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  1   | 5 | Goal 1: articulate AR/VR visualization software tool goals, requirements, and capabilities;
  1   | 4 | Goal 2: construct meaningful evaluation strategies for software libraries, frameworks, and applications; strategies include surveys, interviews, comparative use, case studies, and web research;
  1   | 4 | Goal 3: execute tool evaluation strategies;

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

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

  2   | 5 | Goal 6: be familiar with a number of AR/VR software tools and hardware;

  1   | 4 | Goal 7: think critically about software;

  1   | 4 | Goal 8: communicate ideas more clearly;

  1   | 4 | Goal 9: identify and evaluate the strengths and limitations of data visualization in AR compared to VR;

PROPOSALS

Project 1 Proposal LINK

Presentation for Project 1 Proposal LINK

End Presentation for Project 1 <ADD LINK>

Project 2 Proposal LINK

Presentation for Project 2 Proposal LINK

Poster <ADD LINK>

In-class Activity <ADD LINK>

Public Demo <ADD LINK>

ALL OTHER WIKI CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTION 1 Evaluation on Software for Simulation in XR  LINK

CONTRIBUTION 2 Summary of User Perception of AR/VR Experience LINK

CONTRIBUTION 3 How to Deploy WebXR Websites LINK

CONTRIBUTION 4 Three.js: The Very Basics LINK

CONTRIBUTION 5 Three.js: Interactive Content LINK

CONTRIBUTION 6 Three.js: Welcome Page LINK

CONTRIBUTION 7 Three.js: JavaScript Brush-up LINK

CONTRIBUTION 8 (Add Safari section to) WebVR: Overview LINK

CONTRIBUTION 9 (Add EyeSight in Black Mirror Episode section to) VR in Pop Culture LINK

CONTRIBUTION 10 Summary of Project 2 Activity Survey LINK

HOURS journal

1/26/25 - 4 Hours

• Joined course Slack channel

• Set up my journal

• Read pages on the Wiki (Project Ideas, Course Activities, VR Research, etc)

• Checked out Kenny Gruchalla's bio and left questions

9 separate changes I would make to the wiki

1. Remove the duplicate "jump back to top" link on https://www.vrwiki.cs.brown.edu/home [10 minutes] ✅

2. Fix typo "Person's" to "Persona" on https://www.vrwiki.cs.brown.edu/vr-hardware/apple-vision-pro/persona [10 minutes] ✅

3. Update the link to Blender on https://www.vrwiki.cs.brown.edu/vr-modeling-software/blender so that it directly takes you to Blender's official websites without redirection[10 minutes] ✅

4. Talk about Android XR, Google's latest attempt in XR space [1 hour]

5. Add a page for ZBrush under VR Modeling Software [1 hour]

6. Add more details on Development Approaches for visionOS page [1 hour]

7. Talk about Apple Vision Pro's impact in AR/VR industry [10 hours]

8. Add three.js, a popular javascript 3D library that 's capable of making VR websites, under WebVR Tutorials [10 hours]

9. Add a VR in Entertainment section in Applications of VR, introduce its background, current development, and example applications [10 hours]

1/28/25 - 2 Hours

• Set up up Quest 3 and meta account

1/29/25 - 4 Hours

• Set up up Paperspace and SteamVR

• Browse previous projects

• Potential pieces of software to explore and evaluate

  • Three.js (build interactive AR/VR web app)

  • ParaView (popular scientific visualization tool)

  • Unity/Unreal (powerful game engines that support real-time 3D rendering and cross-platform deployment)

• Potential project ideas

  • Visualize average annual global temperatures using an interactive 3D globe, color-coded heatmaps to show climate trends over time (this can be AR or VR)

  • Simulate how particles/air move, the simulation take user's environment into consideration. For example, if an object is placed in the middle of the airflow, the simulation will visualize how the air bends around it (AR only)

  • Visualize Spotify users' music preferences overtime: each song is a node, songs are clustered by their similarities, and also show users' music taste trajectory over time (this can be AR or VR)

2/3/25 - 4 Hours

• Downloaded DinoVR on Paperspace machine

• Read DinoVR paper

• Solidified project ideas

  • Visualizing Global Warming

    • 3 things to do

      • Collect and visualize the annual average temperature data of regions around the world over time

      • Since I personally find it very difficult to navigate with VR controller, I would like to experiment with different ways of navigation so that users can quickly get to their desired content

      • Compare the visualization in 3 settings: screen, VR, and AR

    • Class activity

      • Ask people to see the visualization on a screen, then view it in AR/VR environment, survey their experience about what they learn from each session

    • Deliverables

      • Comparison on how users respond to the same content when experienced in screen, VR, and AR

  • Particle Simulation in AR

    • 3 things to do

      • Evaluate different software packages that can be used to run simulation on Quest 3

      • Simulate airflow in an AR setting

      • This project idea is inspired by the iPad AR demo app at Apple Park where you can see the energy consumption and airflow around the campus in rich detail. My goal here is to reach a similar level of visual quality.

    • Class activity

      • Ask people to place objects of different shapes in the middle of the airflow, so that they can have a rough idea of how particles move

    • Deliverables

      • A report on Quest 3's ability to run simulation, or

      • A report on different software packages for running simulation on Quest 3, including:

        • whether they provide the necessary libraries for rendering and math

        • compatibility across different VR platforms

        • performance

  • Visualizing Trend in Music

    • 3 things to do

      • Collect Spotify user's music preferences data and visualize music trend over time by different attributes: genre, beats per minute, region, etc.

