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==Syllabus (subject to change)== | ==Syllabus (subject to change)== | ||
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'''17 October 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 1''<br />Introduction<br />Course Organization<br />Administrative Housekeeping<br /><br />Assignment: Read the linked article titled [https://nbrokaw.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/baudrillardsimulacraandsimulations.pdf "Jean Baudrillard: ''Simulacra and Simulations''"]<br /><br /><br /> | |||
'''24 October 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 2''<br />An Abridged History of Simulation<br /><br />[[/Sources-24Oct17 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Assignment: For our meeting in two weeks, develop a physical or digital simulation and be ready to present your work for 10-15 minutes. You may wish to refer to some of the examples listed [[/Sources-24Oct17 | in the sources above]].<br /><br /><br /> | |||
'''31 October 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 3''<br />No Class - Reformation Day<br /><br /><br /> | |||
'''7 November 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 4''<br />Roundtable Project Presentation I: Simulation<br /><br />[[/Sources-07Nov17 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Assignment: For next week, please read the following two articles: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-spacetime/ and https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/newton-stm/ | |||
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'''14 November 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 5''<br /> | |||
Physics and Philosophy of Space<br /> | |||
Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Einstein<br /> | |||
Plato, Kant, Heidegger | |||
<br /><br />[[/Sources-14Nov17 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Assignment: For next week, please review the following videos from the PBS series ''Space Time'':<br />''When Time Breaks Down'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GguAN1_JouQ<br />''The Origin of Matter and Time'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHRqibyNMpw<br />''The Real Meaning of E=mc^2'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo232kyTsO0<br /><br />In advance of next week's workshop you will also want to download and install SketchUp here: https://www.sketchup.com/download<br /><br /><br /> | |||
'''21 November 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 6''<br /> | |||
3D Spatial Representation and Digital Modelling<br /> | |||
Workshop with Pol Foreman | |||
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'''28 November 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 7''<br /> | |||
Midterm Presentations<br /> | |||
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'''5 December 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 8''<br /> | |||
Proximetrics: Human Perception and Psychology of Space<br />Tangible Computing<br />Physical Interfaces<br /><br />[[/Sources-05Dec17 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br /><br /> | |||
'''12 December 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 9''<br /> | |||
'''''NOTE: Today's class meeting is cancelled due to illness.'''''<br /> | |||
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'''19 December 2017'''<br /> | |||
''Week 10''<br /> | |||
Prototyping Lab<br /><br /><br /> | |||
'''09 January 2018'''<br /> | |||
''Week 11''<br /> | |||
Input Modalities<br /> | |||
Context-Aware Computing and Location Services<br /><br />[[/Sources-09Jan18 | Sources and Links from the Lecture]]<br /><br />Assignment: Considering the different input modalities presented during today's demos (conventional HID devices, tangible interface objects, Computer Vision, embedded or discrete sensors, audio processing, location/positioning systems) develop an example of a simple system that takes some form of input and uses it to determine a change in usage context and then affect a corresponding change in the system's behavior. Be ready to present your system and discuss its input and context during next week's project roundtable.<br /><br /><br /> | |||
'''16 January 2018'''<br /> | |||
''Week 12''<br /> | |||
Roundtable Project Presentation II: Inputs and Context<br /> | |||
Milgram und Co.: Mixed Realities<br /> | |||
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'''23 January 2018'''<br /> | |||
''Week 13''<br /> | |||
Debugging Lab (Possible Excursion?)<br /> | |||
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'''30 January 2018'''<br /> | |||
''Week 14''<br />Final Presentations<br /> | |||
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'''15 March 2018'''<br /> | |||
Final Semester Deliverable Submission Deadline | |||