BrainDance Devlog - itch.iohttps://kevsta4thumbs.itch.io/braindanceA VR research prototype exploring perception, uncertainty, and social consequence.https://kevsta4thumbs.itch.io/braindance/devlog/1521897/sprint-2-weeks-34-determinism-stt-control-and-state-introductionSprint 2 (Weeks 3–4): Determinism, STT Control, and State Introductionhttps://kevsta4thumbs.itch.io/braindance/devlog/1521897/sprint-2-weeks-34-determinism-stt-control-and-state-introductionTue, 12 May 2026 21:38:41 GMTdevlog

This sprint was dedicated to restoring determinism. On the TTS side, WAV decoding was validated and voice selection restricted to known‑good IDs to prevent zero‑length audio. On the STT side, long...

]]>https://kevsta4thumbs.itch.io/braindance/devlog/1521888/sprint-1-weeks-12-speech-pipeline-proofofconcept-and-concurrency-failureSprint 1 (Weeks 1–2): Speech Pipeline Proof‑of‑Concept and Concurrency Failurehttps://kevsta4thumbs.itch.io/braindance/devlog/1521888/sprint-1-weeks-12-speech-pipeline-proofofconcept-and-concurrency-failureTue, 12 May 2026 21:29:36 GMTdevlogThe initial sprint focused on validating whether a full real‑time speech pipeline could operate inside Unity. Whisper STT, a local LLM, and TTS were integrated end‑to‑end. From a purely function...

]]>https://kevsta4thumbs.itch.io/braindance/devlog/1521885/week-1-tech-discussionWeek 1- Tech Discussionhttps://kevsta4thumbs.itch.io/braindance/devlog/1521885/week-1-tech-discussionTue, 12 May 2026 21:21:47 GMTdevlog

Core Speech Pipeline Integration The initial technical focus was establishing a complete speech pipeline inside Unity. I integrated Whisper for speech‑to‑text, a local language model for dialogue...

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