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Weekend Assignments

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This is just a reminder that two things are due by Sunday midnight

Group Project Posting

Make a posting in the projects category. I will move it around and create a new category for your group.  We will talk about how this will work moving forward in Tuesday’s class.

Reading

Comments for the readings are also due Sunday night.  We will discuss the readings in Tuesday’s class.

 

Reading 9

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For class 4/9/13
Post Comments by 11:59 PM on 4/7/13

Human Tails: Ownership and Control of Extended Humanoid Avatars
William Steptoe, Anthony Steed, and Mel Slater
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7049050/Steptoe_ieeevr13.pdf
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2zbZLBUqwU 

Virtual Alteration of Body Material by Periodic Vibrotactile Feedback
Yosuke Kurihara, Taku Hachisu, Michi Sato, Shogo Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kajimoto
Discussion
Steptoe: (Pick 3)
  1. What do you think of the control the control scheme for the tail?  If you were to redesign it what would would you do?  If you were to add other kinds of feedback besides making the tail purely visual, what would you do?
  2. What do you think of the Threat design?  Do you think this threat stage helps determine ownership?  Use the results shown in the paper to back up your argument
  3. Based on the material in the tables and charts propose a hypothesis that is not outlined in the paper.  Discuss for a paragraph.
  4. Find a topic that you interesting, dubious, or curious and explain why.

Kurihara

Simply write a paragraph with your impressions and discussion of this technote. Things you can use as motivation if you are not sure where to begin:

  • What do you think of the approach of the researchers?
  • What do you think could have been done to improve this experiment?
  • What other kinds of materials do you think would be interesting to explore?
  • What would be the next direction you would think of taking this project?

First Project Posting

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Due: 4/7/13 at 11:59 pm

The goal now is to create a project blog page.  This page will be used to both describe both your project goals and process.  The first step in this process is create a description page.  The page should consist of:

At least one concept image

A brief description of your project

  • what you are attempting to accomplish?
  • what are your overall goals?

Description of the user’s experience

  • Does the user have a goal?
  • How will the user interact with the system?
  • What happens if the user doesn’t do what they are supposed to?

Equipment

  • What software and hardware do you plan to use

Weekly Timeline 

  • Either use a Gantt chart or describe desired outcomes on a weekly basis
  • What contingency plans do you have?
  • What is the bare minimum you would consider a success?

First Group Assignment

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For class 4/4/13

Each team will give a short presentation.  The presentation should include

A brief description of your project

  • what you are attempting to accomplish?
  • what are your overall goals?

Description of the user’s experience

  • Does the user have a goal?
  • How will the user interact with the system?
  • What happens if the user doesn’t do what they are supposed to?

Equipment

  • What software and hardware do you plan to use
What are you most confident about knowing how to do?
What are you most unsure about knowing how to do?

Rough Timeline 

  • What contingency plans do you have?
  • What is the bare minimum you would consider a success?

 

 

 

Group Assignments

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Trying to determine teams was actually much more difficult than I thought.  I believe this alignment does not include anyone working on a project that they indicated they did not want to work on and should have a decent amount of overlap of interest.

The first steps are to come up with a team name and determine a project of mutual interest for the group.  Please email with an questions or concerns.

Group 1
Jerry C
Natalie
Hasti
Jerry H

Group 2
CC
Nick H
Kevin M
Lauren

Group 3
Russel
Dan
Nick P

Reading 8 Extension

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The due date for comments for Reading 8 (soon to be posted) will be due Wednesday 3/20/13 at 11:59pm as opposed to our normal time at Sunday 3/17/13 at 11:59pm.  Remember that the second part of Assignment 3 is due on Sunday.

Rescheduling Office Hours

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This talk ended up running much longer than scheduled.  Please email me right away if you tried to meet with me today and we will find another time.  I will put rescheduled office hours next Friday on top of my office hours Thursday.