The past ten days have been an intense whirlwind of activity as we worked to finalize our testing environment, design our poster, and complete our research paper. The experience felt much like finals week—not with exams, but with several major … Continue reading →
Last week was a really important step for me in thinking about my future after college. I had meetings with both Professor Stephen G. and Professor Eliot to start figuring out how I want to approach grad school. First, I … Continue reading →
Last week we all had to opportunity to travel down to Iowa City and get to see some of the university. Our purpose there though was to meet with the other REU there to listen and learn about their research … Continue reading →
Prior to the Holiday weekend, I was really stressed and busy with working on both the MCA and project. I really needed a quick reset with all of the work we had been doing. I got to see both my … Continue reading →
This weekend was a great break from all of the work we have been doing for our MCA work. Not only did I get to see Ringo Starr live for free, but also got to see a free firework show … Continue reading →
Lunch with Holly was really nice to have ensuring that the process we are going through is tough but highly worth it. Hearing the experience she had here a decade ago, similar to ours, really motivated me to keep pushing … Continue reading →
Yesterday, I realized learning something new can be really frustrating and also really rewarding. I had never touched unity prior to this REU and had no plan to touch it due to a lack of time and some interest in … Continue reading →
A couple of us got the privilege to watch the movie The Social Network. During this movie we learned the backstory on how Mark Zuckerberg became to be as well as the Winklevoss twins. The movie was great retaining its … Continue reading →
We have officially finished our unity class, and I have loved every minute of it. Unlike blender, I understand it a lot more and can take advantage of the C# scripts. Now as we head into the next 2 weeks, … Continue reading →
The first thing that comes to mind is paper straws. In no way am I saying use plastic straws. I just believe the no straw alternative is best and papers straws just simply do not hold up. Second I had … Continue reading →
First things first, I had no idea what light color painting was going into this activity. We got together in a studio, grabbing various lights and colors, and made lovely photos. By far the best ones where with fire and … Continue reading →
Week 3 has been a blast so far! We started working with studio works to get familiar with making parts and assembling them. I may not be an engineer but working with this tool has been such a fun challenge … Continue reading →
This week could not have ended in a better way. We all got to go over to We Cycle where we got the privilege to meet Dennis and Wolfgang. Let me start by saying how cool and amazing these two … Continue reading →
Week 2 has been a lot of fun learning even more about C++ and cyber sickness. Along with this we got the opportunity to listen to a phd student’s research on gestures in vr and color perception in local villages … Continue reading →
Going into week 2 I was swamped with readings, reading around 50 pages of research about our project. Although it was boring and hard to read, it was overall really interesting. Besides that, we started week 2 off with C++ … Continue reading →
The week was a lot of fun getting to know all the other interns here along with getting to all of the great faculty and mentors. We got to look at the early stages of the research process which included … Continue reading →
Tuesday was a lot of fun, getting to know some faculty and our mentors over dinner at Stephen’s house. Also our oven fan is basically a jet engine smh. Wednesday was a long day. The highlights included winning the scavenger … Continue reading →