An Immersive Environment for Embodied Code
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Mariano Guerra
05/01/2022, 8:18 PM
An Immersive Environment for Embodied Code
The increasing sophistication and availability of Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technologies wield the potential to transform how we teach and learn computational concepts and coding. This project develops a platform for creative coding in virtual and augmented reality. The Embodied Coding Environment (ECE) is a flow-based visual coding system designed to increase physical engagement with programming and lower the barrier to entry for novice programmers. It is conceptualized as a merged digital/physical workspace where spatial representation of code, the visual outputs of the code, and user interactions and edit histories are co-located in a virtual 3D space.
https://programs.sigchi.org/chi/2022/program/content/72166
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Ivan Lugo
05/02/2022, 5:27 AMHey there! This project is fantastic, and if you’re in any way affiliated with the team part of this, I’d love to get in contact with them. There are a number of ideas expressed here I’d have a great deal of excitement in discussing.
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Mariano Guerra
05/02/2022, 7:43 AM
you can find the team here https://embodiedcode.net/#team
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Max Krieger
05/22/2022, 5:36 PMDo… do all these HCI researchers not know about Dreams (2020)? Or are they pretending it doesn't exist? 😶
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wtaysom
05/24/2022, 1:42 AMDon't know, haven't tried, don't have a PlayStation.
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Ivan Lugo
05/24/2022, 6:23 PMUnfortunately, I emailed every single author listed on this paper and on the website - not one person responded =(
Ivan Lugo
05/24/2022, 6:26 PMI’ve reached out like this to so many projects in the space and met only silence. It’s very sobering and a bit depressing to throw enthusiasm at something that turns out to be a void, either because the tech is bought out and permanently shelved, or the folks that built it aren’t interested in sharing anymore.
Just imagine all the hard work in that project… text rendering, semantic understanding of objects.. even just drawing lines in AR / VR space have hundreds of ‘tutorials’ online.
Just feels like it’s me at this point, heh.