Introduction

Hi, I am starting on a year-long project investigating perception and action of dyadic interactions in a virtual environment under the supervision of Professor Bobby Bodenheimer. We will be using the Learning in Virtual Environments (LIVE) lab here at Vanderbilt University to study the ways in which humans interact with each other in virtual reality when given a virtual self-representation of their own body (a self-avatar). We will be doing this by tracking various measures of learning experienced by the users of our environment while performing tasks such as playing catch and ping-pong.
This project is made possible through the support of the Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU) program: http://cra-w.org/collaborative-research-experience-for-undergraduates-creu.
I will be keeping a blog of my progress throughout the process. You can find more information about myself and my past research at mantelish.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/erin (a work in progress).