{"id":572,"date":"2023-04-10T16:11:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/danceology\/?p=572"},"modified":"2023-04-24T19:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:24:59","slug":"week-11-bouncing-back-mar-31st-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/danceology\/week-11-bouncing-back-mar-31st-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 11 Bouncing Back \u2013 Apr 7th, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"572\" class=\"elementor elementor-572\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c97fb94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c97fb94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f59abee\" data-id=\"f59abee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69a60b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69a60b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Week 11 Bouncing Back \u2013 Apr 7th, 2023\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e5d323 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e5d323\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57bfdc9\" data-id=\"57bfdc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76af5c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76af5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In the last week, we just finished conducting our largest playtest during Playtest Day. For the remainder of the week, we focused on iterating upon the feedback received during playtesting from our various users and improving the experience as a whole.<\/p><p>One of the major decisions we made this week was <b>acknowledging that we had reached the limits of programmatically animating our 3D model<\/b>. The MediaPipe model we were using was known to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/google\/mediapipe\/issues\/3476\">already have some issues<\/a> in converting from 2D to real-world position points; although their most recent version is not as extreme, the model still has great difficulty in identifying the depth of a model, causing our animation to often tilt or morph in an attempt to hit the nonsensical z-axis coordinate. Additionally, due to the ambiguity of converting from\u00a0<strong>3D coordinates<\/strong> to <strong>joint rotation values<\/strong>, many of the positions outputted by our algorithm would cause significant deformations in our 3D model.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c969c0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c969c0d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5886d90\" data-id=\"5886d90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab6b45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ab6b45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.2 - 29-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/danceology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pose2-1024x607.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-590\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9892354\" data-id=\"9892354\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08ae903 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08ae903\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/danceology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Pose1-1024x607.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-589\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d97d805 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d97d805\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ccda21\" data-id=\"2ccda21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f9af90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f9af90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Visible deformations in the model animation caused by inaccurate z-axis measurements<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8957f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8957f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a333d6\" data-id=\"2a333d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16a890d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16a890d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As both of these limitations prevent us from having an accurate 3D animation teaching the dance, we made the difficult decision to instead pivot into exporting the animation into an FBX file to be manually tweaked in Maya.<\/p><p>Outside of this major issue, we focused on making UX improvements based on the feedback and observations from Playtest Day. Some of these included:<\/p><ul><li>Updating next pose UI to encourage follow-through on motions<\/li><li>Adjusting the speed of levels 2 &amp; 3 to be more doable by non-dancers<\/li><li>Including Paul Taylor&#8217;s composed music as BGM<\/li><li>Adding in more of the arrow\/line indicators to assist with teaching points of tension and motion<\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Additionally, Christine finished developing an environment for the experience following our client&#8217;s request of having a large open field:<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c78393e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c78393e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63eb290\" data-id=\"63eb290\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e3353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16e3353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/danceology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Env-768x433.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-592\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae24eda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae24eda\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2172cc\" data-id=\"a2172cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff2e2de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff2e2de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>New environment with modeled character<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 11 Bouncing Back \u2013 Apr 7th, 2023 In the last week, we just finished conducting our largest playtest during Playtest Day. 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