News at VR lab

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2022

• Dr. Sharma is the program chair for the 2nd Graduate Research Workshop (GRW2022) at Bowie State University on April 29, 2022.
• Dr. Sharma has 6 NSF Grants active in 2021-2022.
• Dr. Sharma gave a Key Note Talk at the 2022 IEEE International Mobile and Embedded Technology Conference (MECON - 2022), titled "Mobile Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Applications for Situational Awareness and Emergency response", 11 March 2022.

2021

• 6 VR Lab Students presented their research at the Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop at Bowie State University
  1. Aishwarya Reehl and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Data Visualization of Baltimore Crime Data Using Virtual Reality", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
     
  2. Sri Teja Bodempudi and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Extended Reality (XR) Application for Building Evacuation Using HoloLens", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021. [Won best paper award]
     
  3. James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Evaluation of Virtual Reality Instructional (VRI) Modules for Teaching Basic Programming Concepts", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
     
  4. Ibeawuchi Anokam and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Bulldog Alert: Alert and Notification Application Development", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021. [Won best paper award]
     
  5. Syltinsy Jenkins, "Mobile AR COVID-19 Preparations Reminder", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
     
  6. Veronica Boateng and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Mobile Augmented Reality Application for COVID-19 Preventive Measures", Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA, April 30, 2021.
• 2 Students won 1st prize at the Inaugural Graduate Research Workshop at Bowie State University
  1. Sri Teja Bodempudi for his presentation "Extended Reality (XR) Application for Building Evacuation Using HoloLens"
  2. Ibeawuchi Anokam for his presentation "Bulldog Alert: Alert and Notification Application Development",
• 10 students worled in the VR lab on the research projects during summer 2021.

2020

• NSF funded COVID-19-related research in VR Lab, published in The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report.(September 2020)
• News Article published in Capital Gazette: BSU's COVID-19 Research at VR Lab in Summer 2020.
• Dr. Sharma got a new NSF grants in July on Virtual Reality, Emergency Response and Decision Making.
  • PI- NSF: "FW-HTF-P: Immersive Virtual Reality Instructional Modules for Response to Active Shooter Events", Division: DRL, NSF 20-515 Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research, Award Period: 09/01/2020 to 08/31/2021, Award Number: 2026412, Award Amount: $132,352.00
• Dr. Sharma got a new NSF grants in May on Data Science and Data Visualization
  • PI (BSU) - NSF Grant: "RAPID: VAPOC: Visualization, Analysis and Prediction of COVID-19", Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS), Award Period: June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021, Award # 2032344, Award Amount: $40,000 (Total Amount: 100,000.00).
• Presented a research papers titled "Improving emergency response training and decision making using collaborative virtual reality environment for building evacuation" at 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2020), Thematic Area: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-24 July 2020.
• Summer Camp 2020: Dr. Sharma presented current and future trends in VR,AR,MR,XR via zoom session to high school and middle school students in July 2020.
• Presented a research papers titled "Situational awareness-based Augmented Reality Instructional (ARI) module for building evacuation", at 27th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Atlanta, GA, USA, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 22-26, 2020.
• Presented 2 Research papers at IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2020), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 26 January- 30 January 2020.
  • Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., "Identifying anomalous behavior in a building using HoloLens for emergency response", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2020), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 26 January- 30 January 2020.
    
  • Sharma, S., Bodempudi, S.T., "Active Shooter response training environment for a building evacuation in a collaborative virtual environment", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2020), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.13.ERVR-223, 26- 30 Jan 2020.
• James Stigall presented a poster titled "Evaluation of virtual reality instructional modules based on student assessment and learning gains" at Black History Month Observance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), February 6, 2020.

