PROPOSALS

Presentation for Project 1 Proposal

In-class Activity 

End Presentation for Project 1

Project 2 Proposal <ADD LINK>

Presentation for Project 2 Proposal

In-class Activity 

Public Demo

ALL OTHER WIKI CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTION 1 Edited PS4 VR Page with additional information here

CONTRIBUTION 2 Created HTC Valve Index Page here

CONTRIBUTION 3 Created Oculus Quest 2 Page here

CONTRIBUTION 4 Created Quest 2 SideQuest Installation Tutorial Page here

CONTRIBUTION 5 Created Virtualitics Page & Related Tutorials here

CONTRIBUTION 6 Created Nanome Page & Related Tutorials here

CONTRIBUTION 7 Edited VTK Page with additional information here

CONTRIBUTION 8 Edited VTK.js Page with additional information here

CONTRIBUTION 9 Edited VisIt Page with additional information here

CONTRIBUTION 10 Created Sample Wiki page here

CONTRIBUTION 11 Created In Class Activities Tips here

CONTRIBUTION 12 Created Software Comparison Metrics here

CONTRIBUTION 13 Created Wiki Entry Revision Spreadsheet Page here

CONTRIBUTION 14 Edited Spatial Page with additional information here

HOURS journal

1/29/21 - 1 Hour (cumulative 1 Hour)

• Filled out course survey, joined slack, read through course website.

1/30/21 - 3 Hours (cumulative 4 Hours)

• Read through course wiki and articles about VR/AR technology.

• Looked into Brown's YURT system.

• Read the paper about the FIESTA data visualization paper

1/30/21 - 5 Hours (cumulative 9 Hours)

• Setup the Oculus 

• Went through Quest 2 setup guide and course setup tutorial

• Played around with the Oculus

• Setup SideQuest, Virtual Desktop, Paperspace

1/31/21 -  5 Hours (cumulative 14 Hours)

• Pondering project ideas 

  • Some map based project based on time-series data using mapbox SDK for Unity (visualization of traffic data, visualization of flooding risk, visualization of weather, visualization of snowfall & depth) - for this project, I will be using public data from ArcGis. However, this is an idea that is heavier on the software development side, so I am thinking about taking a further look into this next semester when I am more familiar with the technology.

  • Tutorial on how to make a simple but expandable FIESTA-like data visualization software on a web browser, which is accessible through the virtual desktop on the Oculus.  (Three.js, React360). Not sure about how I will incorporate the collaboration element, I don't think I can do that part in a month. 

  • Creating a customizable virtual meeting room 

  • In-depth review and comparison of multi-user work collaboration VR apps 

• Read the following article on iViz, a VR data visualization software for data in 3D. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.7670.pdf

• Read through past projects from journals from 2020, 2019, 2018 to gain project idea inspiration

• Explored potential VR Software to evaluate:

  • Virtualitics 

  • Bad VR

  • Nanome

  • GraphXR

1/31/21 -  4 Hours (cumulative 18 Hours)

• Received a demo from Virtualitics

  • Looked through tutorials and documentation for the application

• list three things you will do during the project

  • I've brainstormed a list of questions that I want to be able to answer by the end of the project instead.

    • How much does it cost?

    • What are its key features?

    • What type of datasets does it take in?

    • What industries/research areas are applicable?

    • How many people can collaborate at once?

    • What are the technical (hardware) requirements?

    • What are the limits to the VR version of the visualization software?

    • Does it require everyone to be on a specific network to be able to use it?

    • How do you import the data?

    • Are there any additional plugins, mods?

    • What are the key differences between the demo/real version?

• List one class activity we might do for the project

  • Look at and analyze some data together as a class (there are sample datasets that they provided)

• List of potential deliverables

  • Video tutorials of how to use the software

  • Comparison with other commercial data vis software

  • Consumer style reports style table of evaluations

2/3/21 -  3 Hours (cumulative 21 Hours)

• Come up with project plan for the first half of the semester

  • 2/11 (Virtualitics)

    • Figure out how to import data, explore any APIs, how to setup/purchase, document all of this information

  • 2/18 (Virtualitics)

    • Figure out how types of data it supports, what industries its applicable to, test out features on VR mode, create videos

  • 2/23 (Virtualitics)

    • Class activity to play with application (modify data for potential scavenger hunt with graph data?)

  • 2/25 (Nanome)

    • Document how to install and setup, requirements, purchase, document all of this information

  • 3/2 (Nanome)

    • Load in data and actually do things in VR mode, create videos of how to do this.

  • 3/4 (Nanome)

    • Finish up researching about the product, contribute to George's product matrix.

