{"id":94,"date":"2020-03-06T01:39:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/?p=94"},"modified":"2020-04-01T01:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T01:39:59","slug":"week-8-halves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/index.php\/2020\/03\/06\/week-8-halves\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8: Halves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"97\" data-link=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/?attachment_id=97\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:http:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/95685a77-6789-4cd5-94eb-6867fa0cf972\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"99\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/?attachment_id=99\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voltech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200303_155100-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Fixing our child<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Midway through the week our spring finally arrived, just in time for us to do some final testing of our demos before presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We attempted to do a live demo of the machine in the RPIS during our presentation, which ended up having a lot of issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We attempted to use a camera to livestream the demo, but that just created a 2d version of the 3d machine, which defeats the whole point<\/li><li>The light from the projector hit the dome and created a glare, so someone had to hold their jacket up over the machine<\/li><li>Due to other teams that day having props as well, our machine needed to be stuck in the corner, so many people didn&#8217;t even see it<\/li><li>The camera needed to be very specifically focused, but as soon as a door opening to the RPIS changed the lighting, the focus went to shit.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In hindsight, we should have just shown the videos of our demos that we had taken, but since we had the Voxon (working) for a week, not all the faculty had been able to see it live. For finals, we will just show video \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While preparing for the presentation, we compiled a list of learnings that is a nice tldr; for the semester:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fave learnings\/concepts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blurring of line reality v device<\/li><li>Interaction is core to experience<\/li><li>First time, everyone spends more than ten mins (even for simple models), take pictures, novelty aspect<\/li><li>How important social aspect is &#8211; campfire effect<\/li><li>Where the people are around the machine. Orientation!! Inverted controls!!<\/li><li>Playing with height and frequency, more dynamic things on the inside, how these values affect flicker<\/li><li>Geometry looks really good regardless of experience of modeling. Everything feels like an object, detailed, looks good<\/li><li>Color modes can really affect perception based on sci-fi bias and expectations of the machine<\/li><li>People have preconceived notion of holographic displays, how do we play into it<\/li><li>Psychedelic, undulating motions, hypnotic stuff looks good -> longest time (especially in right frame of mind \ud83d\ude09 )<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dislikes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Limited size<\/li><li>Flicker<\/li><li>Fragility<\/li><li>Some Shader\/materials don\u2019t work<\/li><li>Some visuals don\u2019t directly translate<\/li><li>Lack of dedicated GPU<\/li><li>Strobing and eye strain<\/li><li>Unable to see in light, lighting settings don\u2019t work<\/li><li>Interface sucks<\/li><li>Full color is less crispy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fave interfaces<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Leap motion<\/li><li>IMU like phones<\/li><li>Xbox controllers<\/li><li>MIDI<\/li><li>Vive controllers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midway through the week our spring finally arrived, just in time for us to do some final testing of our demos before presentation. 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