{"id":270,"date":"2026-02-06T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/?p=270"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:09:50","slug":"week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week, we focused on testing Rec Room\u2019s features and understanding its constraints through hands-on exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Rec Room Feature Testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We explored core functions that support social interaction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Showing name tags<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seeing who is in the room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding friends and inviting them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private voice chat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moving between rooms through doors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We also identified several limitations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cannot embed or play videos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cannot automatically send content to users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cannot increase room capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cannot create a collection-style page to organize multiple rooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Development Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-01-30_15-13-55-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Testing custom clothing \u2192 avatar pipeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-600x337.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Testing Drawing Board Functionality<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1757\" height=\"1068\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4.png 1757w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-1536x934.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-4-600x365.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1757px) 100vw, 1757px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Lobby Sketch Built<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--tiny)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-03-20-180140.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-03-20-180140.png 616w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-03-20-180140-176x300.png 176w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-03-20-180140-601x1024.png 601w, https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-03-20-180140-600x1023.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Poster in Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Platform limitations are a key challenge. Some ideas, such as using video or more flexible content organization, need to be adjusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also still learning the asset pipeline, which adds extra steps to importing and testing custom content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Plan for Next Week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continue refining the asset import workflow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop the lobby environment further<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start connecting spaces based on the experience flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore more interaction possibilities within rooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-06T08:44:00+00:00\">February 6, 2026<\/time><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we focused on testing Rec Room\u2019s features and understanding its constraints through hands-on exploration. Rec Room Feature Testing We explored core functions that support social interaction: We also identified several limitations: Development Progress Testing custom clothing \u2192 avatar pipeline Testing Drawing Board Functionality Lobby Sketch Built Poster in Progress Challenges Platform limitations are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/re-create\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}