COSC 729: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2019 Course Information

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

Instructor Website: http://cs.bowiestate.edu/sharad/

CLASS HOURS: Wednesday: 4:55 PM – 7:25 PM, CSB 312
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday: 12:55 – 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

Weekly Time Schedule

30-Jan	Introduction
6-Feb	VR Input Devices/3Ds Max	Assignment 1: 3Ds Max Due: 13 Feb
13-Feb	Vizard/ Python Programming	Assignment 2: Vizard Due: 20 Feb
20-Feb	VR Input Devices
27-Feb	VR Output Devices, Unity UI Interface,
6-Mar	Unity 3D Programming , Interface Overview, survival-shooter-tutorial Google Sketchup	Assignment 3: Unity3D Due: 13 March
13-Mar	Mid Term Exam	Assignment 4: Unity3D, Due: 27 March
20-Mar	Spring Break
27-Mar	Computer Graphics Principles for VR,	Project Proposal Presentation
3-Apr	Geometric Modeling Principles for VR, Unity 3D UI Player Settings , Space Shooter tutorial , Slider, Button, Health and Damage	Assignment 5: Unity3D, Due: 10 April, Due: Project Proposal Report
10-Apr	Human Factors in VR
17-Apr	Data Visualization
24-Apr	Traditional Applications in VR	Mid Project Demo
1-May	Emerging Applications in VR/Augemented Reality
8-May	Group Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations.	Due date for Report
15-May	Final Exam

Final Projects [Previous Classes]

* 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.