For class 12/8/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 12/6/15 A method for generating an illusion of backwards time travel using immersive virtual reality—an exploratory study Doron Friedman, Rodrigo Pizarro, Keren Or-Berkers, Solène Neyret, Xueni Pan, and Mel Slater https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Doron_Friedman/publication/264951591_A_method_for_generating_an_illusion_of_backwards_time_travel_using_immersive_virtual_reality_-_an_exploratory_study/links/5426e3b30cf2e4ce940a2a5b.pdf or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4151165/ Here is a reference video:   Forced-choice decision-making […]

For class 11/24/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 11/22/15 A Survey of Visual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality Gaming BRUCE H. THOMAS https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bruce_Thomas3/publication/244486255_A_survey_of_visual_mixed_and_augmented_reality_gaming/links/547b962d0cf205d16881c681.pdf Much like last week, I will leave discussion points open to you.  Remember that the expectation is for you to write 4 paragraphs in your response. Here […]

For class 11/17/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 11/15/15 Putting yourself in the skin of a black avatar reduces implicit racial bias Tabitha C. Peck, Sofia Seinfeld, Salvatore M. Agliotic, Mel Slater http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810013000597 or on Box at https://uwmadison.box.com/s/n5x5elx5r4b41jn0ra1pyjl9d0mk2ep3   The influence of racial embodiment on racial bias in immersive […]

For class 11/10/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 11/8/15 The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality in the Learning Sciences: Digital Transformations of Teachers, Students, and Social Context Jeremy N. Bailenson and Nick Yee, Jim Blascovich and Andrew C. Beall, Nicole Lundblad, Michael Jin http://www.life-slc.org/docs/Bailenson_etal-immersiveVR.pdf Discussion (Pick 3) In the […]

For class 11/23/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 11/1/15 Questioning naturalism in 3D user interfaces http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2330687 By Doug A. Bowman, Ryan P . McMahan, and Eric D. Ragan Communications of the ACM 2012 vol. 55 (9) or get it from box https://uwmadison.box.com/s/rwdr80fa0hhsy9oemtxglhk3fuftuxug   Discussion (Write a paragraph on each of […]

For class 10/27/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 10/25/15 Towards Virtual Reality for the Masses: 10 Years of Research at Disney’s VR Studio Mark Mine  http://www.dvschafer.com/files/disney_vr.pdf Serious games continuum: Between games for purpose and experiential environments for purpose Tim Marsh http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875952110000224 or on box at https://uwmadison.box.com/s/0ahbt32l7h4i02vuhikt6k8sgwdsynxm   Discussion Article 1 (write a paragraph […]

For class 10/20/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 10/18/15 Disney’s Aladdin: first steps toward storytelling in virtual reality Randy Pausch, Jon Snoddy, Robert Taylor, Scott Watson, Eric Haseltine http://ivizlab.sfu.ca/arya/Papers/ACM/SIGGRAPH-96/Storytelling%20in%20VR.pdf   Towards a model for a virtual reality experience: the virtual subjectiveness N Parés, R Parés http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~npares/publicacions/VR_Model_ParesPares_PresenceV15N5-2006.pdf   Discussion Article 1 (Pick 3, write […]

For class 10/13/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 10/11/15 Virtual Reality as the End of the Enlightenment Project by Simon Penny Please print out these articles and bring them with you to class on Monday for discussion.  Alternatively, you can bring digital version of the reading with you. Discussion (Two […]

For class 10/6/15 Post Comments by 11:59 pm on 10/4/14 What it is like to see: A sensorimotor theory of perceptual experience by O’Regan and Noe http://nivea.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/Synthese/MyinFinal.html Discussion (Pick 5) Do you agree that the authors theory “provides a unifying framework in which to consider the relations between sensory experience in […]

For class 9/29/15 Post Comments by Sunday, 11:59 pm on 2/27/15 Defining virtual reality: Dimensions determining telepresence Jonathan Steuer http://ww.cybertherapy.info/pages/telepresence.pdf  Discussion (Pick 5 of items below.  Each response should be at least a paragraph) In what ways do you think the author’s view on Telepresence differs from Slater’s use of presence? […]