What celebrations do you have for this week?
We have accomplished what I thought would be the hardest parts from the projects. Creating an infinite environment, and player tilt control. Finishing those parts so early will likely allow us plenty of time to tweak and refine them for a very mechanically solid play experience. And I believe that is the most important part. Describe a time where have you experienced cognitive dissonance during this project. How did you deal with it? It has been a very long time since I have programmed. A lot of the issues we run into during development have been very confusing or unsensical. It has been incredibly difficult for us to troubleshoot considering how little of the code we had time to write and had to simply insert. However we have been working hard to understand every piece of script we have and use our combined knowledge to do what we can. How did your opinion of hashtag activism change over the course of the week? My general opinion of hashtag activism has hovered around indifference. I appreciate its ability to spread awareness of issues, however, it seems to take the "active" out of "activism" because real demonstrations require organization, members, and leadership which is something that hashtag movements can never have because of their nature.
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Describe any concerns you have about whether the people you have hired will be able to produce a VR world that will meet your rubric's A criteria.
My biggest worry is motivation. I want to be sure that even though their grade is guaranteed that they will be willing to work hard to make a quality end product. How has your perspective on what constitutes reliable news changed? Do you think you are a more critical consumer of information? Why do you think this ability is important to your own life/to the country? Ian. Right now I am sad that fact-checking, and news have become considered two separate entities, and at this point it is us, the reader's fault that we don't question and fact check the news. While I am happy that the culture of insuring accurate news stories has been raised in its awareness, it's for the worst reasons possible. That there may be no news fully trustworthy anymore. What strategies do you find helpful when trying to work in a distracting place? What is working well so far?
I'm a believer in the expression "out of sight, out of mind" when it comes to distractions, although I also spread it to hearing. Hearing: Headphones/in-ears and unobtrusive music such as soundtracks (especially for videos games). Sight: Choose an environment with no distracting items to pay attention to. What problem have you noticed so far with this project and how would you fix it? Not enough things set in stone. When we are being graded based on certain aspects of the project, it can bet very unsettling for those aspects to change unpredictably. For example, as a producer, I worry about managing my money correctly as a part of my grade involves the use of my virtual budget. But when different rules on taxes and limits on spending come up suddenly it can compromise my business plan. How can words be used by those in power to influence our choices? Words and language are what truly separates us from any other animal. The ability to communicate is what allows humanity to build off of other ideas and developments to progress our society to survive and thrive and a species. I believe that language is the most powerful tool those in power can use to influence people's choices and actions, even if those words are misleading or even complete lies. Update: Now that Trump has been elected, now more than ever does this seem to be true. |
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