Project Risks and Mitigation Strategies
Since all three of us are very involved in Carnival (booth and buggy), we have decided to set a deadline for completing the work that is necessary for the interim demo by Friday, March 28th. This way, we will be able to ensure that our capstone project is as completed and ready to go as possible before week-of-Carnival responsibilities descend upon us all, as both booth and buggy become extraordinarily time-consuming that week in particular. And worst case, if we are a little behind, we can use the weekend before carnival to finish up any last minute work.
Changes to System Design
One change we decided to make after talking to Gloria was to add a feature for the user on the glasses. This feature is an additional gesture that prompts the display on the HUD of the definition / elaboration of a step which may have field-specific terminology or other words with which beginners may not be familiar. For instance, if the user asks for elaboration upon the step “dice two onions” the display would return new text to explain that dicing means to cut the onion into uniform quarter-inch cubes, and possibly a technique recommendation. This should not be too hard to implement on both the backend and the display, and we felt as if it would be a good way to further utilize the gesture language and serve our users’ requirements better.
Schedule Progress
Independent schedule progress is addressed in our individual reports. While the order of some tasks has shuffled, our work is roughly on track.