2019

• Dr. Sharma gets 1.2 million dollar NSF collaborative grant on Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) on Data Science, Data Visualization, and Virtual Reality titled "Creating and Integrating Data Science Corps to Improve the Quality of Life in Urban Areas" in October 2019 (new).
• VR LAB students and faculty particpated and presented their reseach work at STEM Parade at Bowie State University. October 19, 2019. [Pics]
• Dr. Sharad Sharma, received the award for being the Program Chair for the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019).
• Sponsered research at BSU showcasing research from 2 BSU faculty and 4 BSU students at the SEDE-2019 confernce.
• Four papers presented by VR lab students and faculty at the 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-2019) from September 30 to October 2 in San Diego, CA
  1. Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S, Sahu, A, "Human-Centric Situational Awareness and Big Data Visualization", Proceeding of 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA on September 30 - October 2, 2019.
  2. Oladunni, T., Sharma, S, "Homomorphic Encryption and Data Security in the Cloud", Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA on September 30 - October 2, 2019.
  3. Stigall, J., Sharma, S, "Evaluation of Mobile Augmented Reality Application for Building Evacuation", Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA on September 30 - October 2, 2019.
  4. Rajeev,S., Sharma, S, "Motivational Game-Theme Based Instructional Module for Teaching Binary Tree and Linked List", Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA on September 30 - October 2, 2019.
• Paper on "Emergency response using HoloLens for building evacuation" presented at the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, (HCII 2019), Orlando, Florida, USA, 26-31 July, 2019.
  
• James Stigall won First Prize for poster presentation (Virtual Reality Instructional Modules For Teaching Programming) under Graduate Computer and Mathematical Science Category at the 12th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 17, 2019. [Facebook pics]
• 3 Research posters presented by graduate students at 12th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 17, 2019. The posters were
  • Virtual Reality Instructional Modules For Teaching Programming by James Stigall (Doctoral Candidate)
    
  • BSU Emergency Response Training for Active Shooter Events by Nada Chaoui.(Masters Student)
  • HoloLens for building evacuation by Sri Teja Bodempudi (Doctoral Student)
• Poster Presentation: James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Instructional Modules for STEM Education" at the 2019 Capital PKAL Regional Network Meeting at Bowie State University, Bowie, MD 20715, March 15, 2019.
• 2 Research papers presented at IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 13 January- 17 January 2019.
  1. Sharma, S, Devreaux, D., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. "Artificial intelligence agents for crowd simulation in an immersive environment for emergency response", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 13 January- 17 January 2019.
  2. Sharma, S, Frempong, I.A., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P "Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for a Real-time Emergency Evacuation of a Nightclub Disaster", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 13 January- 17 January 2019.
• VR Lab Pics 2019

2018

• Innovation & Tech Today VR Article on VR Emergency Revolution at BSU VR lab., Sept 3, 2018.
• VR Lab Pictures 2018.
• High School visit to VR lab on November 16, 20018.(pics in facebook VR lab Group)
• ROTC visit to VR Lab. on November 3, 20018.(pics in facebook VR lab Group)
• Four papers from Bowie State University doctoral students were presented at the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
• One paper from two doctoral students (Sri Teja Bodempudi and James Stigall) won Best Paper Award Finalist at 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on October 8-10, 2018. The paper was
  • Stigall, J., Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S, Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P., "Building Evacuation using Microsoft HoloLens", Proceedings of 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 20-25, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
• Sarika Rajeev defended her doctoral dissertation titled "Game theme based instructional module based on usability and likability" in October, 2018. Third student from our VR Lab group.
• You tube Videos for
  • Augmented Reality with Hololens: Building Evacuation
  • Night Club disaster in VR using HTC Vive
  • Megacity: Collaborative VR Environment for Emergency Response, Training, and Decision Making
• VR lab visit by Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins , US Army Corporate General, Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM),June 5th 2018.
• High School Summer Camp for boys and girls 2018 Pics at VR Lab (June 28, 2018)
• Dr. Sharma wins 2018 USM Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, 20th April 2018.
• April 10, 2018: 2 Students participated in 11th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, [ 1 student won first Prize]
• Award Ceremony pictures for VR lab exhibitors for representing BSU at USA Science Festival for STEM,Washington DC on April 7 & 8, 2018.
• Organized VR Booth at Patriots Technology Summit at Bowie State University, May 12th 2018.
• VR Lab Booth at USA Science Festival for STEM at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC on April 7 & 8, 2018.

2017

• Summer Camp 2017 Pics at VR Lab
• Binary Tree Educational Module (Survey)
• Will Virtual Reality Reshape the Way We Experience the Internet?
• February 8, 2017: Presentation at VR lab on "A Journey through HCI: Achievements and Trends”, By: Sergiu Dascalu, PhD, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Ren] [Facebook]
• NASA tour for VR Lab students and faculty for collaboration [Facebook]
• Students in VR lab using HTC vive for virtual assembly.