      • Experiment and evaluate ways to represent multi-dimensional data in 3D

      • Compare the visualization in 3 settings: screen, VR, and AR

    • Class activity

      • Ask people to see the visualization on a screen, then view it in AR/VR environment, survey their experience about what they learn from each session

    • Deliverables

      • Comparison on how users respond to the same content when experienced in screen, VR, and AR

• Brainstorm software evaluation metrics

  • FPS, latency, comfort (motion sickness), ease of use, the time it takes to grasp certain information

• Started working on three.js tutorial page for wiki

2/5/25 - 2 Hours

• Completed DinoVR survey

• Completed activity board and gave feedback on other people's project plans

• Project plan milestones

  • 2/11: Finalize the potential softwares/frameworks that could be used for simulation

  • 2/13: Research on how to run simulation with the softwares on the list

  • 2/20: Run demo on each of the software on the list

  • 2/25: Evaluate the performance and the functionalities of the softwares

  • 2/27: Collect user feedback for different simulation softwares in class activity

  • 3/04: Improve the visualization based on user feedback

  • 3/06: Compose a thorough evaluation report on running simulation with different softwares on Quest 3

2/9/25 - 4 Hours

• Finish presentation slides

2/10/25 - 2 Hours

• DinoVR screenshot

• Dedicated page for final plan of Project 1

• Project Plan Evaluation

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

    • 5

  • Involves passthrough or “augmented” in VR

    • 5

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

    • 5

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

    • 4

  • The proposed project explicitly evaluates VR software, preferably in comparison to related software

    • 5

  • The proposed project includes an in-class activity, which can be formative (early in the project) or evaluative (later in the project)

    • 4

  • The proposed project has resources available with sufficient documentation

    • 5

2/11/25 - 1 Hours

• Journal self evaluation

  • Journal activities are explicitly and clearly related to course deliverables

    • 4

  • Deliverables are described and attributed in wiki

    • 1

  • Report states total amount of time

    • 4

  • Total time is appropriate

    • 3

• Finalized the list of engines/frameworks for simulation to investigate for Project 1

2/14/25 - 3 Hours

• Research on Three.js to build XR websites

2/17/25 - 5 Hours

• Research on using A-Frame or Babylon.js to build XR websites

• Drafted Evaluation on Software for Simulation in XR

2/18/25 - 3 Hours

• Continued drafting Evaluation on Software for Simulation in XR

• Started working on Three.js simulation project

2/19/25 - 2 Hours

• Installed Paraview on Paperspace machine

• Completed AVP Lab

2/23/25 - 7 Hours

• Continue working on Three.js simulation project

• Finished and published Evaluation on Software for Simulation in XR

2/24/25 - 3 Hours

• Continue working on Three.js simulation project

2/25/25 - 5 Hours

• Continue working on Three.js simulation project

2/26/25 - 10 Hours

• Continue working on Three.js simulation project

3/1/25 - 2 Hours

• Update Evaluation on Software for Simulation in XR

3/7/25 - 3 Hours

• Finished and published Summary of User Perception of AR/VR Experience

3/12/25 - 3 Hours

• Made slides for Project 1 presentation

3/13/25 - 5 Hours

• Finished and published How to Deploy WebXR Websites

3/19/25 - 3 Hours

• Finished Project 2 Proposal

4/2/25 - 6 Hours

• Read about Bloom's Taxonomy

• Continue working on Project 2

  • The plan was to simulate airflow/fluid with Lattice Boltzmann Simulation, which would most likely take a lot of time than I initially anticipated. I want to focus more on the visualization to align with the theme of this class.

  • So I thought about how Project 2 should go again with new goal to emphasize investigating the effectiveness of 3D motion visualization.

4/3/25 - 7 Hours

• Continue working on Project 2

  • Finish the prototype of particle system

  • Finish the prototype of 3D motion data visualizer

4/5/25 - 3 Hours

• Continue working on Project 2

  • Bug fixing (visualization nodes were not showing up correctly)

4/6/25 - 8 Hours

• Continue working on Project 2

  • Add rotation in physics simulation

  • Implement neon mode data visualization

4/9/25 - 5 Hours

• Continue working on Project 2

  • Add air resistance in physics simulation

  • Gather art assets for particles

4/10/25 - 8 Hours

• Continue working on Project 2

  • Optimize performance for Quest

  • Use instanced mesh for particle nodes

  • Add threshold on particles count

4/12/25 - 10 Hours

• Continue working on Project 2

  • Look for appropriate texture library for neon nodes

  • Implement animation for neon mode (make the glowing spheres move along the movement path)

4/13/25 - 12 Hours

• Continue working on Project 2

  • Research on how to create customizable tape-like 3D objects in Three.js

  • Research on how to get a curve data with a set of points

  • Implement tape mode data visualization

4/14/25 - 9 Hours

• Ready in-class activity for Project 2

  • Compile quiz problems

  • Feedback questions

  • Instruction writing

4/15/25 - 4 Hours

• Final touch on Project 2

  • Host the project with GitHub Pages

  • Test on headset

  • Instructions writing

4/27/25 - 6 Hours

• Preparing end presentation for Project 2

  • Writing

  • Gather media for the slides

• Wiki addition

  • Started working on Three.js: The Very Basics

4/28/25 - 6 Hours

• Wiki addition

  • Continue the writing of Three.js: The Very Basics

  • Started working on Three.js: Interactive Content

  • Finished Three.js welcome page

  • Started working on Three.js: JavaScript Brush-up

4/29/25 - 2 Hours

• Wiki addition

  • Added "Safari" section to WebVR: Overview

  • Added "EyeSight in Black Mirror Episode" section to VR in Pop Culture

5/1/25 - 3 Hours

• Wiki addition

  • Added Summary of Project 2 Activity Survey