Last night, we went to the pool and hung out with one of the interns from another REU, Ezra. We had lots of fun playing basketball and swimming around in the whirlpool and getting to know each other.

Today, we had another Craft of Research lesson where we talked about literature reviews. I really liked the template Yvonne gave us. I think it will be really helpful when we have to start writing. After, we got to learn about Dr. Jon Kelly’s research and have lunch with him. I really really enjoyed his talk because he was talking about how he uses cognitive and sensory psychology in VR research applications. Today, he talked a lot about Cyber Sickness, which is when you get sick from being in VR. He explained that this is because of a mismatch in the visual and non-visual stimuli you get when you’re moving. In VR, your eyes see that you are moving, but your body does not get any of the sensations you normally get when moving. This is where the disconnect happens. We also got to talk to him a little about his other research and some of his other interests. I really enjoyed getting to talk to him.

Later today we have our next project meeting. We will meet with Tian and talk about everything we read the past week.

Here is what I have been working on in Solidworks: