COSC 729/490: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2010 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
All the lecture slides are at blackboard (check under external links and VRML Lecture link)
* Syllabus
Weekly Time Schedule
| 26-Jan |
Introduction |
Assignment 1: 3D Max Due: 10 Feb |
| 2-Feb |
Virtual Reality Input Devices/3DMax |
|
| 9-Feb |
Virtual Reality Output Devices |
Due: 17 Feb |
| 16-Feb |
Virtual Reality Output Devices |
Assignment 3: 3D Max Due: 3 March |
| 23-Feb |
Geometric Modeling Principles for VR |
Due: 6 March |
| 2-Mar |
Computer Graphics Principles for VR |
Due: Assignment 3 |
| 9-Mar |
Mid Term Exam |
|
| 16-Mar |
Spring
Break |
|
| 23-Mar |
Programming in VR |
Assignment 4: VRML Due: 30 Mar |
| 30-Mar |
Open Lab/Project Proposal Presentation |
Due: Project Proposal Report & Presentation |
| 6-Apr |
Human Factors in VR |
|
| 13-Apr |
Human Factors in VR |
Mid Project Demo 1 |
| 20-Apr |
Traditional Applications in VR |
|
| 27-Apr |
Emerging Applications in VR |
|
| 4-May |
Traditional Applications: Emerging Applications (Cont/-) |
Due date for Report |
| 11-May |
Group
Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations. |
|
| 18-May |
Final
Exam |
|
* Project Deliverables and Evaluation
* Final Projects for Spring 2009
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.