"More Than Meets The Eye" Animated VR Experience

First training session in the HTC Vive VR room at the Medical Institute, University of Dundee Dr. Caroline Erolin - HTC Vive in the Medical Institute at University of Dundee HTC Vive headset To get acclimatised to using VR, Caroline suggested looking around some landscapes, starting with 360 degree, rather than fully immersive VR beach...With an intense dislike of geodesic domes and cavernous interiors this seemed like a great idea! Progressing into interiors, Caroline introduced me to the LAB within Steam  .. https://store.steampowered.com/ , where there was an option to enter into a 'game-like' environment, pick up a bow and arrow and shoot at soldiers. The game appearance and environment was far more familiar and reminded me of my gaming experiences Atari > Sega Mega Drive > Playstation.... Next up was the lab, where I could teleport and select different worlds to enter. I jumped out of my skin when I stooped down to pick up the controllers, which w...

Key points from today's OPD session Getting Started with the Literature Review with Dr Gordon Spark at UoD. Literature Review is to be analytical rather than descriptive Three fold - Content, Style and Structure. Structure being the key Don't simply show end product, but how idea came into being...take the engine apart.  Analysis...break something down into its constitutional parts Night view of the Pompidou Centre. Copyight of the Pompidou Centre. Photo by PH Migeat. What is a literature review? Reading around subject 2 stages - Process and Product (all material read and actually what's included eventually) Survey of the field e.g using a map as a metaphor > Map > Defined Boundaries > Territories not included > Where are the borders > Show broad contours > Specific Points of Interest. Define perameters Original Contribution - is really quite small. Doing something different. Critiquing the literature and what it doesn't do. Place...