Individual Live Stream: Week 4

For week 4 I finally got the video streamer box in and was able to start streaming game content officially. I started streaming a game called Little Nightmares. It looked really interesting so I decided to start playing, plus it had puzzle problem solving which I thought would be good for streaming. Since problem solving can be done easier with more people, it is also something I have seen be more successful than other games. The first stream didn’t get any main view during streaming but I noticed people watched it afterwards and it got a good amount of views. It was also fun having someone in the stream chat to communicate with as I played, it was a good stream overall. 

On the technical side I decided to keep my face a secret using a mask I have but still have a face camera. The lighting was made to be dark but with colored light in the back just to make things feel a little spooky to pair with the game. But everything was working well with the stream. There wasn’t lag that I noticed with the new box I got, everything worked out well,  I also used the overlays I made and I think they looked really good. I archived the stream on my youtube channel and it can be watched there. 

Individual Live Stream: Week 3

For week 3 I am still waiting on the video stream box. I am unable to stream anything with video or games from my computer but I did find something that could work for this week. My roommate needed to record something for her Chinese class so we decided to combine both her assignment with my streaming, we ended up live streaming us making dumplings. It was actually a lot of fun. We were able to get some of my friends just to watch who are not in the state so they could enjoy that time with us. They decided to chat with us through messages as they watched but overall it was a good way to communicate with us since they are so far away.   

Individual Live Stream: Week 2

For week 2 still couldn’t stream officially but I did take the suggestion from class and got myself a streaming video box. I will be able to stream gaming content from my Xbox to OBS so the stream is much more smooth. Hopefully this will allow me to stream more frequently and more smoothly than when I was just trying to stream off my computer. Sadly this will take some time to get to me so I wont be able to start streaming from it until it gets here.

Individual Live Stream: Week 1

For week 1 I was not able to make an actual live stream, I did try but it didn’t work out with my current set up. The stream was lagging too much and it was just not watchable at all so I decided to just stop and try to see if I could fix it. I looked at everything I could and there was nothing I could do because it was due to my hardware not being able to stream the way I wanted too. For this week my stream didn’t go very well but I am still working on things.

Animated Intro Sequence:

When I finally decided on what I wanted to brand myself as I decided that this would be my animated intro sequence. I wanted it to be my stream name initials and then a drawing that I made of a hooded figure, which would be me in a way. I tried to keep with the colors I have decided on. I like it so far I might make changes depending on how the channel changes.

Iteration 2: Adapt phase

During this phase there wasn’t a lot to adapt because the main feedback I got back was positive from the head of orthodontics. Instead I continued to work on another variation of a tooth for 3D printing and continued to clean the surgical tools. The feed back I got I actually put it at the end of the explore phase in iteration 2 which you can refer too. Other than working on the next models I didn’t do a lot more than that, but I can say the next tool model we added another layer to the teeth in order to make them more realistic. and those have been sent to be 3D printed so hopefully within the next couple of days I will be getting feedback on those models.

Iteration 2: Explore phase

For my iteration 2 I was able to accomplish getting the teeth models prepared for printing and then sent off to the company we are working with (Inworks) to 3D print it. I also took the time while waiting for the teeth to be printed to clean up a couple of surgical tools that were scanned in, which are actually taking a while because when they are scanned in they have a base that they are sitting on which requires some removing in the software. So I had to take some time to do that and set them up to be ready to be imported into Blender. After we were notified that the teeth have been printed Dr.G took the teeth to test out the material, he drilled into them like he would the lab teeth and found that they are compatible with what we needed. Even the root canal was made perfectly and the material imitated the texture of a real tooth. The Endodontics Department Chief, Dr. Emanouela Carlson evaluated the prototype 3D printed tooth and she gave a pass to them, which is a great success for us.

The entire 24hrs I took about a Day to clean up the model of the tooth and have it set for 3D printing then sent it to Inworks to have it printed. After I took the rest of the time to clean up a couple of the tools, and those take a good 5-6 hours to properly clean up sometime more if they want to be done really well and polished. I still haven’t loaded them into blender but will be doing that in the next few days.

First Official Stream

I finally was able to do my first official stream, it wasn’t one of the ideas I had for my streams but my roommate also wanted to film her cooking for her class so it turned out great. I did just an hour of basically streaming us making dumplings, which turned out well because our friend where able to see us making them even though they are in another state. In the end the stream went well with us just hanging out, our friends would message us personally but watch the stream. Later when I saw the channel it said I had 14 views on that stream video which was very surprising. The next stream will be more of gaming than cooking and I;m going to try to stream 2 times this week in order to catch up on the streams I have missed. I didn’t have any overlay on this and it was just a video stream but I have been working on them and hopefully they will be in use next time.

https://www.twitch.tv/stealthmc_117