Team+Meetings+2014

=June 20, 2014=

General Project News
- Discussed appropriate office behavior and changes to Chris' schedule that requires everyone to step up and be responsible.

Team Dynamix
- We're continuing to work on our Team Dynamix implementation. Chris will create all existing projects today and add the appropriate students.

FY15 Goals
Goals Gamification

UCSIM Goals & Objectives
UCSIM

1. Incorporate Data Visualization into UCSIM’s services, research appropriate tools and what would be required to offer this service.

2. Finalize collaborative research agreement with CCHMC TEAM VR

3. UCSIM website redesign

4. Develop a marketing plan in consultation with the PIO team

5. Transition production services to departmental servers, backup and disaster recovery

6. Transition to TeamDynamix for project management and time tracking

7. Continue to grow our business, apply for new grants, and acquire new customers.

Serve as staff advisor for the creation of a Simulation & Game Design student organization to connect students interesting in pursuing careers in this field. Possibly a chapter of International Game Developers Association.

- All to think about UCSIM's STRATEGIC goals for next meeting.

- Chris will work on mapping priorities to strategic goals.

Chris is working on the hardware transition plan and will be scheduling a meeting with Russ Langford's group to transition the management of our hardware to their team. In preparation, UCSIM team needs to determine what kind of development environment would be helpful for us moving forward, particularly so students can have access to a development environment that mirrors our production environment for testing. This will alleviate some of the workload from Chris, who currently is the only one who can make updates to the server. Krishna will work on a list of requirements.
 * Transitioning UCSIM Hardware Mgmt to UCIT**

- Matt and Krishna will meet with Chris next week to discuss a plan.

- Matt to work with the new students to make sure they have access to the UCFS drive and show them how to access it.

R&D Updates
- No updates

UCSIM Team Updates
- New students all have card access now. - Chris added everyone to Twitter and UCSIM twitter list. - Krishna's last day will be June 27th (next Friday!)
 * Student Worker Positions**

- Rebecca will be out of the office next Thursday, 6/26
 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- Ian's blog post is written, and he will add it to Google Docs for Chris to review.
 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Chris will publish Ian's post.

- Next order: Ian, Alex/Krishna, Mahesh, Rebecca, Michelle, Matt

- Windows 8 is installed and working for the Kinect2.
 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- Rift Dev kit 2, Chris ordered two! Yay!

- Chris got approval to replenish our headset supply.

- Chris needs to investigate when the three "new" macs were purchased to see if we're eligible for the three year refresh cycle.

Current Projects Update
- They extended Chris' contract for June - December 2014.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- Chris needs to follow up on the IRB proposal, is it dead Jim?


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week.

- We're essentially done with the stadium models unless Adam requests any specific modifications.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

- This was sent to Mark Faulker for his review.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**

**New Business Updates**


 * Denver Stewart, College of Pharmacy**

Denver emailed us to say that he one one of the two top prizes and we need to schedule a meeting with him to discuss the possibility of developing a prototype. Chris will contact him to schedule a meeting next week, this will likely be a training project for the new students, and Ian will serve as Project Manager.


 * Pending Business Updates **


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

- R01 has been submitted.
 * aNMT R01** **- Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

=June 13, 2014=

General Project News
- Alex's last day today - bon voyage!

Team Dynamix
- Pat Krekeler from the PMO will be joining us to discuss UCSIM's Team Dyanamix process.

FY15 Goals
- All to come up with FY15 Goals for UCSIM - All to brainstorm eLearning goals for FY15, and Chris will be impressed if you have a formal proposal.

Group Brainstorm - Internships and other learning opportunities for students - Be more proactive in reaching out the colleges (marketing outreach) - Training and content creation skills that students don't learn in the classroom (students teaching students, workshops)

UCSIM Goals & Objectives
UCSIM

1. Incorporate Data Visualization into UCSIM’s services, research appropriate tools and what would be required to offer this service.

2. Finalize collaborative research agreement with CCHMC TEAM VR

3. UCSIM website redesign

4. Develop a marketing plan in consultation with the PIO team

5. Transition production services to departmental servers, backup and disaster recovery

6. Transition to TeamDynamix for project management and time tracking

7. Continue to grow our business, apply for new grants, and acquire new customers.

Serve as staff advisor for the creation of a Simulation & Game Design student organization to connect students interesting in pursuing careers in this field. Possibly a chapter of International Game Developers Association.

- All to think about UCSIM's STRATEGIC goals for next meeting.

- Chris will work on mapping priorities to strategic goals.

Chris is working on the hardware transition plan and will be scheduling a meeting with Russ Langford's group to transition the management of our hardware to their team. In preparation, UCSIM team needs to determine what kind of development environment would be helpful for us moving forward, particularly so students can have access to a development environment that mirrors our production environment for testing. This will alleviate some of the workload from Chris, who currently is the only one who can make updates to the server. Krishna will work on a list of requirements.
 * Transitioning UCSIM Hardware Mgmt to UCIT**

- Matt and Krishna will meet with Chris next week to discuss a plan.

- Matt to work with the new students to make sure they have access to the UCFS drive and show them how to access it.

R&D Updates
- Jane is on vacation through next Friday.

UCSIM Team Updates
- Chris emailed the business office to get card swipe access for the new students. This is pending. - Twitter - Chris still needs to add new student to the UCSIM Team list
 * Student Worker Positions**

- Ian will be out on Monday. - Michelle will be out June 20, 2014
 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- Ian's blog post is written, and he will add it to Google Docs for Chris to review.
 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Chris will publish Ian's post.

- Next order: Ian, Alex/Krishna, Mahesh, Rebecca, Michelle, Matt

- Windows 8 is installed and working for the Kinect2.
 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- Rift Dev kit 2, Chris ordered two! Yay!

- Chris got approval to replenish our headset supply.

- Chris needs to investigate when the three "new" macs were purchased to see if we're eligible for the three year refresh cycle.

Current Projects Update
- They extended Chris' contract for June - December 2014.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- Chris needs to follow up on the IRB proposal, is it dead Jim?


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week.

