Kilo Hoku
The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) was founded in 1973 with the purpose of developing and sailing a Hawaiian double-hulled outrigger canoe, or waʻa kaulua, on the open ocean, using non-instrument navigation techniques known as wayfinding. In this practice, the navigator uses the orientation of the canoe against the stars in the sky to determine position on and to navigate across the ocean with nearly the same accuracy as modern navigational instruments. This practice is of cultural and historical significance to the Native Hawaiian population, whose ancestors practiced wayfinding for open-ocean voyaging. Our team prototyped a simulation in a virtual reality environment on the HTC Vive to attempt to aid in the learning and teaching of wayfinding. Users are able to sail the canoe, view stars and constellations, and use wayfinding techniques to navigate.
Contributors: Patrick Karjala, Kari Noe, Anna Sikkink, Dean Lodes
Length: 2:07 Minutes
Virtual Reality Demo 5/21
CAFF screening 5/24
Contributors: Patrick Karjala, Kari Noe, Anna Sikkink, Dean Lodes
Length: 2:07 Minutes
Virtual Reality Demo 5/21
CAFF screening 5/24
Dean Lodes
Dean Lodes is the Media Specialist on the Learning Technology team of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His background in management, instructional design, classroom instruction, and multimedia development gives him a sophisticated grasp of the most effective methods for the development of educational technology.
Before moving to Hawai‘i in April of 2015, Dean worked as the manager of the Learning Innovations team located at the Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, WI. He managed a team of multimedia developers/designers, and was in charge of ensuring project quality and achieving client goals. Internally, Dean collaborated with a 16-college consortium as well as several outside businesses like Kimberly Clark, Miller Electric and Oshkosh Truck.
Dean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Masters degree in Information & Communication Technology from the University of Denver, and two Associates degrees in Computer Information Systems from the Fox Valley Technical College.
Dean Lodes is the Media Specialist on the Learning Technology team of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. His background in management, instructional design, classroom instruction, and multimedia development gives him a sophisticated grasp of the most effective methods for the development of educational technology.
Before moving to Hawai‘i in April of 2015, Dean worked as the manager of the Learning Innovations team located at the Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, WI. He managed a team of multimedia developers/designers, and was in charge of ensuring project quality and achieving client goals. Internally, Dean collaborated with a 16-college consortium as well as several outside businesses like Kimberly Clark, Miller Electric and Oshkosh Truck.
Dean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Masters degree in Information & Communication Technology from the University of Denver, and two Associates degrees in Computer Information Systems from the Fox Valley Technical College.
Patrick A. Karjala
Patrick A. Karjala is a MS in Computer Science student and full time programmer in the College of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research focus is in the efficacy of teaching traditional non-instrument ocean navigation using virtual reality. He holds his dual BA in Theatre Arts and Computer Science from the University of Puget Sound.
Patrick A. Karjala is a MS in Computer Science student and full time programmer in the College of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research focus is in the efficacy of teaching traditional non-instrument ocean navigation using virtual reality. He holds his dual BA in Theatre Arts and Computer Science from the University of Puget Sound.
Kari Noe
Kari Noe is a current Undergraduate majoring in both Computer Science and at the Academy of Creative Media at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Her interests include data visualization and animation.
Kari Noe is a current Undergraduate majoring in both Computer Science and at the Academy of Creative Media at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Her interests include data visualization and animation.
Anna Sikkink
Anna Sikkink is a senior Computer Science major and Astronomy minor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, graduating in Spring 2017. She has a wide range of interests, including computer networking, software development, data visualization, video game design, and Virtual Reality. She enjoys working on projects that combine her passions as well as those which help teach concepts to students of all ages. Kilo Hoku was a perfect project in both of those areas as it made use of her computer science skills and basic astronomy knowledge to help develop the system to teach basic Polynesian navigation using the stars in Virtual Reality.
Anna Sikkink is a senior Computer Science major and Astronomy minor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, graduating in Spring 2017. She has a wide range of interests, including computer networking, software development, data visualization, video game design, and Virtual Reality. She enjoys working on projects that combine her passions as well as those which help teach concepts to students of all ages. Kilo Hoku was a perfect project in both of those areas as it made use of her computer science skills and basic astronomy knowledge to help develop the system to teach basic Polynesian navigation using the stars in Virtual Reality.