2016

• November 14, 2016: VR lab Tour for high scooll students from Crossland High School, M and Northwestern High School.
• IEEE Spectrum Magazine reflecting our work at BSU VR lab on using 3-D evacuation simulations for the Oculus Rift of airplanes, subways, and campus buildings, several of which relied on fuzzy logic.
• Go carting by VR Lab students working in Summer 2016.
• Dr.Sharma is joining Army Research Laboratory Faculty Fellowship at The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) at Aberdeen Proving Grounds (APG), MD, under SLAD division, for 8 weeks in summer 2016.
• VR Lab Booth at 19th Annual Youth Summit on Technology, Bowie State Univetrsity, Bowie, MD, April 30, 2016. [Pic1, Pic2, Pic3]
• VR Lab Booth at USA Science Festival for STEMat Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC on on April 16 & 17, 2016.[pics], facebook
• Five Oral Research presentations by VR Lab students at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 25-27, 2016.
  • Diliorah Arah and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "A Fitness Application For Increasing Productivity In The Workplace", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  • Phillip Devreaux and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Tour of University Campus Using Oculus Rift", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  • Swetha Sree and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Modeling Evacuation behavior using fuzzy logic in a multi-agent system", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  • Veda Lakshmi Swetha Dasari and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Augmented Reality (AR) mobile application for campus building evacuation", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
  • James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Modeling stress and panic in emegency situation", Oral Presentation, at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, on Washington DC, on February 25-27, 2016.
• VR lab Corner Cave Photoshoot pics [2016]

2015

• VR Booth at 18th Annual Youth Summit on Technology, Bowie State University, May 9, 2015.
• VR Booth at Bowie State University Day in Annapolis , Location: Miller Senate Office Building -- President’s Conference Center West, 11 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD - March 3, 2015.
• Eight Oral Research presentations by VR Lab students at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 19-21, 2015.
• Kourtney Ramseur and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Urban emergency evacuation environment" , Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.
• Usha Govindaraju and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Emergency Evacuation in Thurgood Marshall Library" , Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.
• Pranay Rajeev and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Augmented Reality Mobile Application for emergency Evacuation in BSU library" , Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.
• James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Game Theme-based educational Modules for introductory programming" , Poster Presentation, 8th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 20-21, 2015.

2014

• Virtual Reality Laboratory booth at the International Festival at Largo Town Center, Largo, MD on July 12-13th, 2014.
• VR Lab Booth at USA Science Festival for STEM at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC on April 26 & 27, 2014. [ Pics 1, Pics 2, Video 1, Video 2, Video 3]
• VR lab Photoshoot pics
• Four Oral Research presentations by VR Lab students at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), hosted by AAAS, EHR and NSF, Washington DC, February 20-22, 2014.
• Shanmukha Jerripothula and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Oculus Rift with Unity 3D" , 7th Annual Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 22, 2014.
• Stephon Mackey and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Subway Evacuation Drill with Multi-User Environment" , 7th Annual Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, April 22, 2014.

2013

• May 8, 2013: Final Projects- Virtual Reality Projects and Games Presentations of COSC 729/ COSC 477 in Spring 2013 Semester. (Flyer)
• April 10, 2013: Three research posters on VR research work were presented at the Grant Expo, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University.
• February 28th - March 2nd, 2013: Titus Thomas Won Second Prize in the oral section under category:Computer Sciences and Information Systems at the ERN conference in STEM , Washington DC. Title: 3D Simulated Emergency Subway Evacuation.
• February 28th - March 2nd, 2013: Six Research presentations at by VR Lab students at the ERN Conference (The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Education and Human Resources Programs (EHR) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Washington DC, February 28th - March 2nd, 2013.

2012

• October 2012: NSF-Grant Funded titled: "A Problem-Based Learning Approach to Teach Gaming and Development of Gaming Instructional Modules to Enhance Student Learning in Lower Level Core Courses".
• May 8, 2012: Final Projects- Virtual Reality Projects and Games Presentations of COSC 729/ COSC 477 in Spring 2012 Semester. (Flyer)
• April 27-29, 2012: Organized Virtual Reality Booth at USA Science & Engineering Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C [pics]
• April 3, 2012: Workshop titled “Virtual Instructors in Wearable Mixed Reality Environments” at BSU. By: Jayfus T. Doswell, Ph.D., President/CEO, Juxtopia, LLC, Director of the IEEE Virtual Instructor Pilot Research Group (VIPRG). Tuesday April 3, 2012 @ 5:00 PM-6:00PM.
• April 12, 2012: Three research posters on VR research work were presented at the University VIP grants Award at Bowie State University, Office of Research and sponsored Programs.
• February 23-25 2012: Aaron Boothe Won Second Prize in the oral section under category: Computer Sciences and Information Systems and Computer Engineering at the ERN conference, Atlanta, GA. Title: Multi‐User Environment in VR for Evacuation Scenarios Using Gaming Metaphor.
• February 23-25 2012: Three Research presentations at by VR Lab students at the ERN Conference (The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Education and Human Resources Programs (EHR) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR).

