As a proud member of group A I am coming to you live from a slightly less stressful finals week. I would have loved to make good use of my pi that I’ve had since christmas, but alas I am lazy and have other things I need to do.

If I were to make something out of the pi it would have been a DIY smart speaker home thing. I found a $15 kit online (https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/voice/) that allows you to connect your pi to a speaker and mic in a lil cardboard box that is connected to the google assistant. This would allow me to “ask questions and issue voice commands to your programs.” All I would have to do is wait for the package in the mail and follow some simple instructions on how to install the kit and boom, smart(ish) home acquired.

I might still purchase this after the class bc it’s kinda tight and relatively cheap. I’ve been saying that all year tho so who really knows if that’s true. Like i said, I am lazy.

After 7 digital designs and 3 physical prints I have emerged with the perfect AirPod backpack carrier. You can see the three prints below in position. The one with the AirPods in it is the final design.

On the right is the first design, straight with no top flare. The middle one was the second with a flared top for easy drop-in. and the final is the left one with a mild flare that isn’t too bulky. What really sets these apart are the clips on the back that keep them in place. The first too were way too loose and slid out of the pocket with ease, and the final resembled a paperclip design and will most definitely not detatch (as seen in the video and pics below.)

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This was probably my favorite assignment all semester bc I will actually use what I made on the daily. My next goal is to make cheeto tweezers. I will keep all of you blog-goers out there updated throughout the process. Until next time…

For the virtual reality assignment we decided to make a “parkour” game in which you traverse the buildings of a small town. The player has to jump from one pad to another to reach the final end-room that is otherwise inaccessible. The starting room is a small city block that I found for free in the asset store. The pads are just cubes that look like cross sections of a tree trunk. You can see the final room in the second pic, it’s pretty terrifying when seen through VR ngl. I do apologize for using your face in a project again, Lucas, but I promise this was the last time.

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The creation of the game was pretty simple and didn’t take much time. The difficult part of the process was figuring out how to transfer the game from my mac to the windows computers in the hub. After getting that done we had to tweak/test the game a few times because the controls were a little wonky. After all of that we had a playable parkour game as you can see in the vid below.

I’ve always wanted to use unity and have been too lazy to make something on my own, so I’m glad we were forced to do it in this class bc I wouldn’t have otherwise lmao

Journal Entry 12 – VR