COSC 729/490: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2009 Course Information
Instructor: Dr. Sharad Sharma
Department of Computer Science
Bowie State University
E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu

CLASS HOURS: Tuesday: 7:30PM 10:00PM CSB 312
OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday: 3:30 – 7:30 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 (check under external links and VRML Lecture link)

* Syllabus

* Assignments

* Course Topic Details

* Project Deliverables and Evaluation

* PROJECT REPORT

* Final Projects

Class Assignments

Judges Comments

Weekly Time Schedule

27-Jan

Introduction

Assignment 1: 3D Max

Due: 10 Feb

3-Feb

Virtual Reality Input Devices/3DMax

 

10-Feb

Virtual Reality Output Devices

  Assignment 2: 3D Max

Due: 17 Feb

17-Feb

Virtual Reality Output Devices

Assignment 3: 3D Max

Due: 3 March

24-Feb

Geometric Modeling Principles for VR

Assignment 4: VRML

Due: 6 March

3-Mar

Computer Graphics Principles for VR

Due: Assignment 3

10-Mar

Mid Term Exam

 Due: Project Proposal Report & Presentation

17-Mar

Spring Break

 

24-Mar

Lab/Project Proposal Presentation

Assignment 5: VRML

Due: 31 Mar

31-Mar

Programming in VR/Open LAB

 

7-Apr

Human Factors in VR

 

14-Apr

Human Factors in VR

Mid Project Demo 1

21-Apr

Traditional Applications in VR

 Mid Project Demo 2

28-Apr

Traditional Applications: Emerging Applications

 

5-May

Traditional Applications: Emerging Applications (Cont/-)

Due date for Report

12-May

Group Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations.

 Due date for Project

19-May

Final Exam

 

 

* Example Student Projects

* BSU Student Projects 2008

* Project Ideas

* Project Proposal Report

* Usefull links for 3D models

 

VRML Resources

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.