COSC 729: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2022 Course
Information
Instructor: Dr. Sharad Sharma Instructor Website: https://sharadonly.github.io/ CLASS HOURS: Wednesday: 4:55 PM – 7:25 PM, Online |
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
All the lecture slides are at Blackboard
* Syllabus
* Assignments
* Project Deliverables and Evaluation
PICTURES for FINAL GROUP Presentations in 2019
Weekly Time Schedule
26-Jan |
Introduction |
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2-Feb |
VR Input Devices/3Ds Max |
Assignment 1: 3Ds Max + Google Sketch Up |
9-Feb |
Vizard/ Python Programming |
Assignment 2: Vizard |
16-Feb |
VR Input Devices, Vizard/ Python Programming |
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23-Feb |
VR Output Devices, Vizard |
Assignment 3: Vizard 2 |
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 |
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Assignment 5: Unity3D, Due: 6 April Unity 3D UI Player Settings , Slider, Button, Health and Damage |
16-Mar |
Mid Term Exam |
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23-Mar |
Spring Break |
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30-Mar |
Geometric Modeling Principles for VR |
Project Proposal Presentation & Report |
6-Apr |
Human Factors in VR |
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13-Apr |
Data Visualization |
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20-Apr |
Traditional Applications in VR |
Mid Project Demo |
27-Apr |
Emerging Applications in VR/Augemented Reality |
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4-May | Group Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations. | Due date for Report |
11-May |
Reading Day
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18-May |
Final
Exam
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Final Projects [Previous Classes]
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.