- We're essentially done with the stadium models unless Adam requests any specific modifications.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

- This was sent to Mark Faulker for his review.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**

**New Business Updates**


 * Denver Stewart, College of Pharmacy**

Denver emailed us to say that he one one of the two top prizes and we need to schedule a meeting with him to discuss the possibility of developing a prototype. Chris will contact him to schedule a meeting next week, this will likely be a training project for the new students, and Ian will serve as Project Manager.


 * Pending Business Updates **


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

- R01 has been submitted.
 * aNMT R01** **- Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

=June 6, 2014=

General Project News
- Alex's last day will be next Friday. :(

Team Dynamix
- Discussed submitting tickets. Chris will follow up with PMO to get some new categories added for our work.

FY15 Goals
- All to come up with FY15 Goals for UCSIM - All to brainstorm eLearning goals for FY15, and Chris will be impressed if you have a formal proposal.

UCSIM Goals & Objectives
UCSIM

1. Incorporate Data Visualization into UCSIM’s services, research appropriate tools and what would be required to offer this service.

2. Finalize collaborative research agreement with CCHMC TEAM VR

3. UCSIM website redesign

4. Develop a marketing plan in consultation with the PIO team

5. Transition production services to departmental servers, backup and disaster recovery

6. Transition to TeamDynamix for project management and time tracking

7. Continue to grow our business, apply for new grants, and acquire new customers.

Serve as staff advisor for the creation of a Simulation & Game Design student organization to connect students interesting in pursuing careers in this field. Possibly a chapter of International Game Developers Association.

- Rebecca will follow up with the student gaming group Planet LANit to see about partnership opportunities with a potential Game Dev group.

- All to think about UCSIM's STRATEGIC goals for next meeting.

- Chris will work on mapping priorities to strategic goals.

Chris is working on the hardware transition plan and will be scheduling a meeting with Russ Langford's group to transition the management of our hardware to their team. In preparation, UCSIM team needs to determine what kind of development environment would be helpful for us moving forward, particularly so students can have access to a development environment that mirrors our production environment for testing. This will alleviate some of the workload from Chris, who currently is the only one who can make updates to the server. Krishna will work on a list of requirements.
 * Transitioning UCSIM Hardware Mgmt to UCIT**

- Matt and Krishna will meet with Chris next week to discuss a plan.

- Matt and Krishna completed backing up all shared docs to UCFileSpace share drive.

- Matt to work with the new students to make sure they have access to the UCFS drive and show them how to access it.

R&D Updates
- Jane and Amy are working with Nelson on the 3rd Century cluster hire proposal, and they may want a 3D visualization of a proposed data analytics center. More to come.

- Jane is on vacation through next Friday.

UCSIM Team Updates
- Chris emailed the business office to get card swipe access for the new students. This is pending.
 * Student Worker Positions**

- Chris needs to add to the UCSIM list - check, access to UCFS fileshare - check, Wikispaces - check, Team Dynamix - check, UCSIM website - check, give admin perms - check.

- Matt will give them access Unity commit access to a test project and train them once they get a little further in their Unity training. Rebecca and Mahesh have been trained. Matt still needs to train Michelle.

- Matt updates the calendar with his vacation times. He will be out of the office on Friday the 13th! Also out July 1 - 8.
 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- Rebecca will be out 6/13.

- Ian's blog post is written, and he will add it to Google Docs for Chris to review.
 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Chris needs to review Ian's post.

- Next order: Ian, Alex/Krishna, Mahesh, Rebecca, Michelle, Matt

- Kinect2 requires the Windows 8 operating system, Chris got the media, Matt is in the process of installing.
 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- Rift Dev kit 2, Chris has permission to purchase 2 of them. She will order today.

- All will add their equipment requests to the Wish List spreadsheet (Chris esp wants to know how many headsets, what the Blender Cookie something is and Wacom tablets stylus).

- Chris got approval to replenish our headset supply.

- Window 8 is now installed on a 300G partition on UCSIM012.. Tony Quallen was able to assist with the problem, which turned out to be a bad media disc, which we got from the Bookstore. Matt walked over to the Help Desk and got help from Geoff Costa.

- Tiffiany moved from the end cube and Amy is now using that space + we are going to make a demo space. After discussing, we don't have a PC capable of running the software without taking a machine from someone's workspace. Chris needs to investigate when the three "new" macs were purchased to see if we're eligible for the three year refresh cycle.

Current Projects Update
- They extended Chris' contract for June - December 2014.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- Chris needs to follow up on the IRB proposal, is it dead Jim?


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week.

- We're essentially done with the stadium models unless Adam requests any specific modifications.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

- This was sent to Mark Faulker for his review.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**

**New Business Updates**


 * Denver Stewart, College of Pharmacy**

Denver emailed us to say that he one one of the two top prizes and we need to schedule a meeting with him to discuss the possibility of developing a prototype. Chris will contact him to schedule a meeting next week, this will likely be a training project for the new students, and Ian will serve as Project Manager.


 * Pending Business Updates **


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

- R01 has been submitted.
 * aNMT R01** **- Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

=May 30, 2014=

FY15 Goals
University's Strategic Goals UCIT's Strategic Goals Research & Development's Strategic Goals UCSIM's Strategic Goals Goals & Objectives in support of those goals

University's Strategic Goals
Third Century Plan - http://president.uc.edu/thirdcentury/

UCIT Strategic Goals
http://www.uc.edu/content/dam/uc/ucit/docs/general/StrategicPlan/ITatUC_handout_strategies.pdf

Research & Development Goals
Goal 1: Identify and Develop new Business and Services opportunities for UCIT o Objectives: § Create business plan and seek funding for HPC cluster § Create business plan and seek funding for 3D printing and MakerSpace consortium § Create and execute marketing plan for Virtual and Augmented Reality (UCSIM) team to continue to generate funding and expand the department’s offerings.

