COSC 729: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2020 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 in 2019

Weekly Time Schedule

29-Jan

Introduction

 

5-Feb

VR Input Devices/3Ds Max

Assignment 1: 3Ds Max + Google Sketch Up
Due: 12 Feb

12-Feb

Vizard/ Python Programming

  Assignment 2: Vizard
Due: 26 Feb

19-Feb

VR Input Devices, Vizard/ Python Programming

 

26-Feb

Unity, Unity Interface, Unity UI Interface, Interface Overview, survival-shooter-tutorial

3D First Person Shooter game, Google Sketchup

4-Mar

VR Input Devices, Vizard

Assignment 3: Vizard 2
Due: 3 March

11-Mar

VR Output Devices

Assignment 4: Unity3D, Due: 25 March

8-Mar

Spring Break

Unity 3D UI Player Settings , Slider, Button, Health and Damage

25-Mar

Mid Term Exam

Assignment 5: Unity3D, Due: 8 April 

1-Apr

Computer Graphics Principles for VR, Geometric Modeling Principles for VR

 Project Proposal Presentation & Report

8-Apr

Human Factors in VR

 

15-Apr

Data Visualization

 

22-Apr

Traditional Applications in VR

Mid Project Demo

29-Apr

Emerging Applications in VR/Augemented Reality

 
6-May Group Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations. Due date for Report

13-May

Reading Day

 

20-May

Final Exam

Final Projects [Previous Classes]

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

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

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.