Added walk mode to allow free movement around the scenes. Want to spend more than 6 seconds with the shasta sloths? Perhaps actually see how their animations are randomized? Now you can commune with the sloths and everything else in the ride! Check it out at at www.paleoca.com!
I’ve been quiet the last few months but I am proud to announce that the first section of PaleoCalifornia (or PaleoCA as the web address says) is done! This WebXR project sprang from the COVID lockdown years when I watched a lot of Youtube videos showing dark rides at theme… Read more“Introducing PaleoCA!”
A Three.JS update bonked A-Frame components in version 1.4.2, needed for Quest Pro compatibility, and my museum of cards collapsed.
A new modern primate and some polish all around. See it now or read on for the changes. The Kayan River slow loris adorbs its way into the Scale Model Hall and into your heart. I went with this species because I’m friends with one of its discoverers, Rachel Munds…. Read more“AnVRopomotron 1.1.7 Update Notes”
The recent semester was a quiet one as I stuck more to my established system. The Interacts continue to be a favorite part of the course, balanced by the more demanding article summaries. The Pre-Lecture slides got better with more content, including more embedded video clips and gifs. The coffee… Read more“Spring 2018 Semester Wrap-Up”
My winter break project this year was replacing graphics in my lectures that I didn’t like. Each semester, I wince a little at certain points when an illustration from the Internet is the best available, but still flawed in some way. Some of these illustrations have typos in them. Others are low… Read more“Tuning Up for Next Semester”
The end-of-semester is a good time to reflect on what worked and what didn’t work in the most recent semester. One initiative that fell completely flat was an attempt to have students take notes as a group. A little before the start of the semester, I heard about a tweet series… Read more“Group Notes: A Failed Experiment”
The ‘Games’ part of my blog’s title gets very little attention, but a new game came out this year that is of great anthropological interest. I’m surprised that it has not gotten much attention at all in the hip anthropologist community. I mention it now as a possible start for a… Read more“Let the Games Begin!”
Week 13 brings the last lecture with new material and more time to work on the poster. Well, that was the plan. Several complications got in the way. Unlucky 13! First, as the semester winded down, I was worried about the surprise Dean class inspection I was told about. While… Read more“Cultural Anthropology Week 13: Not According to Plan”
Update: read this post, then continue to the 2017 update here. I’ve been reading and rereading a lot of the pedagogy of college teaching recently. I started by digging out my copy of Ken Bain’s What the Best College Teachers Do (2004), combined with a lot of web reading centered… Read more“Beer(less) Pong Study Session: Rules and Guidelines”