· Goal 2: Expand IT Computational Services for Researchers o Objectives: § Identify need: · Conduct focus groups with researchers, deans for research, grad students, etc. to identify computational research needs · Benchmark with other Level 1 Research universities to see where we should focus our efforts. § Increase UCIT R&D staff to support researcher’s education and service needs. · Apply for NSF Cyberinfrastructure Engineer grant · Propose permanent staff in UCSIM team to free up Chris for other efforts (data visualization, etc.) § Coordinate computational research training events in order to create a community among computational researchers § Create a VR Cave for virtual/augmented reality and data visualization

· Goal 3: Develop and lead internal and external partnerships and collaborations in support of UCIT and UC’s goals o Objectives: § Search for collaboration opportunities with internal researchers. Create a matrix identifying the intersection between UC research pathways, Funding Organization priorities, UCRI priorities, industry partner needs so that it will be easy to identify where UCIT should play when seeking external funding and internal collaboration. § Communicate and establish relationships with peer organizations at other universities (Computational Research departments, Business and Community Development directors) § Create Computational Research Ad-hoc Advisory panel to advise the R&D governance subcommittee § Collaborate with support staff who manage research tools in colleges by creating monthly ‘sharing’ meetings

· Goal 4: Enhance UCIT and UC’s reputation as a local, regional, and national leader in Research and Education IT o Objectives: § Publish at least one white paper and present it at least one conference. § Participate in local, regional and national organizations by attending their conferences, meetings, ListServs, webinars and training sessions · University of Cincinnati o UCAAMP o IT Managers o IT Governance – Research and Development subcommittee · Educause · Internet2 · Project Management Institute · National Science Foundation · National Institute of Health · State of Ohio/University System of Ohio events § UCSIM team to set up booths at UC and external events

· Goal 5: Ensure that UCIT R&D department is an efficient and effective organization by utilizing KPIs and metrics o Objectives: § Identify and utilize at least 3 metrics to increase efficiency in UCSIM project development life cycle § Identify most important metrics and Key Performance Indicators to better select funding vehicles that are of value to the organization and the university § Begin to use Team Dynamix to manage projects and our portfolio

· Goal 6: Develop leaders within the UCIT R&D department and UCIT in general o Objectives: § Submit Position Description Questionnaire to promote Chris Collins to Team Lead § Chair or participate in search committees to help select the future leaders in UCIT § Encourage research projects among our staff – assist in at least 2 internal research projects

UCSIM Goals & Objectives
UCSIM

1. Incorporate Data Visualization into UCSIM’s services, research appropriate tools and what would be required to offer this service.

2. Finalize collaborative research agreement with CCHMC TEAM VR

3. UCSIM website redesign

4. Develop a marketing plan in consultation with the PIO team

5. Transition production services to departmental servers, backup and disaster recovery

6. Transition to TeamDynamix for project management and time tracking

7. Continue to grow our business, apply for new grants, and acquire new customers.

Serve as staff advisor for the creation of a Simulation & Game Design student organization to connect students interesting in pursuing careers in this field. Possibly a chapter of International Game Developers Association.

- Rebecca will follow up with the student gaming group Planet LANit to see about partnership opportunities with a potential Game Dev group.

- All to think about UCSIM's STRATEGIC goals for next meeting.

- Chris will work on mapping priorities to strategic goals.

Chris is working on the hardware transition plan and will be scheduling a meeting with Russ Langford's group to transition the management of our hardware to their team. In preparation, UCSIM team needs to determine what kind of development environment would be helpful for us moving forward, particularly so students can have access to a development environment that mirrors our production environment for testing. This will alleviate some of the workload from Chris, who currently is the only one who can make updates to the server. Krishna will work on a list of requirements.
 * Transitioning UCSIM Hardware Mgmt to UCIT**

- Matt and Krishna will meet with Chris next week to discuss a plan.

R&D Updates
- We talked about R&D goals.

- Jane and Amy put in the proposal for the Innova Dash electric car project.

UCSIM Team Updates

 * Krishna** **thesis defense is this afternoon at 3:30.**

- Chris emailed the business office to get card swipe access for the new students. This is pending.
 * Student Worker Positions**

- Chris needs to add to the UCSIM list, access to UCFS fileshare, Wikispaces, Team Dynamix, UCSIM website, give admin perms.

- Matt will give them access Unity commit access to a test project and train them once they get a little further in their Unity training.

- Every updated work calendars, Matt will add Thurs and Fri hours. - Updated time off requests.
 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- Ian's blog post is written, and he will add it to Google Docs for Chris to review.
 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Next order: Ian, Alex/Krishna, Mahesh, Rebecca, Michelle, Matt

- Kinect2 requires the Windows 8 operating system, Chris got the media, Matt is in the process of installing.
 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- Rift Dev kit 2, Chris has permission to purchase 2 of them.

- All will add their equipment requests to the Wish List spreadsheet (Chris esp wants to know how many headsets, what the Blender Cookie something is and Wacom tablets stylus).

Current Projects Update

 * Deep Horizons Research Institute, Dr. Robert Williams,** **AFRL Discovery Lab**


 * -** Chris chaired the first meeting of the Deep Horizons Research Institute Technology & Operations Council this week. The meeting went very well and includes a good mix of academic, military, and industry expertise. Membership of the committee includes:


 * Chris Collins (Chair), University of Cincinnati
 * Mark Siebert, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Shea Tolson, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Robert Myers, Wright State University Research Institute
 * Justin Clark-Casey, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Michael Cerquoni, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Thais Flory, Booz Allen Hamilton
 * Andrew Hughes, Designing Digitally, Inc.
 * Devon King, Designing Digitally, Inc

- The first priorities of the Tech & Ops Council were determined by the Governance Council to be:
 * Deep Horizons Grid Architecture & OpenSimulator Scalability
 * Tools & Frameworks to support the Deep Horizons mission
 * Support for the 1000+ avatar VTecCon conference in September
 * Deep Horizons website

- Chris began the installation of the website software and got the template ready for critique. See http://deep-horizons.net/ - all content is placeholder to demonstrate how the website theme works.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- No update this week.


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week. Mike is out on vacation.

