Opinto-opas 2005-2006

SGN-5406 VIRTUAL REALITY, 5 cr
VIRTUAL REALITY

Person responsible
Jarkko Kauranen

Lecturers
Jarkko Kauranen, Researcher, room TC307, jarkko.kauranen@tut.fi

Lecture room and time
Per III: Tuesday 10 - 13, TB214
Per III: Thursday 12 - 15, TC133

Implementation rounds
Implementation 1
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer Language of instruction
Lecture - - 6 h/week - - - In English only
Exam   In English only
(Academic Calender 2005-2006)

Objectives
An introductory course to virtual reality. Gives the basic skills to understand and evaluate VR systems, applications and simulators and its impact on future digital systems and user interfaces. Suits for students of all fields science. An introductory course to virtual reality. Gives the basic skills to understand and evaluate VR systems, applications and simulators and its impact on future digital systems and user interfaces. Suits for students of all fields science.

Contents
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Introduction to virtual reality. What is virtual reality. The basic components of a virtual reality system.  Human factors in VR. Examples of VR applications.  History of VR.
 
2. Input an output devices. Trackers, navigation and gesture interfaces. Graphics, three-dimensional sound and haptic displays.       
3. Computing architectures for virtual reality.       
4. Basic information of VR modeling and VR programming.
 		      

Requirements for completing the course
Final examination and laboratory work.

Assessment criteria
The student has to get at least half of the maximum points from the final exam and a project work is accepted.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Author ISBN URL, edition, availablitity... Exam material Language
    Book "Virtual Reality Technology" Grigore C. Burdea and Philippe Coiffet   John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Number Name Credits M/R
    OHJ-2700 Computer Graphics 6 Recommendable

    Other comments

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Correspondence of content
    8004253 Virtual Reality

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    Last modified 23.08.2005
    Modified byAntti Niemistö