Jesse Dotson - DREU

Summer Research

This summer my primary focus will be on the DIVE - Dancing in Virtual Environments: Exploring Embodied Learning in Support of Computational Thinking project. Also known as the Dancing ALICE project. Also, I will be working with Dr. Joerg on Perception of Virtual Characters in Games. With this side project, I will be getting familiar with the experiment and facilitate the experiment by running participants to collect data.

Outline

Weekly Plan: DIVE PROJECT

Week 1 (May 20th) - Week 2(May 27th)
Get Familiar with Motion Capture and Vicon Blade software Read up on in using the DPA wiki and watch tutorials on the DPA network.
Goal: Be able to set up the system, capture, and post-process motions.

Week 3 (June 3rd) - Week 6 (June 24th)
Get Familiar with Unity and other features of the DIVE Project

Week 7 (July 1st) - Week 8(July 8th)
Capture dance Motions

Week 9 (July 15th) - Week 10 (July 22)
Control Motions and Program a dance in Unity

Perception of Virtual Characters in Games

Week 1
Research Ethics for IRB
-CITI courses

Week 2
Get Familiar with Experiment

Week 3 - Week 10
Facilitate and Run Participants for the Experiment