Course Virtual Reality WS 2011/12

• Instructor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich
• Teaching assistants
  • Dipl.-Mediensys.wiss. André Kunert
  • Dipl.-Mediensys.wiss. Andreas-Christoph Bernstein
  • Dipl.-Inf. Christopher Lux
• Schedule lecture
  
  • Tuesdays, 15:30-17:00 (starts October 11, 2011)
  • Location: Room 015, Bauhausstr 11
• Schedule lab class
  • Mondays, 15:15-16:45 (starting date and location will be announced)
• Office hours by appointment only
• Target audience
  • M.Sc. Medieninformatik/Mediensysteme
  • M.Sc. Computer Science and Media
• ECTS Credits
  
  • 4 Credits (Mediensysteme)
  • 4.5 Credits (Medieninformatik, Computer Science and Media)

• Oral exams 
  • Sign up for the exam with Frau Glaser and Frau Hansens at medieninformatik (at) medien.uni-weimar.de until one week before your actual exam date
  • Dates: 14.03.2012 and 21.03.2012
  • A further date in April will be made available if necessary

This course teaches the theoretical, applied and technical foundations of modern virtual reality systems, 3D TV, 3D Cinema and 3D user interfaces. The course focuses on the following topics:

• short introduction to real time rendering and OpenGL
• scenegraph technology
• 3D viewing and perception
• stereoscopic single- and multi-viewer display technology
• three-dimensional user interfaces and interaction techniques

The accompanying lab classes allow students to implement a set of 3D interaction techniques in stereoscopic environments and a project of their own choice.

German version: Virtual Reality

Die Vorlesung stellt die aktuellen Technologien und Techniken zu den Gebieten "Virtuelle Umgebungen" und "Virtuelle Realität" vor. Regelmäßige Übungen im VR-Labor ergänzen die Vorlesung durch praktische Erfahrung mit VR-Systemen. Die konkreten Themen der Vorlesung:

• Kurze Einführung in die interaktive Computergrafik und OpenGL
• Szenengraphen
• Display-Technologie
• Stereoskopische Single- und Multi-Viewer-Systeme
• 3D-Eingabegeräte und Interaktionstechniken

Diese Vorlesung wird englischsprachig angeboten.

Lecture notes (pdf)

(accessible only from within the university network)

• course notes from the 2009 course
• Introduction (11. October 2011)
• Fundamentals and Graphics APIs (18. October 2011)
• Avango (26. October 2011)
• Stereo Viewing (25. October 2011)
• Viewing and Scene Graph (1. November 2011)
• 3D User Interface Basics (15.11.2011)
• 3D Selection (17.11.2011)
• 3D Manipulation (22.11.2011)
• 3D Navigation (29.11.2011)
  • The CAT (Video and further information)
  • Navidget (Video)
  • Immersive Navidget (Video)
  • WizDish (Video)
  • Fixed object manipulation with Cubic Mouse (Videos and further information)
• 3D Input (1.12.2011)
  • Globefish (Video and further information)
  • The CAT (Video and further information)
  • Cubic Mouse (Videos and further information)
  • YoYo (Video and further information)
• 3D Display Technology (5.01.2012 + 10.01.2012) - slides updated on 10.01.2012
  • Haptic Workstation (Video)
• 3D Multi-Viewer Systems (17.01.2012) - slides updated on 31.01.2012
  • IllusionHole (Video)
  • IllusionHole Station (Video and further information)
  • Virtual Showcase (Video and further information)
  • Stereoscopic Six-User System (Video and further information)
  • Lightfield Display (Video and further information)
• 3D Multi-User Interaction (24.01.2012)
  • Show-through Techniques (Video and further information)
  • Stereoscopic Six-User System (Video and further information)
• Potential questions for the oral exam (in German)

Lab classes

• Group A: Monday 3:15-4:45pm
• Group B: Wednesday 1:30-3:00pm
• AvangoNG

• Assignment 1: Group A 7.11.2011 3:15-4:45pm; Group B 2.11.2011 1:30-3:00pm
• Assignment 2: Group A 8.11.2011 3:30-5:00pm; Group B 9.11.2011 1:30-3:00pm
• Assignment 3: Group A 21.11.2011 3:15-4:45pm; Group B 23.11.2011 1:30-3:00pm
• Assignment 4: Group A 28.11.2011 3:15-4:45pm; Group B 30.11.2011 1:30-3:00pm
• Assignment 5: Group A 5.12.2011 3:15-4:45pm; Group B 7.12.2011 1:30-3:00pm
• Recap & FAQ (optional): Group A 12.12.2011 3:15-4:45pm; Group B 14.12.2011 1:30-3:00pm
• Assignment 6 (graded): presentation Group A 9.1.2012 3:15-4:45pm; presentation Group B 11.1.2012  1:30-3:00pm
• Assignment 7 (graded): presentation Group A 30.1.2012 3:15-4:45pm; presentation Group B 1.2.2012  1:30-3:00pm
• Recap & FAQ (optional): Group A 16.1.2012 3:15-4:45pm; Group B 18.1.2012 1:30-3:00pm

Final project

• Final Project Topics
• individual work or group work (maximal 2 students).
• a short proposal (1-2 pages) that outlines the idea and concept of the final project is recommended.
• the final project has to be submitted by March 1, 2012. Appointments should be made early with Andreas Bernstein or André Kunert.

Grading

• final exam will be an oral exam concerning all topics that are presented in the lecture
• appointments for oral examination can be made at the computer science secretary (R112, B11)
• requirements for admittance to the final exam
  • successful completion of all assignments
  • successful completion of the final project
• contributions to the final grade
  
  • AvangoNG assignments  20%
  • final project                   30%
  • final exam                     50%