{"id":31,"date":"2013-01-18T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2013-04-15T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T14:34:07","slug":"course-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/course-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This course introduces students to the field of Virtual Reality and focuses on creating immersive, interactive virtual experiences. Topics include:<\/p>\n<section>\n<ul id=\"biglist\">\n<li>Historical Perspectives on Virtual Reality Technology<\/li>\n<li>Computer Graphics and 3-D Modeling<\/li>\n<li>Human Perception and Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Human Computer Interaction<\/li>\n<li>User Interface Design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0 course focuses on designing projects and scenarios for virtual environments, such as as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/discovery.wisc.edu\/lel\">the C6 CAVE at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery<\/a>. While there are no academic prerequisites, the course is designed for students with backgrounds in Computer Science, Engineering, Art, Architecture, and Design. Students will be working in interdisciplinary teams on multiple projects, culminating in a final project that will be showcased at a public event.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"teasers\"><\/section>\n<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesdays &amp; Thursdays, 11:00 AM \u2013 12:15 PM<br \/>\nWe will meet at Hellen C. White 4281 unless noted otherwise<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office Hours<\/strong><br \/>\nThursdays 4:00-5:00 PM<br \/>\n3130 Nancy Nicholas Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readings<\/strong><br \/>\nReading material for the course will be listed the class website. There will be no textbook for the course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grading<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Attendance and Participation<\/span> 20%<br \/>\nStudents will be expected to be at all classes.\u00a0 As issues may arise, one miss is allowed.\u00a0 All additional misses will deduct 5% per occurrence.\u00a0 Students are also expected to be active in in-class discussions (i.e. participation).\u00a0 Students who are not engaged will see a reduction this portion of their grade as well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reading<\/span> 20%<br \/>\nWe will have weekly readings that will be posted on the website.\u00a0 These reading will also include some questions.\u00a0 These questions should be answer by making a comment on the posting by 11:59 on Sunday.\u00a0 On Monday morning the comments will be made public.\u00a0 On the Tuesday class, we will discuss the readings in class.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Assignments<\/span> 20%<br \/>\nWe will have four assignments as a means to build up into the project.\u00a0 These assignments will be done individually at first, but will later be done in small groups.\u00a0 While the specifics of the assignment will be determined at a later date, the first assignment will be a warm-up exercise, the second assignment will be to build an environment, the third assignment will be to build in some basic programming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Projects<\/span> 40%<br \/>\nThe final projects will be large part of the grade.\u00a0 Students will be expected to come up with a project idea and description that will be posted online.\u00a0 Students will update the status of the project both online and in in-class discussion on a weekly basis.\u00a0 The final projects will be shown in a public event.\u00a0 Grades will be based on the quality of the final product and the documentation of the work.<\/p>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><strong><br \/>\nSchedule Outline<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weeks 1 -4<br \/>\n<\/span>The course will introduce students to the field of VR.\u00a0 Readings will cover ideas of presence, history, and basic technology challenges for VR.\u00a0 Assignments will work to build fundamentals for design in the class.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weeks 5-8<br \/>\n<\/span>This section will dive into design considerations for Virtual Reality.\u00a0 Readings will focus on methods, goals, critiques of VR.\u00a0 Students will build a virtual environment for their second assignment.\u00a0 Students will develop project ideas.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weeks 9-12<br \/>\n<\/span>This section will cover technology and applications in with Virtual Reality.\u00a0 Readings will focus on use cases, experiments and applications of virtual environments.\u00a0 Students will form and begin the development of their final projects.<\/section>\n<section><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weeks 13-15<br \/>\n<\/span>This section will cover the future for Virtual Reality technology.\u00a0 Readings will focus on Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Brain Computer Interfaces, and experimental technologies.\u00a0 Students will be expected to complete their final projects during this time.\u00a0 Final presentations will occur before finals.<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><strong>Policies<\/strong><\/section>\n<section>\n<dl id=\"prerequisites\">\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<ol>\n<li>Students are responsible to be aware of announcements on the course web. This will be the primary way for making announcements.<\/li>\n<li>Class attendance is <strong>mandatory<\/strong>, and participation is an essential component.<\/li>\n<li>Late assignments (and work) are strongly discouraged and will result in a reduction in your grade.\u00a0 Deadlines are there for a reason. Please consult the instructor if a circumstance arises that requires a deadline extension.<\/li>\n<li>Students are to use the course web (Wiki) in a responsible manner. You should not exploit the lack of security. For example, do not damage another person\u2019s work, or look at someone else\u2019s writing before you complete your own. Do not do anything that prevents the instructor from being able to read or edit anything.<\/li>\n<li>Students must give proper attribution for any pieces used as part of their work.<\/li>\n<li>Students will be expected to contribute during class discussions.<\/li>\n<li>Students taking this course will be expected to work with teams of individuals who may or may not be associated with their major.<\/li>\n<li>Students will be granted access to work with higher end technology.\u00a0 Therefore any abuse of these privileges will have severe repercussions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course introduces students to the field of Virtual Reality and focuses on creating immersive, interactive virtual experiences. 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