- Need most recent version of stadium models updated with new builds of each version (Web, Rift, .Exe) -Working on finalizing licensing deal with Di-Guy and VTmak, waiting on 30-day trail while it is settling -Adam is collaborating with VTmak and his mocap company to find a way to convert his capture data into a BVH format.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

-volleyball - 2 NPC 1 player character, Female 13 -18 year old with range of skins, children uniform -basketball - 3 NPC 1 player chacater, same character type as above -soccer- Goalie, 2 defenders, 1 friendly NPC, 1 player character, same as above NPC team mate will perform a corner kick, player will do head block the ball toward the goal -Possible 3d modeling software http://www.makehuman.org/ -Need screen shots
 * aNMT R01** **- Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**
 * Deadline: May 1st soft deadline, may 7th hard deadline**

- Chris to update final models on website and contact Staff Council to finalize a date for the demo.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**


 * JIRA Completed Items Since Last Meeting **


 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-11 - Add navigation arrows to left side of the HTML in page
 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-12 - Use CSS to add black bar to to
 * Sub-task CCHMCVR-10 - Goal Nets
 * Sub-task UCSIM-25 - Create Webplayer

**New Business Updates**

Chris met with Adam Kiefer on April 4, 2014 to discuss a new grant proposal submission for an NIH R01 grant that will be due in May. The UCSIM team would develop NPC models (female, age 13-18, athletic build, variety of skin tones) to play three scenarios, volleyball, basketball, and soccer, including animations using MoCap data provided by Adam's lab. Adam will need screenshots for the proposal by May 1st (see above). UCSIM's portion of the budget will be apx $48,000. More to come.
 * NIH R01 Submission - Adam Kiefer,** **CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**


 * Denver Stewart, College of Pharmacy**

Chris met with Denver Stewart from the College of Pharmacy to discuss how UCSIM might assist with his project. He wants to use HMD VR system like the Oculus Rift to treat PTSD, phobias, and Mirror Therapy for veterans with missing limbs, and is in discussion with the VA in Ft. Thomas, KY to see if they will participate as a testing facility. His proposal has already won the first round of a local Cincinnati start-up incubator competition, and the second round is at the end of April. Denver will meet with Ian and Alex to help storyboard his concepts in preparation for the second round of the competition. If funded, UCSIM would provide the technical development for the project.


 * Pending Business Updates **


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

=May 23, 2014=

General Project News
Chris attend UCIT Diversity & Inclusion Education

UCSIM attended ITexpo

Team Dynamix

Website Redesign

Chris is working on the hardware transition plan and will be scheduling a meeting with Russ Langford's group to transition the management of our hardware to their team. In preparation, UCSIM team needs to determine what kind of development environment would be helpful for us moving forward, particularly so students can have access to a development environment that mirrors our production environment for testing. This will alleviate some of the workload from Chris, who currently is the only one who can make updates to the server. Krishna will work on a list of requirements.
 * Transitioning UCSIM Hardware Mgmt to UCIT - On Hand**

R&D Updates
- Jane has been on vacation or at conferences this week, will look forward to catching up with her when she returns. -Team dynamic software has arrived, will replace new time tracking, and jira.

UCSIM Team Updates

 * Krishna** **thesis defense date -**

- New students started today yay :)
 * Student Worker Positions**

- Monday is Memorial Day, offices closed - Alex is off on Wednesday - No updates this week
 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

-top priority after Chris vacations - Ian's blog post is ready for review. Chris reviewed the post and approved it. We will
 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Next order: Ian, Krishna, Matt, Alex

- Kinect2 requires the Windows 8 operating system, we need a licence and media. We need an external drive for backups. And then will partition one of the new machines for a windows 8 install.
 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- Rift Dev kit 2 has been announced, Chris will discuss with Jane when she returns to request approval for purchase.

-Team needs to develop a wish list of items and goods for a new dream facilities.

Current Projects Update

 * Deep Horizons Research Institute, Dr. Robert Williams,** **AFRL Discovery Lab**


 * -** Chris chaired the first meeting of the Deep Horizons Research Institute Technology & Operations Council this week. The meeting went very well and includes a good mix of academic, military, and industry expertise. Membership of the committee includes:


 * Chris Collins (Chair), University of Cincinnati
 * Mark Siebert, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Shea Tolson, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Robert Myers, Wright State University Research Institute
 * Justin Clark-Casey, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Michael Cerquoni, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Thais Flory, Booz Allen Hamilton
 * Andrew Hughes, Designing Digitally, Inc.
 * Devon King, Designing Digitally, Inc

- The first priorities of the Tech & Ops Council were determined by the Governance Council to be:
 * Deep Horizons Grid Architecture & OpenSimulator Scalability
 * Tools & Frameworks to support the Deep Horizons mission
 * Support for the 1000+ avatar VTecCon conference in September
 * Deep Horizons website

- Chris began the installation of the website software and got the template ready for critique. See http://deep-horizons.net/ - all content is placeholder to demonstrate how the website theme works.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- No update this week.


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week. Mike is out on vacation.

- Need most recent version of stadium models updated with new builds of each version (Web, Rift, .Exe) -Working on finalizing licensing deal with Di-Guy and VTmak, waiting on 30-day trail while it is settling -Adam is collaborating with VTmak and his mocap company to find a way to convert his capture data into a BVH format.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

-volleyball - 2 NPC 1 player character, Female 13 -18 year old with range of skins, children uniform -basketball - 3 NPC 1 player chacater, same character type as above -soccer- Goalie, 2 defenders, 1 friendly NPC, 1 player character, same as above NPC team mate will perform a corner kick, player will do head block the ball toward the goal -Possible 3d modeling software http://www.makehuman.org/ -Need screen shots
 * aNMT R01** **- Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**
 * Deadline: May 1st soft deadline, may 7th hard deadline**

- Chris to update final models on website and contact Staff Council to finalize a date for the demo.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**


 * JIRA Completed Items Since Last Meeting **


 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-11 - Add navigation arrows to left side of the HTML in page
 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-12 - Use CSS to add black bar to to
 * Sub-task CCHMCVR-10 - Goal Nets
 * Sub-task UCSIM-25 - Create Webplayer

**New Business Updates**

Chris met with Adam Kiefer on April 4, 2014 to discuss a new grant proposal submission for an NIH R01 grant that will be due in May. The UCSIM team would develop NPC models (female, age 13-18, athletic build, variety of skin tones) to play three scenarios, volleyball, basketball, and soccer, including animations using MoCap data provided by Adam's lab. Adam will need screenshots for the proposal by May 1st (see above). UCSIM's portion of the budget will be apx $48,000. More to come.
 * NIH R01 Submission - Adam Kiefer,** **CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**


 * Denver Stewart, College of Pharmacy**

Chris met with Denver Stewart from the College of Pharmacy to discuss how UCSIM might assist with his project. He wants to use HMD VR system like the Oculus Rift to treat PTSD, phobias, and Mirror Therapy for veterans with missing limbs, and is in discussion with the VA in Ft. Thomas, KY to see if they will participate as a testing facility. His proposal has already won the first round of a local Cincinnati start-up incubator competition, and the second round is at the end of April. Denver will meet with Ian and Alex to help storyboard his concepts in preparation for the second round of the competition. If funded, UCSIM would provide the technical development for the project.


