Month: September 2018

With tools like photoshop, making abstract art has become increasingly easier to make. It created a revolution in not just digital mediums, but all art and graphics. Darkroom techniques that were unreliable or difficult for beginners to learn, such as Dodging and Burning, can easily be replicated perfectly and one hundred percent more reliable. The…

We plan on creating a Virtual Reality experience which portrays a mental disorder (most likely Schizophrenia or Type 1 Bipolar Disorder). We plan on doing this by giving the users defined goals, but ambiguous rules, such as doing everyday tasks. Our goal is that users will empathize with those that have mental disorders and help…

Mixed Reality & the HoloLens Many people in the technology industry know about several up-and-coming simulation environments. Some have been popularized, such as virtual reality (VR) with the Oculus (completely submersive visual interactive environment), and augmented reality (AR) with games like Pokemon Go (layers visual simulations on top of the real world, but they don’t…

The Origins of Sketch When developing software, there is often the challenge of also developing a user interface (UI) system. Often times you design the UI through manipulation of variables in your program. Eventually you begin to realize this is a tedious process. Constantly tweaking values and re-running your code to see if the result…

Now you can “hide” a featured image in the actual blog post.  :)

In recent years the web has made a major comeback in the world of development. After the initial era of developing mobile apps, it seems web apps have now taken back popularity. The web stack of HTML, Javascript, and CSS has been around for decades, but just in the last few years updated versions of…

It’s shocking how much music is a part of my life today. For most of my life, I wasn’t really an active listener to music at all. It wasn’t until Fall of 2012, when I visited Tech for the first time, I got bored on the car ride back, especially since I was only 16…

It took me a while to come up with ideas that but here are my two. My first idea would be a web application that would allow users to create and share artwork, specifically music made from car sounds. The web application would allow users to submit a video and audio clip of a car…

Before a concert starts fans and concertgoers would have the ability to create their own perfect set list. This perfect set list could then be used by the performer to tailor her/his show to that specific audience. A  music (spotify, apple music, tidal, etc..) playlist creator that uses location data/ weather/ time to create new…

Jose Zurita is currently a senior at Virginia Tech. Some of his hobbies include working out, reading, hiking, and listening to music. These hobbies of his are what his passionate about or what he “geeks” out about. He invests time on researching about the mechanics of different workouts and learning about different nutrition and diets…