{"id":159,"date":"2026-02-06T16:10:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/torchbearer\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:35:18","slug":"week-4-feb-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/torchbearer\/week-4-feb-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4 – Feb. 6: Fully Equipped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The cave echoes with the sound
of twelve explorers descending,
And the walls seem to pull away…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This week centers around two things. First, what are we even doing!? Second, who are we!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll get more details on that first question in future updates, but we’ve begun to develop our idea for our “final experience”, to serve a demonstration of this new multi-perspective rendering technique (hint: it involves love<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second question is really just another way to say our “design production” is due next week. Design production, for the ETC, essentially means branding<\/em>. It includes things like this very website, our poster, half-sheet (a small descriptive version of the poster), a team photo, and a logo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday we all dressed up and brought in some props, then went down to the greenscreen room on the first floor for a photoshoot! Our theme, as Torchbearers<\/em>, is that we are “exploring” the CAVERN, blazing a trail for all who come after us. So our photo is cave explorer themed. It seems fitting, given that the CAVERN toolkit team was called “Spelunx”<\/a>. I’m still editing our team photo to put us literally into a cave, so you’ll have to wait until next week to see the final result!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploring the CAVERN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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