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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
This wiki page will serve as intermediate space for weekly blog-style updates about my progress in creating my 220C research project. I will soon move these updates to a fancier website so that I can embed samples of my progress in Unity.
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This wiki page will serve as intermediate space for weekly blog-style updates about my journey in creating my 220C final project. I will soon move these updates to a fancier website so that I can embed samples of my development progress in Unity.
  
 
== Week 1 ==
 
== Week 1 ==

Revision as of 11:27, 19 April 2018

Introduction

This wiki page will serve as intermediate space for weekly blog-style updates about my journey in creating my 220C final project. I will soon move these updates to a fancier website so that I can embed samples of my development progress in Unity.

Week 1

During the first class of week 1, I began considering the form my final project would take and the platforms I would need to realize this project. I have used Max 7 quite a bit in the past and have been interested in PureData's ease of integration (specifically through libpd). I decided I would like to use PureData

Week 2

  • Discovered VR music creation platform LyraVR. Lyra
  • Emailed the staff at VHIL requesting a tour of their lab space. I am hoping to gain insight into their method of positional tracking for Roomscale VR.

Week 3

  • Received an email response from VHIL –– staff is away for the next couple of weeks, but they will be available for a visit at the beginning of May.
  • Downloaded Wwise SDK for Unity and Linux & macOS development. Wwise offers ambisonics support and suite of spatial plugins for Unity, and I began looking for features unique to Wwise that could accelerate and/or simplify development of the virtual soundscape I will build in Unity.
  • Downloaded FMOD Studio for Unity development. FMOD also supports ambisonics audio albeit in a more limited scope than Wwise––FMOD makes use of Google's Resonance SDK for in-the-box ambisonics support. I plan to experiment with integrating FMOD and Unity sometime this upcoming weekend to
  • Updated Unity and PureData to most recent versions.
  • Began experimenting with example Unity projects that integrate libpd.