EPQ Project

EPQ Project What it is This project was completed for my Extended Project Equalification (also known as EPQ). During the EPQ, a student will pick a subject of their choice, research it and then either write a paper or create a piece of media (an "artefact") based on what they have learnt. For my subject I originally chose physics simulation as at the time I lacked confidence in maths and wanted to force myself to relearn and become more comfortable with it. The idea of combining VR with this later came about in an attempt to make the project more modern so more primary research and testing could be done. VR was also my major interest outside of school at the time so I leapt at any chance to bring it into my work. The end result was a system that allowed the user to interact with a virtual environment with 6 degrees of freedom, they could pick up, move and throw objects. Each object had custom authored hand poses and when objects weren't being held, the hands fingers would track the…