2011

• 9 Nov, 2011 :BSU News Letter: BSU VR LAB
• 8 Nov, 2011 : HBCU Digest news: Bowie State Uses Virtual Reality to Improve Aviation Safety
• 8 Nov, 2011 :BSU VR Lab: Virtual Reality Helps Improve Emergency Evacuation Procedures in Aviation Safety

HBCU Digest news Bowie State News News 2

2010

• Final Projects at BSU
• Final Projects of COSC 590 in Spring 2008 Semester.
• Class Assignments of COSC 729 in Spring 2009
• Final Projects of COSC 729 in Spring 2009 Semester
• Final Projects of COSC 729 in Spring 2010 Semester

Chess Simulation Video

3D Max Animation of a chess board.

Video

2008

"COSC 729:Virtual Reality and its application" at BSU

Approved Projects for "COSC 590:Virtual Reality and its application"

Final Projects for "COSC 590:Virtual Reality and its application"

Museum Project

Battlefiled Project

Evacuation Project

Online virtual classroom Project

Navigation of BSU Library Project

Usefull links for 3D models

1. http://www.3dcafe.com/
2. http://www.3dcafestore.com/
3. http://www.amazing3d.com/modfree.shtml
4. http://www.huntfor.com/3d/links.htm
5. http://archive3d.net/
6. http://www.web3d.org/

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Current News (world wide)

• Poster Presentation: James Stigall and Dr. Sharad Sharma, "Virtual Reality Instructional Modules for STEM Education" at the 2019 Capital PKAL Regional Network Meeting at Bowie State University, Bowie, MD 20715, March 15, 2019.
• 2 research papers presented at IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 13 January- 17 January 2019.
  1. Sharma, S, Devreaux, D., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P. "Artificial intelligence agents for crowd simulation in an immersive environment for emergency response", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 13 January- 17 January 2019.
  2. Sharma, S, Frempong, I.A., Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P "Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment for a Real-time Emergency Evacuation of a Nightclub Disaster", IS&T International Symposium on Electronic Imaging (EI 2019), in the Engineering Reality of Virtual Reality, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, 13 January- 17 January 2019.
• VR Lab Pics 2019.
• VR Lab Pictures 2018.
• Innovation & Tech Today VR Article on VR Emergency Revolution at BSU VR lab., Sept 3, 2018.
• High School visit to VR lab on November 16, 20018.(pics in facebook VR lab Group)
• ROTC visit to VR Lab. on November 3, 20018.(pics in facebook VR lab Group)
• Four papers from Bowie State University doctoral students were presented at the 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
• One paper from two doctoral students (Sri Teja Bodempudi and James Stigall) won Best Paper Award Finalist at 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on October 8-10, 2018. The paper was
  • Stigall, J., Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S, Scribner, D., Grynovicki, J., Grazaitis, P., "Building Evacuation using Microsoft HoloLens", Proceedings of 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2018), New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 20-25, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
• Sarika Rajeev defended her doctoral dissertation titled "Game theme based instructional module based on usability and likability" in October, 2018. Third student from our VR Lab group.
• You tube Videos for
  • Augmented Reality with Hololens: Building Evacuation
  • Night Club disaster in VR using HTC Vive
  • Megacity: Collaborative VR Environment for Emergency Response, Training, and Decision Making
• VR lab visit by Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins , US Army Corporate General, Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), June 5th 2018.
• High School Summer Camp for boys and girls 2018 Pics at VR Lab (June 28, 2018)
• Dr. Sharma wins 2018 USM Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, 20th April 2018.
• April 10, 2018: 2 Students participated in 11th Annual Grant Expo and Research day, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), Bowie State University, [ 1 student won first Prize]
• Award Ceremony pictures for VR lab exhibitors for representing BSU at USA Science Festival for STEM,Washington DC on April 7 & 8, 2018.
• VR Booth at Patriots Technology Summit at Bowie State University, May 12th 2018.
• VR Lab Booth at USA Science Festival for STEM at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC on April 7 & 8, 2018.
• Summer Camp 2017 Pics at VR Lab
• IEEE Spectrum Magazine reflecting our work at BSU VR lab on using 3-D evacuation simulations for the Oculus Rift of airplanes, subways, and campus buildings, several of which relied on fuzzy logic.
• Go carting by VR Lab students working as Research Assistants in Summer 2016.
• VR lab Corner Cave Photoshoot pics [2016]
• VR Lab Booth at 19th Annual Youth Summit on Technology, Bowie State Univetrsity, Bowie, MD, April 30, 2016. [Pic1, Pic2, Pic3]
• VR Lab Booth at USA Science Festival for STEMat Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC on on April 16 & 17, 2016.[pics], facebook
• VR Booth at 18th Annual Youth Summit on Technology, Bowie State University, May 9, 2015.
• VR Booth at Bowie State University Day in Annapolis , Location: Miller Senate Office Building -- President’s Conference Center West, 11 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD - March 3, 2015.
• Virtual Reality Laboratory booth at the International Festival at Largo Town Center, Largo, MD on July 12-13th, 2014.
• VR Lab Booth at USA Science Festival for STEM at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC on April 26 & 27, 2014. [ Pics 1, Pics 2, Video 1, Video 2, Video 3]
• VR lab Photoshoot pics
• Our Virtual Reality Booth at USA Science & Engineering Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C on April 27-29, 2012 (PICS1) and PICS2
• Group Presentations at VR Lab at BSU
• 31 Oct 2013: Ender’s Game is Already a Reality for the U.S. Military
• Virtual Reality identified by NAE as one of the 14 grand challenges in the 21st century
• Trying Out Canon’s Mixed-Reality Tech: Meant for design work, it goes well beyond consumer-oriented augmented reality
• Androids for humans
• Evacuating 70,000 Sports

