Final Presentation
I gave a final presentation to my peers and instructor today. It was a powerpoint overhead and a video. We had 15 minutes. I came in at 14 minutes. The powerpoint gives a good synopses of the project. If you look closely at the video you see that it is really spliced together. But it covers most of the salient points from the powerpoint and hence the project as a whole. Next week there will be a demonstration day in the computer science lab to show off to faculty and other students. I’ll keep the video playing in a loop and bring all the props for people to play.
Now there’s one week left before finals. The things that seem to be top priority are fixing bugs that are sadly only informally (and ephemerally) defined in my head. For example, I know for sure that the PlantPatchRenderer is measuring the diameter in cenimeters when it should be millimeters. There must be a user manual. I’d _really_ like to have a test/video session in the field with Dr. Spalinger. Plus, there is a laundry list of feature requests _including_ some fundamental changes to the model. We’ll just have to see what get’s prioritized.
It’s hard to resist the idea of working on what has been a very fun and rewarding project over the summer. I don’t feel like I’m going to get a that rare solid sense of closure. I must admit I’m jealous of the next generation of upper division CS students that get to work with this project. Onward and Upward!