First things first

Here at UCI, it's the end of our winter quarter and the beginning of spring. Time once again to make our term plans.

Rejection Party!

To our rejections!

We did it! We reached 100 rejections on our shared Rejection Collection and had a party to celebrate! Apologies for the slightly blurry photos, but everyone was having too much fun to pose for a picture. Our next goal: 200 rejections! (We already have 120, so I think we'll be having another party before too long.)

Our reality has become virtual!

Recently, Kelsy and Sharmin, with help from grad student Emily, won a UROP grant which helped the lab buy an Oculus Rift and Virtual Reality (VR)-capable computer. These tools will enable us to run participants on Shima, the VR game that Emily and her team built at the Games for Change Hackathon last summer. 

We've had lots of fun this week getting to know the Oculus and piloting Shima. Here are some pics of our RAs experiencing virtual reality for the first time.