Successful Milestones The left side of the following table represents my main goals/objectives of my thesis project. The right side represents the ways I would qualitatively and quantitatively measure the success of each of these objectives at the end of the semester. GOALS / OBJECTIVES…

[Late post… apologies.] I got such valuable feedback from the Show-A-Thing Feedback sessions. I was lucky to meet with Heidi Brant, Kate Stevenson, Christopher Wray, and Cezar Mocan – who all were really helpful in giving me advice and encouraging me to think about different…

Rubric Things I Want Things I Don’t Want Things I’m Okay With A realistic model of a house based on where I grew up An experience too complicated to both build and interact with Users interpreting the experience freely A representation of my family’s experiences…

Presentation Link can be found HERE. I felt pretty prepared for my presentation. Since I had been thinking and writing about my thesis for weeks at that point, I didn’t have much difficulty in putting the presentation together. I was also able to rehearse a…

First SketchUp Prototype Possible Narrative Elements to Add List in progress & subject to change: Clothes, shelves, books, photo albums, family photos on walls and tables, wall decor, magnets on fridge, altar in bedroom, kitchen cabinets with recipes taped to them, mismatched tupperwares/containers, drawer full…

Links Draft submission Final submission Updates I got a lot of great advice from our class breakout room and one-on-one sessions with Andrew and Enrique. Using their advice, I made the following updates to my thesis proposal: decided I would use Unreal (as opposed to…

Research This phase is currently in progress, as I’m having a little trouble finding meaningful sources. Will update shortly. UPDATE: I’ve since decided to tap into the resources that were shared in the Virtual Worlds class. These have been very helpful in expanding my knowledge…

Weekly Experiment – Photo Collage/Sketch I’ve been using Lightroom and Procreate to create “photo doodles” for my 50 Days of Making project, and for this week’s thesis assignment, I followed my 50 Days process and created a collage of pictures I took of my grandma…

Link to Miro board: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVOSNvI_A=/ During our class brainswarm session, I came up with six goals that I feel are important for me to think about as I develop my thesis project. At the bottom of my board, I listed some resources that I could…