 * Pending Business Updates **


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

= = = = =April 25, 2014=

General Project News
Chris attend UCIT Diversity & Inclusion Education

UCSIM attended ITexpo

UCSIM is sunsetting its support for the Second Life service. The virtual campus regions will be closed as soon as the maintenance period expires at the end of this month. The Second Life section of the website has been removed and we also passed on this information to the UC Help Desk.
 * Second Life Support is Officially closed**

Chris is working on the hardware transition plan and will be scheduling a meeting with Russ Langford's group to transition the management of our hardware to their team. In preparation, UCSIM team needs to determine what kind of development environment would be helpful for us moving forward, particularly so students can have access to a development environment that mirrors our production environment for testing. This will alleviate some of the workload from Chris, who currently is the only one who can make updates to the server. Krishna will work on a list of requirements.
 * Transitioning UCSIM Hardware Mgmt to UCIT**

R&D Updates
- Jane has been on vacation or at conferences this week, will look forward to catching up with her when she returns. -Team dynamic software has arrived, will replace new time tracking, and jira.

UCSIM Team Updates

 * Krishna** **thesis defense date -**

- Chris is reviewing our previous job post descriptions and hopes to get the jobs posted this week. All to review the language and make any suggestions. These positions will be to replace Krishna and Alex, who will be graduating. (Congrats!)
 * Student Worker Positions**

-Chris will be on vacation from may 5th - 16th - No updates this week
 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

-top priority after Chris vacations - Ian's blog post is ready for review. Chris reviewed the post and approved it.
 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Next order: Ian, Krishna, Matt, Alex

-NDA was approved and Microsoft Kinect v2 kit will arrive soon. - The NDA to participate in the Microsoft Kinect for Windows Developer program is pending review by General Counsel's office. Chris sent a request for a status update to the UC General Council's office but has not yet heard back.
 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- Rift Dev kit 2 has been announced, Chris will discuss with Jane when she returns to request approval for purchase.

- Chris was accepted into the Google Glass program. Need to discuss with Jane whether this is something we can fund through UCSIM.

-Team needs to develop a wish list of items and goods for a new dream facilities.

Current Projects Update

 * Deep Horizons Research Institute, Dr. Robert Williams,** **AFRL Discovery Lab**


 * -** Chris chaired the first meeting of the Deep Horizons Research Institute Technology & Operations Council this week. The meeting went very well and includes a good mix of academic, military, and industry expertise. Membership of the committee includes:


 * Chris Collins (Chair), University of Cincinnati
 * Mark Siebert, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Shea Tolson, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Robert Myers, Wright State University Research Institute
 * Justin Clark-Casey, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Michael Cerquoni, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Thais Flory, Booz Allen Hamilton
 * Andrew Hughes, Designing Digitally, Inc.
 * Devon King, Designing Digitally, Inc

- The first priorities of the Tech & Ops Council were determined by the Governance Council to be:
 * Deep Horizons Grid Architecture & OpenSimulator Scalability
 * Tools & Frameworks to support the Deep Horizons mission
 * Support for the 1000+ avatar VTecCon conference in September
 * Deep Horizons website

- Chris began the installation of the website software and got the template ready for critique. See http://deep-horizons.net/ - all content is placeholder to demonstrate how the website theme works.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- No update this week.


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week. Mike is out on vacation.

- Need most recent version of stadium models updated with new builds of each version (Web, Rift, .Exe) -Working on finalizing licensing deal with Di-Guy and VTmak, waiting on 30-day trail while it is settling -Adam is collaborating with VTmak and his mocap company to find a way to convert his capture data into a BVH format.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

-volleyball - 2 NPC 1 player character, Female 13 -18 year old with range of skins, children uniform -basketball - 3 NPC 1 player chacater, same character type as above -soccer- Goalie, 2 defenders, 1 friendly NPC, 1 player character, same as above NPC team mate will perform a corner kick, player will do head block the ball toward the goal -Possible 3d modeling software http://www.makehuman.org/ -Need screen shots
 * aNMT R01** **- Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**
 * Deadline: May 1st soft deadline, may 7th hard deadline**

- Chris to update final models on website and contact Staff Council to finalize a date for the demo.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**


 * JIRA Completed Items Since Last Meeting **


 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-11 - Add navigation arrows to left side of the HTML in page
 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-12 - Use CSS to add black bar to to
 * Sub-task CCHMCVR-10 - Goal Nets
 * Sub-task UCSIM-25 - Create Webplayer

**New Business Updates**

Chris met with Adam Kiefer on April 4, 2014 to discuss a new grant proposal submission for an NIH R01 grant that will be due in May. The UCSIM team would develop NPC models (female, age 13-18, athletic build, variety of skin tones) to play three scenarios, volleyball, basketball, and soccer, including animations using MoCap data provided by Adam's lab. Adam will need screenshots for the proposal by May 1st (see above). UCSIM's portion of the budget will be apx $48,000. More to come.
 * NIH R01 Submission - Adam Kiefer,** **CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**


 * Denver Stewart, College of Pharmacy**

Chris met with Denver Stewart from the College of Pharmacy to discuss how UCSIM might assist with his project. He wants to use HMD VR system like the Oculus Rift to treat PTSD, phobias, and Mirror Therapy for veterans with missing limbs, and is in discussion with the VA in Ft. Thomas, KY to see if they will participate as a testing facility. His proposal has already won the first round of a local Cincinnati start-up incubator competition, and the second round is at the end of April. Denver will meet with Ian and Alex to help storyboard his concepts in preparation for the second round of the competition. If funded, UCSIM would provide the technical development for the project.


