526 U1940 Virtual Reality (2007 Spring)

9:10 - 12:00 am. , New CSIE building
Teacher: Prof. Ming Ouhyoung
TA: to be announced

Syllabus

Part I: Introduction to Virtual Reality

1. Look Real, Sound Real, Feel Real, Move Realistically

2. 3D Sound Technology

3. Space Tracker, Motion Tracker: Mechanical, Optical, Ultrasound, Megnetic

4. Head Mounted Display (HMD), Retina Display

5. Force Feedback Devices

Part II: Graphics and Simulation

1. Modeling ( prototyping, build large models, physically based modeling, motion dynamics)

2. Global illumination algorithms (radiosity, volume rendering, scientific visualization)

3. Texture mapping and advanced animation

4. Graphics packages: OpenGL , DirectX

5. High performance graphics architectures: PC Graphics Accelerator Chips (nVidia, ATi) Cards, Pixel-Planes, Pixel Machine, Pixar, SGI etc.

Part III: Paper survey and term project

Understanding Virtual Reality: Interface, Application, and Design, by William R. Sherman, Alan Craig,

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003 , (distributed by 新月圖書公司 New Moon Book Co in Taiwan)

1. Handouts, selected 20 plus papers

2. Roy S. Kalawsky, The Science of Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments, Addison-Wesley.

3. Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH and Trans. on Graphics and Visualization.

4. IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications (CG&A).