World Wizards: Developing a VR World Building Application

World Wizards is an open source and extendable world building environment that enables non-technical users to create 3D worlds in virtual reality and can be used for research, education, and product development purposes. It was developed for the HTC Vive using the Unity game engine. World Wizards embraces user-generated content, allowing users to build their own environments within VR and providing utilities to aid users in creating, distributing, and importing their own custom assets

ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AT WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

This project is intended to help the Computer Science Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute understand the underlying reasons why female students are underrepresented in the department. Based upon the analysis of 193 survey responses and several interviews, this project builds upon both existing research and the team\u27s own investigations. Our in-depth analysis results in a series of recommendations to increase the number of women in computer science at the university