SIVE Lab

University of Minnesota Duluth

Alek Straumann

Undergrad Research Assistant

Alek Straumann is an undergraduate working in the lab on virtual reality environments.

Alek has focused on working with the Unreal Engine to create an accurate simulation of a section of Mars. He worked on integrating the L-Shaped-Display to Unreal via a plugin. He has also implemented the GUD WIP(Gait-Understanding-Driven Walking-In-Place) model for navigation in the Unreal Mars simulation.