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Exploring Perceptions of Structural Racism in Through 3D Visualizations
Exploring Perceptions of Structural Racism to see how it contributes to climate and its influence on respiratory diseases through 3D Visualizations Rhia Kumar, Stony Brook University Week 1: Before the internship began, there was a social gathering at Bowlero to facilitate introductions with our peers and Dr. Wole. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch the memo and […]
Amateur Confidence in Creativity with the Community Game Development Toolkit
Lance Cheng (he/him), University of Massachusetts Amherst Week 1: Mon 06/03 – Sun 06/09 Hi! A little bit about myself: I’m Lance, I use he/him pronouns, and I’m a native New Yorker. I just finished my first year at UMass, where I study data science, CS, public interest technology, and comparative literature. Besides academics, I […]
Immersive Content for Interdisciplinary STEM Education
Cason Allen, Florida A & M University Week 1: This REU opened up with a social event where Dr. Wole took our cohort to bowl. It was fun, as I had the opportunity to meet the other students in the program. The following day commenced the first official day of the REU, where we toured […]
Intricate eye movement and it’s affect on perceived realism in Look alike Avatars
Deshanae Morris, Farmingdale State College Week 1: The first week of the REU program began on the 2nd of June where I got to meet the group I would be working with for the next 8 weeks over a fun game of bowling. Everyone was extremely welcoming and although I utterly failed the game that […]
Enhancing Virtual Exploration for Blind and Low Vision Users: In-Place Virtual Exploration with Mixed Reality Cane
Hong Zhao, CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College Mentors: Hao Tang and Oyewole Oyekoya Week 1: The day before the VR-REU program officially kicked off, Dr. Wole organized a bowling icebreaker event. It was really fun! Everyone was very enthusiastic, and I was happy to meet the other cohort. On Monday, we first completed […]
Gamification of Food Selection and Nutrition Education in VR
Student: Caroline Klein, Vassar College Mentor: Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky, Brooklyn College Week 1 After a hectic move-in and learning to use the subway on the first day, I was happy to meet Dr. Wole and all my wonderful cohort members at bowling. Monday was mostly settling in to Hunter and learning about the structure of […]
VR as a sensory stimulation tool for adolescents with ASD and anxiety
Amaya Keys, Howard University Week One: As a pleasant start to the program, I met the other students I’d be spending the next eight weeks with over a fun night of bowling. On Monday morning, we briefly met with our mentors via Zoom following an in-depth tour of Hunter College’s facilities. My mentor, Mr. Daniel […]
VR-REU 2024
Or Butbul Week 1 After landing in a sunny New York and unpacking my bags, I headed down to the lobby to meet the group of people that would be living in the same residence as me, we all went together to go bowling with the rest of the group and we had […]
Enhancing Trust in Telepresence: The Influence of Familiarity and Varied Eye Contact on Trust in Look-Alike Avatars
Kriti Kalary, SUNY University at Albany / SUNY Upstate Medical School Week 1: I arrived in New York City on Sunday and we kicked off the REU program with an icebreaker social event. I met the rest of my REU cohort while bowling (I wasn’t very good!). All too soon, we jumped right into work. […]
Utilizing VMD to Visualize and Analyze Two PDB Files of FNDC1
Asmita Deb Week 1 This week we first started by bowling and getting to know everybody that we would be working with for the next 8 weeks. It was a great team bonding experience and by Monday, when we stepped into Hunter College, everything went smoothly! We went up to a conference room and met […]
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