Schedule
The schedule is tentative and may be updated as the course progresses.
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1 |
9/7 |
Elements of Virtual Reality | Ch. 1, 5-27 | ||
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9/9 |
History of Virtual Reality | Ch. 1, 28-57 | ||
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2 |
9/14 |
VR Development in Unity |
Ch. 2 |
A1:out |
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9/16 |
Visual Perception |
Ch. 3, 117-141 |
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3 |
9/21 |
Creating Virtual Environments |
Ch. 3, 162-188 |
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Quiz 1 |
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9/23 | Visual Displays (1) |
Ch. 5, 259-300 |
A1:in, A2:out |
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4 |
9/28 |
Interaction and Physics (1) |
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9/30 |
Visual Displays (2) |
Ch. 5, 300-343 |
A2: in, |
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5 |
10/5 |
Interaction and Physics (2) |
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A3: out |
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10/7 |
Spatial Input (1) | Ch. 4, 191-209 | Quiz 2 | |
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6 |
10/12 |
Spatial Input (2) |
Ch. 4, 209-256 | ||
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10/14 |
Selection and Manipulation (1) | Ch. 7, 538-574 | ||
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7 |
10/19 |
Grasping and Pointing | A3: in | ||
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10/21 |
Selection and Manipulation (2) | Ch. 7, 575-600 | A4: out | Quiz 3 |
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8 |
10/26 |
Navigation (1) | Ch. 7, 612-633 | ||
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10/28 |
Virtual Locomotion | |||
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9 |
11/2 |
GoGo and Spindle | |||
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11/4 |
Navigation (2) | Ch. 7, 600-611 |
A4: in (11/5) Proj. Proposals (11/7) |
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10 |
11/9 |
Redirected Walking | Paper Links to an external site. | A5: out | |
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11/11 |
Project Fast Forward Presentations | Quiz 4/5 | ||
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11 |
11/16 |
Spatial Menus | |||
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11/18 |
System Control (1) | Ch. 8, 659-690 | ||
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12 |
11/23 |
System Control (2) | Ch. 8, 702-723 | A5: in | |
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11/25 |
No Class :Thanksgiving | |||
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13 |
11/30 |
Intro to Babylon/WebXR | A6: out | ||
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12/2 | Interaction in Babylon/WebXR | Quiz 6 | ||
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14 |
12/7 |
Presence and Physical Interaction |
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12/9 |
Ethical Issues in Virtual Reality (1) | |||
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15 |
12/14 |
Ethical Issues in Virtual Reality (2) | A6: in | ||
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Finals |
12/16 |
Project Presentations (4:00 - 6:30pm) |
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