Course learning goals

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  2   |  5  | Goal 1:  can articulate different AR/VR visualization software tools

  1   |  5  | Goal 2:  can comparatively analyze AR/VR visualization software tools

  1   |  5  | Goal 3:  can choose the most appropriate visualization tool for each project

  1   |  4  | Goal 4:  become familiar with hardware interactions

  4   |  5  | Goal 5:  can develop a well-planned research strategy aligned with the research question

  3   |  5  | Goal 6:  become familiar with setting up virtual environments and building projects

  1   |  5  | Goal 7:  can think critically about what is currently feasible and what needs improvement

  3   |  5  | Goal 8:  can iteratively adjust and improve designs

  3   |  5  | Goal 9:  communicate ideas more clearly

  3   |  5  | Goal 10: can evaluate my work through self/peers/professor feedback, and identify takeaways

PROPOSALS

Project 1 Proposal <Google doc>

Project 1 Proposal Presentation <Google Presentation>

Project 1 Progress Presentation <Google Presentation>

Project 1 Final Presentation <Google Presentation>

Project 2 Proposal <ADD LINK>

Project 2 Proposal Presentation <ADD LINK>

Poster <ADD LINK>

In-class Activity <ADD LINK>

Public Demo <ADD LINK>

ALL OTHER WIKI CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTION 1 - Created Unity Hand Gesture Tracking page to walk through how to import Meta hand tracking SDK into Unity and how hand gestures are detected based on poses and shapes

CONTRIBUTION 2 - Created Passthrough Hand Gesture Tracking page to walk through how to enable hand gesture tracking in passthrough mode

CONTRIBUTION 3 - Created Enable Passthrough in Unity page to walk through how to enable passthrough mode in Unity

CONTRIBUTION 4 - Created Custom Hand Gesture Creation page to to explain how to define gestures using both manual finger parameter configuration and recorded hand capture data

CONTRIBUTION 5 - Created 3D Annotation Line Rendering page to to explain how to create a 3D annotation drawing system in Unity that is triggered by a custom hand gesture created in the previous step

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10 Minute Changes

1. Give "common error solutions" for quick reference for Unity debugging issues in the most common troubleshooting parts. 

2. Fill in Meshlab and Netfabb VR Modeling Software Pages with same complexity as the rest of the software.

3. Updated StarChart page with new pricing details

1 Hour Changes

1. Create more detailed WebXR Development Guide and use instead of the WebVR main page as WebVR was deprecated

2. For headset testing data, create more section ratings instead of overall rating as different headsets have different qualities useful for different types of users

3. Have a plugin/extension recommendations section for Unity and Blender

10 Hour Changes

1. Complete the VR in medicine and engineering sections by reading all the articles and websites, then creating the webpage in a similar format to the others

2. Add a quick prerequisite tag to every page that has a prerequisite knowledge, could be useful if they aren't by section toggles but still need knowledge from other sections.

3. Create a Collaborative VR Workplace Deep Dive joint section. Currently only has list of many collaboration platform, but a large overview/ detailed page highlighting the differences and which one to use clearly can be useful. 

Google Earth VR

Journey Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18NqydTzuR0yYj6s7vCG4275IfjC9cpXk/view?usp=sharing

Visiting three places (images in order below):

(1) The house where I grew up / (2) The house I live at Brown / (3) The place that's significant to me but not famous

Google Earth Web

Visiting three places again (images in order below)

(1) The house where I grew up / (2) The house I live at Brown / (3) The place that's significant to me but not famous

3/13/26 -  3 Hours

• Documented 3D Annotation Line Rendering guide on Wiki

3/12/26 -  4 Hours

• Documented Custom Hand Gesture Creation guide on Wiki

• Went through the whole process of creating a custom hand gesture again so that anyone coming in without background knowledge can easily follow along.

3/10/26 -  5 Hours

• Prepared project 1 final presentation

• Analyzed the survey result from in-class activity (Observation-only VS Using Annotation on Answer accuracy, Confidence rates, Completion time, Mental effort, overall preference, etc)

3/5/26 -  4 Hours

• Looked into how to set up passthrough without hand tracking, so anyone whose project doesn't involve hand tracking can get it set up -2h

• Documented Enable Passthrough in Unity guide on Wiki -2h

3/4/26 -  6.5 Hours

• Designed experiments for in-class activity - 5h

  • Explored several experiment ideas (visual analysis of randomly placed color dots, text analysis, etc.) and settled on a visual analysis of color dot clusters, since it's more suited for users to annotate, group, or count them.

  • Adjusted the experiment difficulty level

• Created Google survey form - 1h

• Shared instructions & Resources for in-class activity - 0.5h

3/3/26 - 10 Hours

• Rendered an Annotation Liner

  • Created a pen-like object (body / tip)

  • Wrote a code script for an annotation liner

  • Went through extensive troubleshooting to connect the custom gesture with the annotation tool

  • Adjusted the liner's quality

  • Fine-tuned the finger values for improved gesture detection (once the connection was successful, the detection reliability had degraded for some reason)

2/25/26 - 5 Hours

• Looked for a better solution for more accurate custom gesture detection, recording custom hand gesture and importing specific frames from the recording

• Adjusted each finger threshold to avoid being too strict/loose to detect target gesture

• Updated Project progress presentation

2/24/26 - 2 Hours

• Enabled Hand Gesture Tracking in Passthrough mode

• Created a wiki page documenting Passthrough Hand Gesture Tracking

2/23/26 - 2 Hours

• Prepared project progress presentation

2/22/26 - 4 Hours

• Created a wiki page documenting Unity Hand Gesture Tracking setup and testing

• Attempted to customize a three-finger pinch gesture by manually adjusting the input values for each finger

2/21/26 - 5 Hours

• Looked into tutorials and documentation on hand tracking

• Set up the hand-tracking SDK in Unity

• Configured the environment and tested grab interactions in a VR headset

• Tested various default hand gestures (e.g., thumbs up/down, open palm up, pointing) using the debugging UI panel

2/18/26 - 0.5 Hours

• Installed applications for Paraview, Ben's Volume Rendering tutorial

2/17/26 -  3 Hours

• Imported the Meta XR SDK (Hand Tracking) into Unity and configured hand tracking

• Troubleshot headset-to-PC connection issues to enable VR testing from Unity

2/15/26 - 1.5 Hours

• Unity tutorials on animations, audio, lighting, and game sharing

2/11/26 - 1.5 Hours

• Installed Unity

• Began Unity tutorials on basic interface 3D fundamentals

2/9/26 - 2.5 Hours

• Prepared Project 1 Proposal Presentation here

2/8/26 - 4 Hours

• Pivoted and came up with another idea

• Updated Project 1 proposal here

2/4/26 - 1 Hours

• Created pre-plans for project 1

• Went over other classmates' project ideas

2/3/26 - 2 Hours

• Installed DinoVR

• Installed ShapesXR and play around

• Installed Google Earth

2/2/26 - 7 Hours

• Review wiki & search web for the projects ideation

• Bring up the ideas on here 

1/29/26 - 3 Hours

• Set up Quest 3

• Play around with the basic functionalities to get familiar with the device

1/26/26 - 1 Hours

• Read Kenny Gruchalla's bio and website and add a question

• Explored wiki

1/22/26 - 2 Hours

• Read through the course homepage

• Joined Slack and introduced myself