{"id":12,"date":"2025-01-24T20:34:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T20:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-02-13T02:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:43:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are Spelunx, an interdisciplinary team from Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), working to make CAVERN development more accessible for students and future developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CAVERN is a 270-degree stereoscopic immersive space at the ETC and expanding to Pittsburgh local high schools. However, creating experiences for it has historically been challenging: complex setups, limited documentation, and steep learning curve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United by our passion for novel immersive platforms, technical problem-solving, and user-focused tool design, we gathered together and Spelunx was born! We researched the problem space, identified key stakeholders, and pitched the CAVERN Toolkit \u2014 a Unity-based development package \u2014 as a student-initiated project at the ETC. Read more about our pitch process <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CAVERN Toolkit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Modular tools to simplify technical setup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A quick-start sample scene for rapid prototyping.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clear documentation &amp; best practices for future teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who It\u2019s For . Who we&#8217;re working with<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ETC project teams, BVW, and VSNN students \u2013 Limited time, minimal CAVERN experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High school students (South Fayette, NHSGA) \u2013 No prior experience or only 2D development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Future CAVERN developers \u2013 Want to extend and build upon the existing codebase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Follow Our Progress<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Devblogs<\/strong> \u2013 Weekly updates of our iterative, user-centered approach.<br><strong>Background Research<\/strong> \u2013 Insights from past projects<br><strong>Toolkit Access<\/strong> \u2013 Developer documentation &amp; resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are Spelunx, an interdisciplinary team from Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), working to make CAVERN development more accessible for students and future developers. CAVERN is a 270-degree stereoscopic immersive space at the ETC and expanding to Pittsburgh local high schools. However, creating experiences for it has historically been challenging: complex setups, limited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-about","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About - spelunx<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - spelunx\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are Spelunx, an interdisciplinary team from Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), working to make CAVERN development more accessible for students and future developers. CAVERN is a 270-degree stereoscopic immersive space at the ETC and expanding to Pittsburgh local high schools. However, creating experiences for it has historically been challenging: complex setups, limited [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"spelunx\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-13T07:43:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SS_V2_Photo-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/\",\"name\":\"About - spelunx\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-24T20:34:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-13T07:43:24+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/\",\"name\":\"Spelunx\",\"description\":\"Spelunx is team aiming to enable future developers in creating immersive experiences.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Spelunx\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/spelunx_logo-small.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/spelunx_logo-small.png\",\"width\":549,\"height\":549,\"caption\":\"Spelunx\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About - spelunx","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About - spelunx","og_description":"We are Spelunx, an interdisciplinary team from Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), working to make CAVERN development more accessible for students and future developers. CAVERN is a 270-degree stereoscopic immersive space at the ETC and expanding to Pittsburgh local high schools. However, creating experiences for it has historically been challenging: complex setups, limited [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/","og_site_name":"spelunx","article_modified_time":"2025-02-13T07:43:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/SS_V2_Photo-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/","url":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/","name":"About - spelunx","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-01-24T20:34:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-13T07:43:24+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/about\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#website","url":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/","name":"Spelunx","description":"Spelunx is team aiming to enable future developers in creating immersive experiences.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#organization","name":"Spelunx","url":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/spelunx_logo-small.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/spelunx_logo-small.png","width":549,"height":549,"caption":"Spelunx"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/spelunx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}