Fall 2024 Undergraduate Research - Unity & AR

The goal of this project was to develop a curriculum to teach AR graphics capabilities at IU, as well as integrate AR into the existing graphics courses, using Unity and it's AR Foundation package. The work is broken down by week, with the completed code base and guides I made stored separately. Any missing week just means school was on break or the class part of research took precedent that week, rather than the actual research project itself.

ThingsAI

ThingsAI takes a collection of smaller images and icons (things) and uses an evolution algorithm to create a dynamic mosaic of a larger input image. To the left is the Mona Lisa created using the textures from Minecraft.

The Toybox

The Toybox is a collection of small programs that experiment in computer science and art. Some use visual tools such as p5js, classic tech like C46 Basic, or esolangs. To the right is a demo of Perlin noise to generate terrain and control the motions of a ship.

Simple ECA

Simple ECA that takes a Wolfram code and a number of generations and simulates an elementary cellular automata. It then shows a matplotlib graph of all generations

DROP-ZIP-EXECUTE

DROP-ZIP-EXECUTE is a USB Rubber Ducky payload that 1) Downloads a zip file (tested with Dropbox) 2) Unzips the contents to a given folder and 3) Runs a contained file. This becomes extra powerful when the software is not executed directly, but first moved about the computer and made hidden using a Batch or Bash file, then executed to hide all tracks.

3D Garden Labels

This is a collection of SVG and Illustrator files that can be laser cut or 3D printed to create unique crop labels for your garden. (sneak attack I'm also a Botanist!)

These are just some of the highlights and personal favorites. All available code I've written is on my GitHub.