hours

3/6/23 - 11 Hours

3/8/23 - 2 hours

3/9/2023 - 1 hour

3/11/2023 - 3 hours

3/12/2023 - 2 hours

3/13/2023 - 2 hours

3/14/2023 - 5 hours

3/16/2023 - 0.5 hours

3/20/2023 - 5 hours

3/22/2023 - 4 hours

4/3/2023 - 2 hours

4/7/2023 - 5 hours

4/10/2023 - 5 hours

4/11/2023 - 1 hour

4/12/2023 - 6 hours

4/16/2023 - 4 hours

4/17/2023 - 2 hours

4/18/2023 - 4 hours

4/24/2023 - 2 hours

4/26/2023 - 0.5 hours

4/28/2023 - 1 hour

4/29/2023 - 3 hours

4/30/2023 - 2 hours

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5/3/2023 - 3 hours