{"id":428,"date":"2017-04-28T20:13:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T20:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/wonderland\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2017-05-10T03:30:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T03:30:20","slug":"blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/wonderland\/index.php\/blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n So What Do Virtual Reality Games Have to Offer Computer Science Education? By Miriam Harries, Producer and Designer for Team <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Week 15: Wrapping Up<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n Here we are! Finished with the last week of work before final presentations! We spent this week refining our documentation, <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Week 14: Soft Opening and Documentation<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n It's\u00a0hard to believe it, but we're almost done with the semester! We have one more week before final presentations, and <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Prototype: Jumping Robot<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
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\n Week 13: Documentation and preparation for softs<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n Week 13. Whoo. It was hard to imagine that we finally made it!   This week, we devoted most of <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Week 12: Wrapping Up Development<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n This is it! We've wrapped up our final week of official development on our prototypes. Knowing us, we'll continue tweaking <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Week 11 - Steady Progress<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n This has been a relatively quiet week here in Wonderland. We've made great progress on our current prototypes throughout the <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Prototype: Flying Flags<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
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\n Week 10 - Playtesting and More<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
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\n Week 9 - Halfway Through<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
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\n Week 8 - Refining and Preparing<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
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\n Week 7 - Of Factories and Flags<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n This week we started development on our next two prototypes: a modifiable chain of flags to demonstrate linked lists and <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Week 6 - Wrapping up Solar System and Fractal Magic<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n This week we finished up development on the Solar System and Fractal Magic\/Boom Fractals\/Cute Fractal prototypes (the second one went <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Week 5 - Quarters<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n It's hard to believe, but we're already a quarter of the way through the semester! This week was primarily about <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Week 4 - Figuring Things Out<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
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\n Week 3 - Getting Going<\/a>\n\n \n\n<\/div>\n
\n Research We did one more round of group research this week, focusing on the unique strengths of virtual reality, Digital <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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