PROPOSALS

Project 1 Proposal

Presentation for Project 1 Proposal

In class Activity

End Presentation for Project 1

Project 2 Proposal

Presentation for Project 2 Proposal

Poster

In-class Activity

Public Demo

ALL OTHER WIKI CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTION 1 Updated Sites in VR link 

CONTRIBUTION 2 Added Spatial Tutorial link

CONTRIBUTION 3 Edited Spatial Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 4 Added FrameVR Tutorial link

CONTRIBUTION 5 Added EchoVR Tutorial link

CONTRIBUTION 6 Added RecRoom Tutorial link

CONTRIBUTION 7 Added RecRoom Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 8 Added FrameVR Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 9 Added Echo VR Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 9 Added Within Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 10 Added Tripp Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 11 Added Nature Treks Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 12 Added Guided TaiChi Overview link

CONTRIBUTION 13 Comparison of the four softwares link

CONTRIBUTION 14 Converting MRI data into stl file link

CONTRIBUTION 15 vTime XR overview link

CONTRIBUTION 16 Foretell Reality overview link

CONTRIBUTION 17 IrisVR overview link

HOURS journal

1/26/21 - 4 Hours

• Reviewed some background papers

• Read through some of last year's Wiki

• Added changes to Sites in VR page

• Reviewed the course home page

• Researched some collaborative VR software

• Setup Quest 2

1/27/21 - 6 Hours

• At first, I forgot about incorporating scientific visualization so I looked into collaborative VR software

  • Glue 

  • Immersed 

  • MeetInVR

  • The Wild

  • Acadius

  • AltSpaceVR

• I was also really intrigued by Google Earth VR. 

  • I was feeling homesick and it was nice to go through my city (I realized I'm directionally challenged, however). 

  • It was also an interesting aspect to simulate "star gazing".

  • I zipped up the objective images here

1/28/21 - 4 Hours

• Researched software to use that involves VR, collaboration and data visualization. 

  • Came up with different software that had the possible trio.

    • SecondLife

    • OpenSimulator

    • Virtualitics

    • TechViz

      • Ended up contacting TechViz for a demo.

  • Decided to choose TechViz for the project 

    • Came up with three Project Ideas

      • How easy is the software to learn how to visualize data and collaborate on?

        • Things I’m going to do

          • Learn how to use the software, demo and setup

          • Use AutoCAD to visualize data

          • Multisite collaboration eval from different locations (via VPN maybe?)

        • One class activity

          • Accessing the same visualization from AutoCAD from another location?

        • Potential deliverables

          • evaluations of features and quality

          • tutorials showing how to use software for data visualization purposes

          • measurements of how long it takes and how difficult it is for a group to do a tutorial

      • How effective are heterogenous display systems while doing the above?

        • Things I’m going to do

          • Share&Viz

          • Powerwall TechViz

          • Maybe Immersion Room

        • One class activity

          • R Sketching: draw on your 3D CAD model during a remote collaboration session

        • Potential deliverables

          • evaluations/comparison of features and quality

          • tutorials showing how to use software for data visualization purposes

          • measurements of how long it takes and how difficult it is for a group to do a tutorial

      • What are its best use cases?

        • Things I’m going to do

          • Design Reviews?

          • VR workstation ergonomics

        • One class activity

          • R Sketching: draw on your 3D CAD model during a remote collaboration session

        • Potential deliverables

          • evaluations/comparison of features and quality

          • tutorials showing how to use software for data visualization purposes

1/31/2021 - 1.5 hours

• Looked into software metrics

  • Lead time

  • Efficiency

  • Impact

  • Application crash rate (ACR)

  • Endpoint incidents

• Also found this and this paper which was interesting for background information.

2/1/2021 -1.5 hours

• Explored the DinoVR tutorial and completed the objectives in the tutorial.

• I zipped up the images here so that it wouldn't consume too much space. I also explored some more options and took screenshots of it.

• I was also dealing with some spec issues with TechViz

2/4/2021 - 2.5 hours

Devised a new plan since TechViz specs didn't work out.

Project plan:

Evaluate the state of avatars in VR and research techniques for designing better avatars.

1. 1. Softwares I’m going to use where you can whiteboard in 3D/play games (which make good use of avatars)

      1. Spatial

      2. Frame VR

      3. EchoVR

      4. RecRoom

   2. Things I’m going to evaluate

      1. How easy is it to build a VR app with avatars? 

      2. What visual features are missing in most (if not all) VR avatars? 

      3. To what extent would more realistic avatars improve collaborative experiences?

   3. In class activity

      1. Play either EchoVR or RecRoom in class to see how we can improve collaborative experiences in Spatial using avatars.

   4. Deliverables

      1. List of research techniques for designing better avatars

      2. Evaluate current state of avatars

      3. Ways to improve collaborative experiences using avatars in Spatial by using in class activity

Milestones

2/9

Setup all software on Quest and Paperspace. Create avatars and document the process of setting it up. Add to wiki if possible.

2/11

Add all the tutorials to the wiki. Explore the different avatars in each software.

2/18

Come up with a list of research techniques to evaluate avatars from google scholar.

