Learning Goals

1. articulate AR/VR visualization software tool goals, requirements, and capabilities; (1, 3)

2. construct meaningful evaluation strategies for software libraries, frameworks, and applications; strategies include surveys, interviews, comparative use, case studies, and web research; (2, 4)

3. execute tool evaluation strategies; (1, 4)

4. build visualization software packages; (1, 4)

5. comparatively analyze software tools based on evaluation; (3, 5)

6. be familiar with a number of AR/VR software tools and hardware; (1, 5)

7. think critically about software; (3, 5)

8. communicate ideas more clearly; (4, 5)

9. Find new way to use VR data visualization in my future work (1, 3)

PROPOSALS

Ideas link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nZR69nuqVD_cQzVpHN1x-NEHd5QG5UkNHpF6w_GDC5Q/edit?usp=sharing

1. Explore how accurately somebody can throw a ball in vr in different setups (there are a few different ones in Unity, and probably a few in Godot)

   1. Tasks

      1. Build environments in Godot and Unity to measure accuracy and precision

      2. Learn how to make throwing objects in both engines

      3. Make different ball release methods to measure difference in accuracy

   2. In class activity

      1. Everybody can throw a tennis ball inside and in the vr world to measure the accuracy differences

   3. Potential Deliverables

      1. Compare building environments within the two game engines through the lenses of ease of use, capabilities, and more

2. See if users can determine distance better with VR or a 2D display depending on HMD model

   1. Tasks

      1. Make an environment in which users can easily measure distance (think like a classroom)

      2. Use RNG to determine a distance for the user to guess

      3. Find a measuring device that determines the actual distance they picked

   2. Class Activity

      1. Determine the distance game

   3. Potential Deliverables

      1. I don’t know yet

3. See how reaction time gets impacted by distance

   1. Tasks

      1. Build something that can appear from a random distance that the user has to respond to

      2. Use Unity or ShapesXR or a similar frame-based tool to cause the reaction

      3. Monitor the data

   2. Class Activity

      1. Use the headsets to figure out reaction times from different distances

   3. Deliverables

      1. Comparing different data metric tools work such as Unity’s Experiment tool

Explore how accurately somebody can throw a ball in vr in different setups (there are a few different ones in Unity, and probably a few in Godot)

Tasks

• 2/10

  • How about how to use VR in Godot

    • Potentially make small vr space

  • Install Unity and watch initial tutorials

• 2/12

  • Begin watching Unity tutorials on Virtual Reality Specifically

    • Begin setting up small vr space to work with

• 2/19

  • Start making the actual implementation of the measurement in both Godot and Unity

• 2/24

  • Finish implementation for at least one software.

• 2/26

  • Be done implementing the experiment stuff for both, begin trials

• 3/03

  • In-class activity

• 3/05

  • Get more tests

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End Presentation for Project 1 <ADD LINK>

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ALL OTHER WIKI CONTRIBUTIONS

Homework 1 Assignment: 

10 Minute Changes

Add links to each of the papers shown in the VR in academia page

Add links to each of the papers shown in VR in psychology pages, as well as fix the broken link for Remote stereotactic visualization for image-guided surgery: technical innovation

Add more information about past IEEE VR Conferences, since currently the only one available is from 2022 

1 Hour Changes

It is important to clarify which parts of the Statsbomb data set is open to the public and which is not so that new users can know what they can and cannot use

Fix the Student Research Page to actually include information about student research into VR

Add some open source repo’s to the open source repos page

10 Hour Changes

Make webpage on how to do VR development in Godot

Expand the AR software to include tech mentioned even in lecture itself, such as the meta glasses

Update the Large Displays, Labs, and Papers section

CONTRIBUTION 1 [Added links to the VR in Academia page] https://www.vrwiki.cs.brown.edu/what-is-vr/what-is-vr-for/vr-in-academia 

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CONTRIBUTION N [short description] <ADD LINK>

HOURS journal

1/24/26 - 2 Hours

• Read and annotated the paper on SpatialTouch to introduce myself to Cross-Reality Work

1/25/26 - 2 Hours

• Set up and introduced myself to Godot software. 

1/27/25.- 4 Hours

• Read A Content-Analysis Approach for Exploring Usability Problems in a Collaborative Virtual Environment

• Read about different software and came up with 3 project ideas for future projects (2 hours)

• Read about other projects in order to get ideas about my own project

1/31/25 - 2 Hours

• Setup DinoVR and read DinoVR paper

2/1/25 - 5 Hours

• Read papers about throwing accuracy which eventually lead to reading Performance and Experience of Throwing in Virtual Reality

• Read Quantifying Egocentric Distance Perception in Virtual Reality Environment 

• Read A novel reaction time assessment in virtual reality: Advantages over computerized tests

• Expanded on my project ideas here

2/4/25 - 3 Hours

• Watched tutorials on how to build VR software with Unity

• Came up with a somewhat reasonable timeline for the first project.

2/5/25 - 1 Hour

• Installed Unity, began 3D tutorial

2/6/25 - 2 Hours

• Finished 3D tutorial for Unity

2/10/25 - 3 Hours

• Began building VR software within Godot