{"id":2,"date":"2025-01-17T22:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T22:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:20:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube promo-video wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Physical Presence Pet | 2025Spring CMU ETC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MwImSVf2oCs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PPP (Physical Presence Pet) is a project team creating a tactile XR virtual pet.&nbsp; We are making a soft plush with embedded touch sensors that becomes an animated pet in the Apple Vision Pro headset.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/blog\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"13\">our journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Featured in:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"size-large alignleft wp-container-content-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/cmu-grad-students-build-a-pet-using-vr\/65540817\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/htv_default_image\/wtae\/logo.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"size-large is-resized alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/business\/technology\/carnegie-mellon-students-invent-ai-pet-that-merges-virtual-reality-with-the-physical-world\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/wp-content\/themes\/TribLIVE2\/assets\/visuals\/images\/icons\/head\/TribLIVElogo.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:212px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"size-large is-resized alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomorrowsworldtoday.com\/artificial-intelligence\/u-s-students-built-an-ai-pet-that-you-can-interact-with-in-virtual-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomorrowsworldtoday.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twt-custom-theme\/assets\/logos\/twt_s-logo-full.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:237px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignright\">\n<figure class=\"size-large is-resized alignleft wp-container-content-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/us-students-build-an-ai-pet\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/0\/07\/Interesting_Engineering.jpg?20200701142948\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:302px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PPP (Physical Presence Pet) is a project team creating a tactile XR virtual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}