2/5/21 -  3 Hours (cumulative 24 Hours)

• Installed and setup Virtualitics on Desktop & Oculus Quest 2. 

• Played around with the app using different sample datasets provided by the company.

2/6/21 -  3 Hours (cumulative 27 Hours)

• Took a deeper dive into existing virtualitics tutorials on the Virtualitics docs.

• Setup wiki page for Virtualitics under VR Visualization software.

2/6/21 -  4 Hours (cumulative 31 Hours)

• Worked on presentation for next class

• Evaluated project idea using the set of questions provided in the course timeline

• The proposed project clearly identifies deliverable additions to our VR Software Wiki

  • Strongly agree – The VR Software wiki is yet to have in depth reviews/explanations about commercial VR visualization software.

•  The proposed project involves collaboration in VR

  • Strongly agree – The Virtualitics software has a collaboration component to the software.

• The proposed project involves large scientific data visualization along the lines of the "Data Types" wiki page: (https://sites.google.com/view/brown-vr-sw-review-2018/course-archives/spring-2020/data-examples-and-collaborators) and identifies the specific data type and software that it will use

  • Agree - The software is able to visualize data in CSV, Excel, Text, JSON, and VIP (previous project file) formats. 

• The proposed project has a realistic schedule with explicit and measurable milestones at least each week and mostly every class

  • Agree - Self Explanatory

• The proposed project includes an in-class activity

  • Strongly Agree – Scavenger hunt, class survey

• The proposed project has resources available with sufficient documentation

  • Strongly Agree – The company that created Virtualitics already has an in depth documentation page.

2/6/21 -  2 Hours (cumulative 33 Hours)

• Added content to Virtualitics Wiki Page 

2/10/21 -  4 Hours (cumulative 37 Hours)

• Added more content to Virtualitics Wiki Page 

• Added more content to the PS4 VR Wiki Page

• Installed Paraview

2/15/21 -  4 Hours (cumulative 41 Hours)

• Installed Nanome using SideQuest

• Created a wiki page for Nanome

• Made a tutorial on how to install Nanome using SideQuest

• Did the in-game tutorial and got used to the features.

2/16/21 -  2 Hours (cumulative 43 Hours)

• Created and completed the Wiki pages for Virtualitics Desktop setup and Virtualitics Oculus 2 setup.

2/17/21 -  6 Hours (cumulative 49 Hours)

• Created the tutorial & survey for the class activity.

• Self evaluated journal entries

  • Journal activities are explicitly and clearly related to course deliverables

    • Strongly Agree 

  • deliverables are described and attributed in wiki

    • Strongly Agree

  • report states total amount of time

    • Agree

  • total time is appropriate

    • Agree

Journal Evaluation by Alejandro:

Journal activities are explicitly and clearly related to course deliverables [4]

Deliverables are described and attributed in wiki [4]

Report states total amount of time [4]

Total time is appropriate [4]

Evaluated Hiloni's Journal.

2/19/21 -  3 Hour (cumulative 52 Hours)

• Reviewed survey results from class activity, incorporated results into the wiki

2/22/21 -  2 Hour (cumulative 54 Hours)

• Did the pre class activities for Alejandro, Paul, and Michael's projects

2/23/21 -  3 Hour (cumulative 57 Hours)

• Finished gathering information about the basic Nanome information.

2/24/21 -  1 Hour (cumulative 58 Hours)

• Set up in preparation for Shenandoah's class activity.

• Played around with RecRoom.

2/27/21 -  2 Hour (cumulative 60 Hours)

• Created page for HTC Valve Index here.

• Added minimum requirement information and accessories.

3/1/21 -  1 Hour (cumulative 61 Hours)

• Prepared for George and Melis' class activity.

3/3/21 -  1 Hour (cumulative 62 Hours)

• Prepared for Hiloni and Laila's class activity.

3/7/21 -  5 Hours (cumulative 67 Hours)

• Created a wiki entry for Oculus quest 2.

• Added a tutorial on how to install an Oculus app using SideQuest.

• Updated journal

3/8/21 -  4 Hours (cumulative 71 Hours)

• Added final touches for Nanome and Virtualitics

• Created Final Presentation

3/10/21 -  2 Hours (cumulative 73 Hours)

• Brainstormed a more comprehensive plan for second project.

• Rehearsed presentation.

3/15/21 -  2 Hours (cumulative 75 Hours)

• Updated journal with project 2 plans

• list three things you will do during the project

  • Research about and read into how to evaluate VR software and hardware.