2/23

Evaluate different softwares’ avatars based on the above research techniques

2/25

In class activity for RecRoom and EchoVR: Set a particular goal and task and accomplish this.

3/2

How can Spatial incorporate a better collaborative experience from the above VR games?

3/4

Revise all documentation and deliverables and publish to the wiki. (Some buffer in case any of the above milestones get pushed back)

2/5/2021 - 1 hour

Writing project proposal and creating presentation

2/7/2021 - 6.5 hours

Setting up the below softwares and making tutorials. I also explored and finished some of the tutorials for the same.

1. Spatial

2. FrameVR

3. EchoVR

4. RecRoom

2/8/2021 - 1 hour

Spent an hour trying to contact MeetinVR to try one more time but in vain.

2/9/2021 - 2 hours

Completed the rest of the tutorials (especially EchoVR took a while because I have motion sickness and it was not accessible).

2/10/2021 - 4 hours

Added tutorials to the wiki and explored the softwares to get a better feel.

Met with Paul to experiment Spatial together: Here are some screenshots that I took.

2/11/2021 - 2/14/2021 - 5 hours

Reading through multiple research papers to come up with a list of techniques to evaluate avatars in VR

2/16/2021 - 2 hours

Based on the research I gathered, I came up with a checklist style evaluation for the different avatars. Here is the document.

2/17/2021 - 4 hours

Completed evaluation of Spatial avatar and RecRoom avatar based on the consideration list.

2/18/2021 - 2 hours

Completed documentation of In Class Activity here.

2/20/2021 - 2 hours

Completed evaluation of EchoVR avatar here and FrameVR avatar here.

2/26/2021 - 2 hours

Completed evaluation of VRChat avatar here.

2/28/2021 - 3 hours

Completed draft of Spatial Feedback here.

3/2/2021 - 2 hours

Completed Spatial Feedback here. 

3/5-3/6/2021 - 3 hours

Looking into second project ideas by reviewing paper on scholar, etc

3/7/2021 - 1 hour

Made the project presentation and dry run

3/8/2021 - 3/12/2021 - 5 hours

Switching back and forth with project 2 brainstorm, finding softwares to evaluate, talking to vendors, etc.

Finalized proposal (linked above)

3/14/2021 - 3 hours

Made an overview page for RecRoom, FrameVR, and EchoVR

3/15/2021 - 3 hours 

Felt super relaxed after exploring multiple software that focuses on mindfulness in Quest (Within, Tripp, Nature Treks, Guided TaiChi). I explored many other softwares but decided to stick with these four for my second project.

3/16/2021 - 4 hours

Made an overview for each of the four software listed in the contribution section

3/22/2021 - 4 hours

Came up with different metrics to evaluation collaborative techniques in VR. 

3/24/2021 - 4 hours

Evaluated Tripp and Within based on the metrics above.

3/25/2021 - 4 hours

Evaluated Nature Treks VR and Guided TaiChi based on the metrics above.

3/25/2021 - 3 hours

Completed comparison analysis and proposal of collaborative features to be added.

3/31/2021 - 4 hours

Looked into how to import MRI data and wrote CONTRIBUTION 14. Also edited the proposal to include two more collaborative VR group therapy software

4/1/2021 - 4 hours

Made an overview of vTime XR contribution 15 linked above.

Made an overview of Foretell Reality contribution 16 linked above

() - 10 hours

Forgot to include any setup for everyone's class activities 1 & 2.

4/1/2021 - 2 hours

Completed write up of class activity and coordinated setup of IrisVR

4/4/2021 - 5 hours

Set up projects in SketchUp and IrisVR (took a while to figure out and import files, with back and forth communication with support)

4/6/2021 - 5 hours

Reviewed and tested out different domains of metrics to assess SketchUp and IrisVR

4/7/2021 - 5 hours

Final presentation 2 hours

IrisVR wiki - 2 hours

Dealing with some complications for IrisVR - 1 hour

4/10/2021 - 2 hours

Finalized presentation - 2 hours

4/11/2021 - 4 hours

Met with Hiloni to test out softwares - 2 hours

Analyzed class activity results - 2 hours

4/12/2021 - 2 hours

First draft of VR Final poster

4/15/2021 - 4 hours

Made a lot of videos for the final presentation and met with Michael to test his software out

Self Evaluation 

Criteria:

Journal activities are explicitly and clearly related to course deliverables

• 5

Deliverables are described and attributed in wiki

• 5 

Report states total amount of time

• 5

Total time is appropriate

• 4

[Waiting to evaluate Ethan's journal]

Evaluation by George Lee

Criteria:

Journal activities are explicitly and clearly related to course deliverables

• 5 == meets expectations

Deliverables are described and attributed in wiki

• 5 == meets expectations

Report states total amount of time

• 4 == meets expectations

Total time is appropriate

• 4 == meets expectations

Project 2 Proposal Evaluated by Alejandro

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

  • The proposed project involves collaboration in VR (4)

  • 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)

  • The proposed project has resources available with sufficient documentation (4)

Project 2 Proposal Evaluated by Hiloni

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

  • The proposed project involves collaboration in VR (4)

  • 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 (4)

  • 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)

  • The proposed project has resources available with sufficient documentation (5)