Course Catalog 2009-2010
Postgraduate

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Course Catalog 2009-2010

SGN-5406 Virtual Reality, 5 cr

Person responsible

Ismo Rakkolainen

Implementations

  Lecture times and places Target group recommended to
Implementation 1


Per 1 :
Monday 14 - 17, TC163
Tuesday 14 - 17, TC163
Wednesday 11 - 14, TC163
Thursday 11 - 14, TC163
Friday 12 - 15, TC163

 
 


Requirements

Final examination and assignment.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

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

Content

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 and output devices. Trackers, navigation and gestural interfaces. Graphics, three-dimensional sound and haptic displays.     
3. Computing architectures for virtual reality.     
4. Basic information of VR modeling and VR programming.      


Evaluation criteria for the course

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

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   "Virtual Reality Technology"   Grigore C. Burdea and Philippe Coiffet   0-471-36089-9     John Wiley & Sons, Inc.      English  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
OHJ-2700 Tietokonegrafiikka Advisable    

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
SGN-5406 Virtual Reality, 5 cr 8004253 Virtual Reality, 3 cu  

Additional information

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE COURSE HOME-PAGE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND DETAILS OF THE SCHEDULE OF THE COURSE! THE LATEST INFORMATION CAN ONLY BE FOUND HERE: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~ira/opetus/vr2009.html

More precise information per implementation

  Description Methods of instruction Implementation
Implementation 1 An introductory course to virtual reality.   Lectures
Practical works
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  


Last modified19.01.2010
ModifierIsmo Rakkolainen