  • Look at past wiki entries to see if anybody made a comprehensive tutorial on how to evaluate a specific part of VR software (ex. Shenandoah's avatar evaluation doc, Michael's movement evaluation doc)

  • Make a sample wiki entry to demonstrate the minimum information requirements for a wiki entry.

• List one class activity we might do for the project

  • Look at spreadsheet of wiki articles with missing/outdated information and verifying/updating it. (Sorry its kind of boring)

• List of potential deliverables

  • Spreadsheet keeping track of wiki articles.

  • Wiki entry on how to make a evaluation/comparison wiki entry

• Come up with project plan for the second half of the semester

  • 3/18 - Find research papers/articles to gather information on what metrics are necessary to properly evaluate software/hardware.

  • 3/23 - Read research papers/articles, jot down notes.

  • 3/25 - Identify which metrics should be necessary for journal entries on VR hardware

  • 3/30 - Identify which metrics should be necessary for journal entries on VR software

  • 4/01 - Create a sample wiki entry that fulfills minimum requirements

  • 4/06 - Identify wiki entries that lack metrics 

  • 4/08 - Create spreadsheet to track which wiki entries need revision on

Project 2 Proposal Evaluated by Paul

• • The proposed project clearly identifies deliverable additions to our VR Software Wiki (5)

  • The proposed project involves collaboration in VR (3)

  • The proposed project involves large scientific data visualization along the lines of the "Data Types" wiki page and identifies the specific data type and software that it will use (3)

  • The proposed project has a realistic schedule with explicit and measurable milestones at least each week and mostly every class (5)

  • The proposed project includes an in-class activity (5)

3/15/21 -  3 Hours (cumulative 78 Hours)

• Prepared project presentation

• Did a little more background research to make project idea more concrete

3/20/21 -  3 Hours (cumulative 81 Hours)

• Worked on the project (brainstormed additional metrics to look into)

• Looked for more research papers to work with

3/22/21 -  3 Hours (cumulative 84 Hours)

• Prepared for in class discussion

• Cleaned up journal entries

3/24/21 - 1 Hour (cumulative 85 Hours)

• Created progress reports

3/26/21 - 4 Hour (cumulative 89 Hours)

• Summarized Seven Scenarios paper for future wiki posts

• Planned out how to create the wiki post in order to convey the metrics

3/29/21 - 1 Hour (cumulative 90 Hours)

• Prepared for in class activity

3/30/21 - 5 Hour (cumulative 95 Hours)

• Filled out the official resources, usable environments, software performance sections of the wiki page for data vis sample wiki template. 

3/31/21 - 4 Hour (cumulative 99 Hours)

• Filled out the GUI, Cost, and Communication and Collaboration part of the wiki page 

• Prepared the in class activity spreadsheet

4/2/21 - 2 Hour (cumulative 101 Hours)

• Filled out the User Experience and Tutorials part of the wiki page. 

4/5/21 - 4 Hour (cumulative 105 Hours)

• Filled out the User Experience and Tutorials part of the wiki page. 

• Created progress report

• Prepared for in class activity

4/6/21 - 1 Hour (cumulative 106 Hours)

• Updated and cleaned up wiki journal

4/7/21 - 1 Hour (cumulative 107 Hours)

• Prepared for in class activity

4/8/21 - 1 Hour (cumulative 108 Hours)

• Finished Shenandoah's class activity

4/9/21 - 6 Hours (cumulative 114 Hours)

• Worked on spreadsheet containing information about data visualization software

• Edited a couple of pages to make some easy fixes with missing information (Contributions 7-9)

4/11/21 - 5 Hours (cumulative 119 Hours)

• Completed spreadsheet containing information about data visualization software

• Moved the drafts for the wiki posts on the "Seven Scenarios Summary" and "Comparison Metrics" over to the actual wiki pages. 

4/12/21 - 4 Hours (cumulative 123 Hours)

• Drafted the wiki page on In Class Activity Tips

4/13/21 - 2 Hour (cumulative 125 Hours)

• Prepared for Rachel and Melis' in class activities.

• Modified journal to keep it up to date. 

4/14/21 - 6 Hours (cumulative 131 Hours)

• Worked on Final presentation

• Finalized and moved the draft of the In Class Activity Tips to the wiki pages.

4/17/21 - 6 Hours (cumulative 137 Hours)

• Worked on and finalized Final presentation

• Recorded videos and added to the final presentation

• Made minor changes to some of the wikis for project 2

4/20/21 - 3 Hours (cumulative 140 Hours)

• Final Edits to Journal

• Rehearsed presentation

• Added to the Spatial page