Project 1 Post-Break Checkpoint

The “post-break” checkpoint for Project 1 is due on Friday, March 25th, before 7pm. (I was going to say before 5pm, but realistically, I am not going to look at things before the evening).

There are two parts to this (phase 1 recap, phase 2 checkpoint). Each group must make 2 postings to the “Project 1 Post-Break Checkpoint” category (note: this is a posting, not a comment on this post!). Make a separate posting for each part.

Part 1: Phase 1 Recap

We evaluated Phase 1 informally, not everyone got to show off everything as well as you might have liked, and nothing was “documented” other than a few notes I took. Plus, some things might have gotten cleaned up afterwards (especially if the components would be useful for Phase 2).

So, in a posting:

• Describe which phase 1 features you have implemented and working (if you got something working after the phase 1 deadline, say so). Be sure to describe how the features work (like, if you can do blending, how you specify what things you can blend).
• Describe the range of files that your system can work on, and how you’ve tested it (in terms of reading in data). (as some groups found out the hard way, not all BVH files are created equally). Discuss the range of examples you’ve tried. (this includes file formats as well as specific motions)
• Describe the ways that you’ve tested/demonstrated the more advanced features, like blending and concatenation. How do you know you’ve gotten things right?
• Give pictures of your system in action, highlighting the best things it can do.

Part 2: Phase 2 Status

We are now well into Phase 2. You should be well on your way to achieving your goals. All but one group gave a pre-break status report (although one group hid theirs), and everyone should have made at least a week’s worth of progress over the past two weeks.

In a posting please describe:

1. What you are trying to do. Note: this was done for the proposal, but you might have shifted things a bit or made some adjustments. You should be able to provide a bit more detail now.
2. What you expect to be able to show off in 2 weeks. Again, this should be much more detailed than previous versions. In particular, you now know there will be a demo on Friday Morning, April 8th. And you’re 3/5th of the way there.
3. Success Criteria and Evaluation. Again, this is an update to the original. But should be more aligned with the new answers to 1 and 2.
4. Current status. What has been done? What is working? What are the stumbling blocks? Include a picture or two.
5. Data. Describe what examples you are using (and intend to use). Are you able to find rich enough data sets to pull off cool demos?
6. Plan. What’s left? Who’s going to do what?

Again, each group should make 2 postings on Friday, March 25th.