Creating immersive virtual reality (VR) systems and environments, as well as flexible software development toolkits, for research. This flexible system will be used to further the research objectives of various faculty members in Psychology looking to study cognition using virtual reality systems.

• Using Unity, develop a flexible VR system and set of environments to be used by faculty researchers in the Dept of Psychology.
• Develop/obtain a library of environmental features as would be useful for researchers to create their own 3D environments.
• Identify training documentation for Faculty and student researchers on how to build virtual environments using the system.
• Identify training documentation as to how Faculty can load their own content into the system (e.g., wallpapers/objects of unique experimental stimuli)
• Develop a system for outputting player/participant data from Unity in a format that would be useable by researchers (e.g., export movement coordinates and player interactions such as clicking on something in the environment, to a csv file).
• Ensure system can be deployed locally on researcher computers (primary) and/or head-mounted display units (VR headsets, secondary, if time)
• Ensure system can be deployed remotely through a researcher-controlled website and is flexible enough to be used on most computer hardware (only if time, after all of the above have been completed).

• Lab space provided through Dr. Eric Legge’s lab. Other lab space can be obtained if more is required through consultations with other faculty in the Dept. of Psychology.
• Student will be asked to check in weekly via email with a short progress report of what they have accomplished relative to the project goals.
• Student will be asked to have one 1-hour mid-project meeting with the faculty supervisor, as well as a 1-hour end-of-project meeting.