Website Production

The development of the XTENDED REALI-TREE project has been characterized by hard work, dedication, and collaboration from all members of the team. As a project lead, I recognized the need to focus on specific areas of the project, which allowed me to take a step back and focus on developing the website. While we encountered several challenges during the pre-production phase, we have made significant progress and are now moving into the production phase.

One significant obstacle we are currently facing is the weather and the lack of fullness of some trees for 3D scanning. This has hindered our ability to capture the necessary data scans for the project. To overcome this issue, we have made the decision to use a different set of trees than initially planned, which we believe will enable us to move forward and achieve our objectives.

Another challenge we have encountered is the integration and implementation of 3D scans for the AR book. Despite implementing numerous alternatives and test cases, we have yet to find a solution to the problem of textures being absent from the 3D scans after import. To address this issue, we plan to try importing the scans into other AR platforms to determine whether it's a platform-specific problem or an issue with the actual model. We are optimistic that we will resolve this issue in the coming weeks.

Overall, while it has been challenging to balance the various tasks associated with this project, having a large and dedicated team has enabled us to allocate responsibilities and work collaboratively towards our goals. We are confident that with the progress we have made so far, I will complete the website in the next two to three weeks, with placeholders for images.