Week 3: Post 2

 How has your perception of yourself changed since you began the internship?

As I have stated before, I feel as though my lab partner and I haven't been given much direction and it has led to me taking initiative for my own research. I think I doubted the majority of things that I could do, which included me thinking about and starting my own research. I sometimes feel as though I have imposter syndrome when I am doing things related to computer science work. I doubt my ability to perform even simple tasks. I have proven myself wrong in this program as I have created a few things by myself with programs that I have never worked with before. This includes working with Unreal to create my own virtual environment and testing it with the VR headset, and also with Maya Autodesk which I used to create my own landscape.

With that being said, today, I have formulated my own research questions at this point in time. We aren't sure if this is the direction that Vicky is wanting to go with the project but in the meantime this is what we have come up with. My research question is, "Does spending time in a photorealistic nature environment have a better effect of relaxation as opposed to a non-photorealistic nature environment?".

I feel as though this research has pushed me towards my own initiative and being able to take things into my own hands. I can definitely apply this to real world concepts as there isn't always going to be someone for me to go to or ask questions about what I am doing. Going forward with my project, I know that I am going to have stay determined and not get distracted to get to the stage where I can run participants in my study.