COSC 729: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2017 Course Information
Instructor: Dr. Sharad Sharma
Department of Computer Science
Bowie State University
E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu

CLASS HOURS: Monday: 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM, CSB 312
OFFICE HOURS: Monday: 1:55 – 4:55 PM, or by appointment
OFFICE LOCATION: Computer Science Building, Room 317

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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.

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Text Book

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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 5

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Weekly Time Schedule

30-Jan	Introduction	Assignment 1: 3D Max Due: 13 Feb
6-Feb	Virtual Reality Input Devices/3DMax
13-Feb	Virtual Reality Input Devices	Assignment 2: 3D Max Due: 20 Feb
20-Feb	Virtual Reality Output Devices Vizard/ Python Programming	Assignment 3: Vizard Due: 27 Feb
27-Feb	Vizard/ Python Programming	Assignment 4: Vizard 2 Due: 13 March
6-Mar	Computer Graphics Principles for VR	Assignment 5: Unity3D, Due: 20 Mar
13-Mar	Mid Term Exam
20-Mar	Spring Break
27-Mar	Project Proposal Presentation	Due: Project Proposal Report
3-Apr	Geometric Modeling Principles for VR, Programming in VR
10-Apr	Human Factors in VR
17-Apr	Human Factors in VR	Mid Project Demo 1
24-Apr	Traditional Applications in VR
1-May	Emerging Applications in VR/Augemented Reality	Mid Project Demo 2
8-May	Group Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations.	Due date for Report
15-May	Final Exam

Final Projects 2015

Final Projects 2014

Final Projects 2013

Final Projects 2012

Final Projects Spring 2011

BSU Final Projects for Spring 2010

* BSU Final Projects for Spring 2009

* BSU Student Projects 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

• Second Life Online Virtual Society
• 3D Game Studio engine
• mr Physical Sky
• mr Physical Sky 2
• 3ds Max 2008 Tutorials
• 3D Studio MAX 3.1 tutorials
• Texture Mapping VRML
• Di Guy Human Simulation Software
• BOOK: 3ds Max 10 Architectural Visualization
• BOOK: 3ds Max 9 Bible 2009
• BOOK: 3ds Max 8 Bible 2008
• Making an ants crowd in 3ds Max
• Crowd Animation User Interface
• Crowd Animation
• Crowd Simulation in 3ds Max
• Crowd simulation (biped) with AI implant video
• How to make sure animated clones get lost in the crowd Video

Reference

• Introduction to Virtual Reality
• VR: The Medium
• Overview of virtual reality systems
• Overview of hardware used by virtual reality systems (input)
• Overview of hardware used by virtual reality systems (output)

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.