{"id":450,"date":"2017-10-23T23:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T23:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/?p=450"},"modified":"2017-10-23T23:05:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T23:05:58","slug":"week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/index.php\/2017\/10\/23\/week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week 8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All is busy in the Team Voyage project room as most of our time is spent preparing for halves presentations. We have a lot to show and are still trying to tackle how to present it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two of our major steps forward this week have been the integration of the scavenger hunt into our experience as well as completing the rough spring landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting with the scavenger hunt, here is our current setup: we already have 3 pre-set teams of 6 to 7 students based on their names. The students can tell what team they are on by clicking on the menu button, and looking near the top of their menu UI. It will say clearly, for example, \u201c Scavenger Hunt: Team Red,\u201d along with the red team\u2019s hint (obviously showing that this student is on the red team). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-453\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Scavenger-hunt-UI-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Scavenger-hunt-UI-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Scavenger-hunt-UI-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Scavenger-hunt-UI.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Sorry for the poor quality image, but the text near the top tells the different team names)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will be able to identify others on their team by the color of their scarves(red scarf = red team, yellow scarf = yellow team, etc.). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71OYJWYsP3Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(notice the different color scarves!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three teams each have a different set of things to find that are placed strategically around the map, so that each team needs to explore all parts of the environment to finish their particular scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt clues are given one by one, meaning that you need to solve the first hint in order to get the next hint. The current iteration of the clues look like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team 1:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find three tertiary consumers (apex predators)(answers would be the bear, wolf and hawk).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find: \u201cThis nervous and shy animal can run up to forty miles per hour if frightened or chased.\u201d (The white tailed deer).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the tree which produces leaves with a single vien, no lobes, and jagged edges. (Birch Tree).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team 2:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find 5 producers (Oak Tree, Birch Tree, Honeysuckle, Lilac, Ladyfern, Milkweed, or Maple tree).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find: \u201cThis mainly nocturnal animal is at the top of the food chain in the forest with no natural predators. Hating the heat of the sun, they will be seen digging ot their dens in the shade\u201d (Gray Wolf).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the tree that produces samaras (Maple Tree).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team 3:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find two primary consumers (caterpillar, butterfly, or white tailed deer) and one decomposer (tawny milkcap mushroom). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find: \u201cwaking up from a very long nap, this omnivorous animal forages for an plants of animals it can find to snack on close to it\u2019s napping spot. (Black Bear)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the tree that produces acorns. (Oak Tree)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a student thinks they\u2019re found the correct object in the environment, they can use our \u201cflag\u201d tool to mark that object. If they are correct, a diamond in the same color as the student that found it\u2019s team will appear and hover above that object for the whole class to see. <\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9aAmezOHgUs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A question came up about what is the purpose of the scavenger hunt in our experience. It solves two problems. 1. The group activity will initiate collaboration. They need to work together or at least communicate with their team in order to solve the scavenger hunt (this type of collaboration is the point of our project). 2. It will increase the learnings of the students. In order to solve the hunts, they need to read the information on the blurbs and use their problem solving skills to solidify the info they learned. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we need to playtest this! We have many questions. Will the design of the hunt make sense to the students? Is the distribution of hunt clues fair? Will they feel competitive\/collaborative with each other? Will they learn anything? Only the future can tell!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving to the environment, we are quite excited to have the full spring environment first draft. We started with this top view<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-459\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Map-design-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Map-design-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Map-design-768x646.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Map-design-1024x862.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Map-design.jpg 1092w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And now, after implementing all\u00a0 of our models in Maya,\u00a0 we have these:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-470\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1-view-1-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1265\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1-view-1-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1-view-1-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1-view-1-1024x506.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1265px) 100vw, 1265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-462\" src=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2-view-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2-view-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2-view-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2-view-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/voyage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2-view.jpg 1915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It feels quite satisfying to teleport around the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, we were also able to have a small playtest with a touring group at the ETC (kids in 7th grade). We noticed that the energy in the room about our project was a lot less than it is at Cornell. Nicky had some really interesting thoughts as to why. She thought that kids weren\u2019t as excited to play when its not their own name that they are picking when choosing avatars. The default names we\u2019ve inputted were the ones of the Cornell students and since we were given such short time, we didn\u2019t implement these kids names instead. \u00a0Also, they are unable to identify their friends because of the same reason. A lot of \u201cwhos Jim?\u201d or \u201cwhos Jake?\u201d reverberated around the room. Also, there was no waving at other players in the space amongst these kids; a telltale sign of the lack of connection. Waving was extremely prevalent in the other playtests at Cornell. The lack of interest could have stemmed from the idea that people wanted to connect with and identify their friends in the space. There\u2019s a general assumption that people might want to take on a completely new persona in VR, but that might not entirely be the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It could be that or, you know, they could be shy&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until Next Time!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 8 All is busy in the Team Voyage project room as most of our time is spent preparing for halves presentations. 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