 * Pending Business Updates **


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

= = =April 4, 2014=

General Project News
- The UCSIM Team attended a week long DI-GUY Human Simulation Software training session at Children's TEAM VR Lab that went very well. The training was funded by CCHMC and both Adam and the vendor were very impressed with our team. Adam sent a nice note thanking everyone, and the vendor remarked that the stadium models Ian and Alex created were some of the most detailed and well done models they'd seen.
 * DI-GUY Human Simulation Software Training**







The UCSIM Team hosted a booth at the eLearning Connecting the Dots event and demoed the virtual campus and MS Kinect, the Oculus Rift with the Children's Hospital stadium models, and the LEAP Motion. Our booth was very popular and we even got to spend some time with the Provost, who sent out a tweet to all of her followers about our team!
 * eLearning Connecting the Dots Event - eLearning Ecosystem Renamed Canopy**

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UCSIM is sunsetting its support for the Second Life service. The virtual campus regions will be closed as soon as the maintenance period expires at the end of this month. The Second Life section of the website has been removed and we also passed on this information to the UC Help Desk.
 * Second Life Support Sunsetting**

Chris is working on the hardware transition plan and will be scheduling a meeting with Russ Langford's group to transition the management of our hardware to their team. In preparation, UCSIM team needs to determine what kind of development environment would be helpful for us moving forward, particularly so students can have access to a development environment that mirrors our production environment for testing. This will alleviate some of the workload from Chris, who currently is the only one who can make updates to the server. Krishna will work on a list of requirements.
 * Transitioning UCSIM Hardware Mgmt to UCIT**

R&D Updates
- Jane has been on vacation or at conferences this week, will look forward to catching up with her when she returns.

UCSIM Team Updates
- Chris is reviewing our previous job post descriptions and hopes to get the jobs posted this week. All to review the language and make any suggestions. These positions will be to replace Krishna and Alex, who will be graduating. (Congrats!)
 * Student Worker Positions**


 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- No updates this week


 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Ian's blog post is ready for review. Chris reviewed the post and approved it.

- Next order: Ian, Krishna, Matt, Alex


 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- The NDA to participate in the Microsoft Kinect for Windows Developer program is pending review by General Counsel's office. Chris sent a request for a status update to the UC General Council's office but has not yet heard back.

- Rift Dev kit 2 has been announced, Chris will discuss with Jane when she returns to request approval for purchase.

- Chris was accepted into the Google Glass program. Need to discuss with Jane whether this is something we can fund through UCSIM.

Current Projects Update

 * Deep Horizons Research Institute, Dr. Robert Williams,** **AFRL Discovery Lab**


 * -** Chris chaired the first meeting of the Deep Horizons Research Institute Technology & Operations Council this week. The meeting went very well and includes a good mix of academic, military, and industry expertise. Membership of the committee includes:


 * Chris Collins (Chair), University of Cincinnati
 * Mark Siebert, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Shea Tolson, AFRL Discovery Lab
 * Robert Myers, Wright State University Research Institute
 * Justin Clark-Casey, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Michael Cerquoni, Overte Foundation & OpenSimulator Project
 * Thais Flory, Booz Allen Hamilton
 * Andrew Hughes, Designing Digitally, Inc.
 * Devon King, Designing Digitally, Inc

- The first priorities of the Tech & Ops Council were determined by the Governance Council to be:
 * Deep Horizons Grid Architecture & OpenSimulator Scalability
 * Tools & Frameworks to support the Deep Horizons mission
 * Support for the 1000+ avatar VTecCon conference in September
 * Deep Horizons website

- Chris began the installation of the website software and got the template ready for critique. See http://deep-horizons.net/ - all content is placeholder to demonstrate how the website theme works.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- No update this week.


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week. Mike is out on vacation.

- Need most recent version of stadium models updated with new builds of each version (Web, Rift, .Exe) -Working on finalizing licensing deal with Di-Guy and VTmak, waiting on 30-day trail while it is settling -Adam is collaborating with VTmak and his mocap company to find a way to convert his capture data into a BVH format.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

-volleyball - 2 NPC 1 player character, Female 13 -18 year old with range of skins, children uniform -basketball - 3 NPC 1 player chacater, same character type as above -soccer- Goalie, 2 defenders, 1 friendly NPC, 1 player character, same as above NPC team mate will perform a corner kick, player will do head block the ball toward the goal -Possible 3d modeling software http://www.makehuman.org/
 * aNMT R01** **- Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**
 * Deadline: May 1st soft deadline, may 7th hard deadline**

- Chris to update final models on website and contact Staff Council to finalize a date for the demo.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization **


 * JIRA Completed Items Since Last Meeting **


 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-11 - Add navigation arrows to left side of the HTML in page
 * Improvement UCSIMCAVE-12 - Use CSS to add black bar to to
 * Sub-task CCHMCVR-10 - Goal Nets
 * Sub-task UCSIM-25 - Create Webplayer

**New Business Updates**

Chris met with Adam Kiefer on April 4, 2014 to discuss a new grant proposal submission for an NIH R01 grant that will be due in May. The UCSIM team would develop NPC models (female, age 13-18, athletic build, variety of skin tones) to play three scenarios, volleyball, basketball, and soccer, including animations using MoCap data provided by Adam's lab. Adam will need screenshots for the proposal by May 1st (see above). UCSIM's portion of the budget will be apx $48,000. More to come.
 * NIH R01 Submission - Adam Kiefer,** **CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

Chris met with Denver Stewart from the College of Pharmacy to discuss how UCSIM might assist with his project. He wants to use HMD VR system like the Oculus Rift to treat PTSD, phobias, and Mirror Therapy for veterans with missing limbs, and is in discussion with the VA in Ft. Thomas, KY to see if they will participate as a testing facility. His proposal has already won the first round of a local Cincinnati start-up incubator competition, and the second round is at the end of April. Denver will meet with Ian and Alex to help storyboard his concepts in preparation for the second round of the competition. If funded, UCSIM would provide the technical development for the project.
 * Denver Stewart, College of Pharmacy**


 * Pending Business Updates **


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

= = =March 7, 2014=

General Project News
- Chris and Matt attended the Cincinnati Dayton VR Meetup hosted at Miami University's Smale Interactive Visualization Center. See the blog post at: http://ucsim.uc.edu/blog/2014/03/ucsim-team-attends-the-cincinnatidayton-vr-meetup/

- Next week, Chris, Matt, and Krishna will be attended DI Guy training at the CCHMC TEAM VR Lab from 9AM to 4PM Monday through Friday. The training is being paid for by Children's so we can use the DI Guy software for their projects.

