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From Tokyo to Fukui, a travel day

David Del Testa

We had our travel day today, from Tokyo to Fukui directly. After some discombobulation on my part in the Tokyo Subway, we arrived at the always-very-busy Tokyo Station, purchased box lunches, and got on the Hakutaka Limited Express of the Hokiriku Shinkansen, which meant we stopped at about 15 stations before reaching Fukui. As usual and as expected, everything went smoothly and comfortably, although the train was pretty crowded. Lovely snow-flocked mountains flanked us for most of the journey as we… Read moreFrom Tokyo to Fukui, a travel day

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?