I’ve been researching the Unity manual to figure out how I can get Virtual Reality working for my prototype. It’s mostly trying to figure out how I can get it working with Windows Mixed Reality for my own testing purposes, and with the Oculus Quest, for final use in the showcase. It would, of course, be ideal to have it work with different types of headsets. It seems like getting it to work with Windows Mixed Reality will be more difficult, and it may be hard to switch back and forth between Windows Mixed Reality and Oculus Quest in between testing. The default seems to be Oculus, which is good since I’d want to use that in the end anyway. I don’t know many people with experience in Unity, but I do know a few friends who are good at coding. I’m definitely going to need their help throughout this process. As for working in Maya, I’m still fairly new to that as well, and thankfully I have many friends with a lot of experience in Maya and can help me with nearly anything when I get to that portion of the project.
I’ve researched much more about the exact effects of domestic violence (DV), or also known as intimate partner violence (IPV), based on scientific research. It seems that emotional or psychological abuse can be more damaging to a person’s mental health and cause more emotional distress than other forms of abuse. It’s hard to tell for sure, but it seems to influence long-term depression. They were 2.06 times as likely to experience minor depression, and others were 1.75 times as likely to experience severe depression compared to women who experience no abuse. It seems like over time, after about 5 years, is when there seems to be less severe depression over those who recently left an abusive relationship. So emotional abuse can really have long-term negative effects on someone and their mental health. It affects so much externally as well, such as credit issues (78%), more money problems (74%), and even some struggle with employment. There was a broad range of 25-50% of women experiencing issues with finding housing. Emotional abuse can really turn someone’s life upside down since it can be such a traumatic event for someone.