Summer 2018 Semester

Fall 2018 Semester

Post-Survey of Game theme based Instructional module [ Sarika]

Fall 2017 Semester

User survey for the Stacks and Queues Training Module

User survey for the OOPS Training Module

Summer 2017 Semester

Summer Camp 2017 Pics at VR Lab

Binary Tree Educational Module

Spring 2017 Semester

Immersive Tele robotics using the Oculus and Data Glove

Fall 2015 Semester

Mobile Health App for increasing work productivity

• SUMMER CAMP 2015
• Cosc 113: Survey Gaming Assignments
• Cosc 113: Survey Game Themed Instructional Modules
• Cosc 503: Survey Game Themed Instructional Modules

Spring 2015 Semester

Evacuation Drill

Game Theme Based Module

Airplane Evacuation

Subway Evacuation

COSC 112 Survey

COSC 112: Duck Game

COSC 112: Array Game

COSC 112: OOPS Game

Links for surveys

• Use of Augmented Reality Mobile App

OLD surveys

• Cosc 113: Survey Gaming Assignments
• Cosc 113: Survey Game Themed Instructional Modules
• Cosc 503: Survey Game Themed Instructional Modules
• Fill up Survey for Airplane Evacuation
• Fill up Survey for VR City Driving Test
• Gaming Survey LINK

VR Labs

• VR Lab at Univ. of Michigan
• Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State Univ.
• EVL at Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
• Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab at Columbia Univ.
• Advanced Interfaces Group at Univ. of Manchester
• Virtual Reality Laboratory at The State University of New York at Buffalo
• Virtual Environment Technology Laboratory at Univ. of Houston

Confernces

IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology
IEEE Virtual Reality
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
ASME Symposium on Virtual Environments for Manufacturing
WorldComp, International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods
IJVR, International Journal of Virtual Reality

Usefull links for Crowd Animation

• Di Guy Human Simulation Software
• Making an ants crowd in 3ds Max
• Crowd Animation User Interface
• Crowd Animation
• Crowd Simulation in 3ds Max
• 3ds Max 2008 Tutorials
• Crowd simulation (biped) with AI implant video
• How to make sure animated clones get lost in the crowd Video
• BOOK: 3ds Max 10 Architectural Visualization
• BOOK: 3ds Max 9 Bible 2009
• BOOK: 3ds Max 8 Bible 2008

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