We will now begin weekly project posts, due before class on Thursday. Each week, the post needs to contain: What each individual in the group worked on over the last week A description of the accomplishments made A description of the problems encountered (this section may be short for this week […]
* A description of what you want to do: – Illustrate the changes occurring on earth’s surface and beyond from human activities as users move into space. Visualize what humans cannot see or understand without specific knowledge. We hope to use the pointer wand to allow users to select hotspots […]
During Oculus Connect, I heard a great talk by Oculus’ Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, about what the future challenges of VR are and how we will go about solving the as we move forward. It runs about 30mins, but it’s laid out in a simple way and I definitely think it’s […]
We’re studying perception in virtual reality, and we need your help! We’ll ask you to perform simple tasks in virtual space as we observe and ask about your experiences. Sessions last about 40-minutes, and you’ll get $5! Times are flexible; we want as many people as we can get this […]
I found a online copy of Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream if anyone is interested in reading it. If anyone has any comments on the story feel free to post them. It is a dark tale, but a fascinating one. I Have No Mouth, and […]
Hello everyone, Myself and a couple others are hosting our 2nd Madison VR Meetup tomorrow at 100state. We started the Madison VR Meetup a month ago to gather the Madison area community together to provide a forum for discussion and also to provide a way for others to try different […]
The project component of this course is very open. We will spend some time in the course generating project ideas. Here are some examples of projects students have generated in previous classes:
This website is for the Design in Virtual Reality course for the Fall of 2015. This website will be in development over the next few months. Please contact me at kbponto at wisc.edu with any questions you have about the course