{"id":115,"date":"2025-01-31T20:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/?p=115"},"modified":"2025-03-12T20:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:35:56","slug":"week-3-january-31-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/week-3-january-31-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 &#8211; January 31, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presentation and Project Refinement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This week centered around presenting our progress and refining project documentation. We successfully delivered our 1\/4s presentation, which provided valuable feedback and further clarified our project direction. We listed the technical achievements we wanted to accomplish.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/week3-goals-1024x899.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/week3-goals-1024x899.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/week3-goals-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/week3-goals-768x675.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/week3-goals.jpeg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the technical side, we explored connecting the camera to Unreal Engine and troubleshooted the setup. Although we faced challenges with network errors, these trials provided important learning experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an initial test on motion tracking and virtual camera systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/week3-mocap.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Art Progress<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We began asset creation and environment blocking for the virtual scene. Modular environment pieces were prepared and are ready for UV unwrapping and sculpting in the upcoming week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The draft of team logo and project poster were created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-concept-art-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-concept-art-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-concept-art-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-concept-art-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-concept-art-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-concept-art.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Concept Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" data-id=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-giant-model-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-giant-model-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-giant-model-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-giant-model-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-giant-model-1536x906.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-giant-model-2048x1208.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gaint Model (In Progress)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" data-id=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-modular-piece-sketch-model-1024x632.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-modular-piece-sketch-model-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-modular-piece-sketch-model-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-modular-piece-sketch-model-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-modular-piece-sketch-model-1536x948.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-modular-piece-sketch-model-2048x1263.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Environment Assests (In Progress)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-poster-logo-rough-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-poster-logo-rough-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-poster-logo-rough-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-poster-logo-rough-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-poster-logo-rough-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/holocraft-studios\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/week3-poster-logo-rough.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Logo &amp; Poster (In Progress)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presentation and Project Refinement This week centered around presenting our progress and refining project documentation. We successfully delivered our 1\/4s presentation, which provided valuable feedback and further clarified our project direction. We listed the technical achievements we wanted to accomplish. 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