COSC 729/477: Virtual Reality and its Applications
Spring Semester 2013 Course Information
Instructor: Dr. Sharad Sharma
Department of Computer Science
Bowie State University
E-MAIL: ssharma@bowiestate.edu

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

Final Projects Spring 2011

BSU Final Projects for Spring 2010

* BSU Final Projects for Spring 2009

* BSU Student Projects 2008

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Weekly Time Schedule

29-Jan	Introduction	Assignment 1: 3D Max Due: 12 Feb
5-Feb	Virtual Reality Input Devices/3DMax
12-Feb	Virtual Reality Output Devices	Assignment 2: 3D Max Due: 19 Feb
19-Feb	Virtual Reality Output Devices	Assignment 3: VRML Due: 26 Feb
26-Feb	Geometric Modeling Principles for VR	Assignment 4: VRML 2 Due: 5 March
5-Mar	Computer Graphics Principles for VR	Assignment 5: Vizard, Due: 26 Mar
12-Mar	Mid Term Exam
19-Mar	Spring Break
26-Mar	Open Lab/Project Proposal Presentation	Due: Project Proposal Report & Presentation
2-Apr	Programming in VR
9-Apr	Human Factors in VR	Assignment 6
16-Apr	Human Factors in VR	Mid Project Demo 1
23-Apr	Traditional Applications in VR	Mid Project Demo 2
30-Apr	Traditional Applications: Emerging Applications	Due date for Report
7-May	Group Project Presentations/ Demo, Presentations.	Due date for Project
14-May	Final Exam

* Project Deliverables and Evaluation

* PROJECT REPORT

Vizard helpful links

* Example Student Projects

* Project Ideas

* Project Proposal Report

* Usefull links for 3D models

 

Link to Free Software (3DsMax, Maya) for Students on the Education Community

 

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.