Day: March 17, 2025

My Day, looking for Bashō

David Del Testa
A small Japanese-style house with a bronze statue of Bashō seated on a step in front of it.

While the students went out to engage in some tourism in Asakusa this morning, I decided to seek out the places and spaces related to Bashō that I had missed last year. Last year, I sent my time at the Bashō Memorial Hall. This year, I followed up by following the Bashō Path (for the iPhone and Android). I decided to return to the Nihonbashi neighborhood where we stayed last year because it has a convenient location and it is… Read moreMy Day, looking for Bashō

In Tokyo, but why are we here?

David Del Testa

So, while the students introduce themselves, let me describe why we are here. Our ultimate goal is to use a Matterport Pro3D, a LiDAR scanner, to capture immersive 3D scans of our test area, and then attach them to our proof-of-concept space in Unity. Seems simple enough, right? Well, this has been a long and interesting process to get to this point, with a long but relatively gentle learning curve.  For various reasons, for the Japan 2024 trip, we chose… Read moreIn Tokyo, but why are we here?