COSC 590/490: Selected Topics in COSC: Virtual Reality and its Applications


Student Projects Ideas

APPLICATION CATEGORIES
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Architecture

architectural walk-through
effect of placing light sources

landscaping


Art
virtual museum
sculptures
virtual instruments
virtual performances


Education
virtual experiments
virtual laboratory (physics, biology, chemistry)
virtual dissection project

virtual planetarium
VR exhibits in museums
virtual underwater shipwreck

Engineering
cars, aircrafts, spacecrafts, ships, consumer products
product visualization and demonstration
operational simulation, training
crash simulation (FEM)

simulation of production processes
study of assembly sequences
virtual factory floor
factory robot simulations
control of remote operations in hazardous environments
underwater operations

Entertainment and Recreation


games
shared virtual environments
distraction from painful or unpleasant medical treatment (dentist)

human controlled computer animations
also called 'Performance Animation'

Medicine
teaching and training
surgery training
team training

Science
NASA virtual windtunnel

molecular modeling
archeological excavations or reconstructions
underwater shipwrecks

telepresence in space exploration
telepresence controlled remotely operated vehicles

astronomy
planetary systems
solar systems
galaxies

Training and Simulation


flight simulator
pilot training
full fledged models of terrain

training for operation, maintenance and repair

accident simulation
fire in engine room
accident in nuclear power plant
training for reactions in car accidents

training for dangerous tasks
fire fighter training

military simulations
combat situation
battlefield simulations