- Ben Britton from DAAP called, he's investigating a university site license for 3D Studio Max and wanted to know if UCSIM was interested in participating, and he also wanted to know if students doing senior design projects in Unity could collaborate with UCSIM. We told him we are always happy to work with students on academic projects and would like to work with his team.

R&D Updates
- Chris has been assisting Jane and Amy with an NSF grant submission for Bruce Burton that is due March 17, 2014. Chris now has the ability to add grants to COEUS and Fast Lane, and can route approvals through COEUS.

UCSIM Team Updates

 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- Ian needs to leave early today.

- Alex is out of the office today.


 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Chris is working on a new theme for the website in preparation for updating the content.

- Chris asked for video footage and snapshots of all of our projects for the new website. Put pictures in UCSIM Flickr group, and upload videos to YouTube. Alex and Ian have been working on the UC Cave, will upload to Flickr

- Chris asked everybody to think about new content for our website redesign. Notes and comments posted on JIRA: https://webapps.uc.edu/jira/browse/UCSIM-27?filter=-1

- Next post due 2/21: Alex

- Next order: Ian, Krishna, Matt, Alex


 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- The NDA to participate in the Microsoft Kinect for Windows Developer program is pending review by General Counsel's office.

- Chris was accepted into the Google Glass program.

Current Projects Update

 * Deep Horizons Research Institute, Dr. Robert Williams,** **AFRL Discovery Lab**


 * -** Chris is a member of the Governance Board, which had a meeting on Thursday to discuss the possibility of spinning DHRI off as a non-profit organization to simplify the issues of ownership and intellectual property. Discussed specific IP language that may need to be written into existing contracts or especially new contracting vehicles in progress through AFRL and Wright State University. Chris and Bob also discussed the need to establish a procedure to evaluate all proposed research projects to ensure any research involving human subjects goes through IRB review. We determined that we would not establish an IRB, but rather, the PI or student submitting the project would need to get IRB approval from their host institution (Wright State, UC, OSU, etc.)

- Chris will be chairing the Technical & Operations Council, Governance reviewed the charter and approved it, also determined that initial objectives for Tech & Ops will include 1) Creation of the Deep Horizons website, 2) Reviewing the Deep Horizons grid architecture, and 3) Testing for scalability to achieve a 1000+ avatar concurrency goal for the VTech conference.

- The VTech Conference is tentatively scheduled for September 20-21, 2014. Dr. Gogineni will be soliciting participation from the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Kate Mercer from Booz Allen Hamilton will do outreach to several professional organizations. The goal is to have approximately 100 speakers, including both professionals and students, as well as poster sessions, and to hit the target goal of 900 attendees. Chris will be responsible for overseeing the technical implementation of the conference grid, and will assist with the program planning. Dr, Williams will identify a team to assist with marketing and promotion.

- Chris is leading the Virtual Reality Academy, first crop of 18 students will be learning how to develop and build content in the virtual environment, the VRA is scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 PM EST.


 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- Chris received another request for modification from IRB, need to revise the main protocol document and return to Deborah.

- Matt was working on adding a pause button but because of the way we structured our dialogue it won't be as simple as adding a pause button. We would have to integrate a new feature and redesign the dialogue system in order to do this, Chris said that there isn't enough funding for that, so we will have to leave it without a pause button.


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week.

- In preparation for the Cincinnati Dayton VR Meetup, we did some cleanup of the models and added NPC characters, re-did the map lighting. Matt also changed some of the navigation controls.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

- Produced two versions, a regular mouse enabled version and a version to work with the Oculus Rift, which was a big hit. The Rift version, it looks like the camera controller is positioned too low, which makes the baskets seem out of proportion. That needs to be fixed.

- Chris also asked for a web player version for the website.

- Models have been placed into a JIBE 2.0 scene, Chris created new SmartFox 2 rooms for the "new" and "old" room scenes, Matt and Krishna created an interface GUI to switch between scenes, Alex created the artwork for the GUI, Ian and Alex are tweaking the models and are rescaling the room to fix the camera popping out issue.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**

- By next week,the CAVE visualization should be completed with the resized and retextured models.

- Ronn Ross requested some logo artwork for an upcoming open source project using either the Dumbo Octopus or Flapjack Octopus for inspiration.
 * Dumbo/Flapjack Octopus Logo Graphics**

- Alex and Ian are working on graphics for Ronn, some concept art:








 * JIRA Completed Items Since Last Meeting **


 * Task UCSIMCAVE-1 Create Unity project with Jibe 2.0 Today 1:12 PM
 * Sub-task UCSIMCAVE-3 Update project with Jibe 2.0 Today 1:12 PM
 * Task UCSIMCAVE-4 Add a movie/video on the TV Today 1:12 PM
 * Sub-task UCSIM-16 Programing Today 1:12 PM
 * Task UCSIM-7 Pause button on POCCENT Today 1:12 PM
 * Sub-task UCSIM-25 Create Webplayer Today 1:12 PM
 * Task UCSIMPOC-2 Add "alert" button when user closes window before ending simulation Today 1:12 PM
 * Sub-task CCHMCVR-7 Old NPC Test Today 1:17 PM
 * Task CCHMCVR-11 Combine basketball, volleyball and soccer scenes together Today 1:17 PM
 * Task CCHMCVR-12 Rift and regular builds of the ALL-SPORTS version Today 1:17 PM

**New Business Updates**


 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Waiting on an update from Adam.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Awaiting an update on status.

=February 17, 2014=

General Project News
- How is JIRA going? [] Going pretty well, everyone is playing with the workflow.

