COSC 729: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2022 Course Information

Instructor: Dr. Sharad Sharma
Department of Computer Science
Bowie State University
E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu

Instructor Website: https://sharadonly.github.io/

CLASS HOURS: Wednesday: 4:55 PM – 7:25 PM, Online
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday: 2:55 – 4:55 PM, or by appointment
OFFICE LOCATION: Computer Science Building, Room 317

 


COURSE DESCRIPTION

The goal of this course is to introduce students to Virtual Reality (VR) hardware, software, and provide an opportunity for them to apply this knowledge to applications for education and games. This course applies cutting-edge VR technology currently available in academia and industry. Students will design, model, and script the VR environment by developing a complete VR application as a group project.


Text Book


Course Related Links

All the lecture slides are at Blackboard

* Syllabus

* Assignments

* Course Topic Details

Approved projects

* Project Proposal Report

* Project Deliverables and Evaluation

* PROJECT REPORT

Vizard helpful links

Vizard 6

PICTURES for FINAL GROUP Presentations in 2019


Weekly Time Schedule

26-Jan

Introduction

 

2-Feb

VR Input Devices/3Ds Max

Assignment 1: 3Ds Max + Google Sketch Up
Due: 9 Feb

9-Feb

Vizard/ Python Programming

  Assignment 2: Vizard
Due: 23 Feb

16-Feb

VR Input Devices, Vizard/ Python Programming

 

23-Feb

VR Output Devices, Vizard

Assignment 3: Vizard 2
Due: 2 March

2-Mar

Unity, Unity Interface, Unity UI Interface, Interface Overview, survival-shooter-tutorial

3D First Person Shooter game, Google Sketchup

Assignment 4: Unity3D, Due: 16 March

9-Mar

Computer Graphics Principles for VR

Assignment 5: Unity3D, Due: 6 April 

Unity 3D UI Player Settings , Slider, Button, Health and Damage

16-Mar

Mid Term Exam

 

23-Mar

Spring Break

 

30-Mar

Geometric Modeling Principles for VR

 Project Proposal Presentation & Report

6-Apr

Human Factors in VR

 

13-Apr

Data Visualization

 

20-Apr

Traditional Applications in VR

Mid Project Demo

27-Apr

Emerging Applications in VR/Augemented Reality

 

4-May Group Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations. Due date for Report

11-May

Reading Day

 

18-May

Final Exam

Final Projects [Previous Classes]

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

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2013

2012

2011

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2009

2008

* Example Student Projects

* Project Ideas

* Usefull links for 3D models

 

Link to Free Software (3DsMax, Maya) for Students on the Education Community

 

VRML Resources

Reference

To view our three-dimensional VRML 2.0 models, we recommend the CosmoPlayer plug-in for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, and other Web browsers. The CosmoPlayer can be downloaded from this NIST Web site, from karmanaut, or from other places. Please refer to these latest Download and Install Instructions from NIST.