- Matt made new boards for the various projects

- We discussed how to get reports to see what has been done and still needs doing. Made some new project boards. Chris released completed issues. Discovered that Chris has to be added as a developer as well as Team Lead to assign tasks.

UCSIM Team

 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- Alex needs to leave early today, need off for March 7th,

- DI Guy training will take place March 10-15th, so mark your calendars.


 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Chris is working on a new theme for the website in preparation for updating the content.

- Chris asked for video footage and snapshots of all of our projects for the new website. Put pictures in UCSIM Flickr group, and upload videos to YouTube. Alex and Ian have been working on the UC Cave, will upload to Flickr

- Chris asked everybody to think about new content for our website redesign. Notes and comments posted on JIRA: https://webapps.uc.edu/jira/browse/UCSIM-27?filter=-1

- Next post due 2/21: Alex

- Next order: Ian, Krishna, Matt, Alex


 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- We should continue to track wishlist items on the spreadsheet

Current Projects Update

 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- Krishna made some bug fixes, Chris updated the file on the website but the file name did not match the corresponding URL link.

- Moving forward, the webplayer filename should be shock_respiratory.html

- Matt will add a pause function to the simulation.


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- No updates this week, Matt didn't have permissions to add the tasks in JIRA, Chris fixed that.

- Moved the stadium cleanup and NPCs to a different JIRA project - Adam needs done by 2/28
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

- Have the new furniture models mostly finished, need to add to Unity scenes, using Jibe 2.0 for multiplayer.
 * UCIT CAVE Visualization**



- Ronn Ross requested some logo artwork for an upcoming open source project using either the Dumbo Octopus or Flapjack Octopus for inspiration. - Matt will put into JIRA
 * Dumbo/Flapjack Octopus Logo Graphics**





New Business Updates

 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Hooray throw a party!


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Hooray throw a party!


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam provided a description from the grant proposal, needs an estimate and proposal.

- Krishna and Matt read through the description, but Chris has more questions. Will follow up with Adam for clarification.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Proposal has been submitted to NIH. Hooray throw a party!

=February 3, 2014=

General Project News
- Chris attended a departmental meeting about the JIRA Agile plugin, the rest of the department is using JIRA for managing projects, we should explore. http://webapps.uc.edu/jira/. Matt and AJ created two new projects for us, we'll use the UCSIM project for testing. Everyone to add their tasks into JIRA for the Drum Lab and CCHMC TEAM VR Lab projects.

- Had a discussion about ADDIE vs AGILE vs UCSIM's hybrid design process:

Krishna shared http://www.bottomlineperformance.com/agile-vs-addie-which-is-better-for-learning-design/





=UCSIM's Hybrid Design Approach=

- Chris asked everyone to read two research papers about effective design for VR system interfaces to reduce cognitive load for the user. Chen (2013) and Dede (2012).





- Also discussed the proposal > Statement of Work process. Chris showed examples and talked about how we need to be prepared to scale up our team and project work.

- Matt gave an update on a meeting he had with Ben Tanzer, a DAAP student who asked for help with the Kinect for his senior thesis.

UCSIM Team
- Krishna and Alex are both graduating, Chris would like to get the job description up by the end of February and have the new hires start by April so we have a little bit of overlap before they leave. Alex may be able to work part of the summer but Krishna is hoping to have a job by then.


 * Time off Requests & Calendar Updates**

- Krishna needs to leave early on Friday, he has a presentation.

- Alex may need to leave early on Friday.

- DI Guy training will take place March 10-15th, so mark your calendars.


 * UCSIM Website Updates**

- Chris is working on a new theme for the website in preparation for updating the content.

- Chris asked for video footage and snapshots of all of our projects for the new website. Put pictures in UCSIM Flickr group, and upload videos to YouTube.

- Chris asked everybody to think about new content for our website redesign.

- Matt's new post "How to Use Microsoft Kinect with Unity" is posted at: http://ucsim.uc.edu/blog/2014/02/how-to-use-microsoft-kinect-with-unity/

- Next post due 2/14: Alex

- Next order: Ian, Krishna, Matt, Alex


 * Office Supplies, Software, Hardware**

- Chris finally got the Adobe Creative Suite software, Matt installed it on the two new machines, Chris needs to install it on hers.

- We should continue to track wishlist items on the spreadsheet

Current Projects Update

 * Shock & Respiratory Distress Simulation - Fred Beyette, POC-CENT**

- Krishna made some bug fixes, Chris updated the file on the website but the file name did not match the corresponding URL link.

- Moving forward, the webplayer filename should be shock_respiratory.html

- Matt will add a pause function to the simulation.


 * Drum Lab - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Have been looking at Kinect over the network, the documentation is limited. The latest version of Kinect has an embedded server in it, so if you convert the entire process to a webplayer instead of a standalone, then can use that which will be easier.

- Made some improvements to accuracy, will test at next team meeting.

- Alex and Ian have been working on the character models for the soccer field.
 * Stadium Models - Adam Kiefer, CCHMC TEAM VR Lab**

- No updates to the stadium models this week.

New Business Updates

 * VR Obesity & Diabetes - Becky Lee, Bonnie Brehm, College of Nursing**

- Chris supplied the final documents, proposal should be submitted to CoN admin this week, following all approvals will be submitted to NIH. Hooray!


 * Social Motor Skills Game - Mike Richardson, Center for Cognition, Action, Perception**

- Matt and Krishna supplied images of the prototype drum game, Chris supplied a proposal and Letter of Support for his NIH submission to fully fund the development of the game. The proposal goes in this week.


 * Google Glass Concussion Severity Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam is working out the contractual/licensing issues, will be sending more details soon.


 * Stimuli Detection - Adam Kiefer, CCHMCC TEAM VR Lab**

- Adam provided a description from the grant proposal, needs an estimate and proposal.

- Krishna and Matt read through the description, but Chris has more questions. Will follow up with Adam for clarification.


 * VR Classroom for Mental Health Education - Diana McIntosh, College of Nursing**

- Chris completed and submitted the proposal for NIH grant submission.

- We verified with the business office that the labor rates published on the UCIT website are approved for recharge for federal grants.