CS 498VR
Fall 2018

CS 498: Virtual Reality

Course Calendar

Fall 2018 Lecture Recordings |Fall 2016 Lecture Recordings
Class # Date Lecture Topic Materials Assignments
Week 1
1 Aug 27 Course overview, defining VR, historical perspective LaValle, Ch 1 (book)

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2 Sep 3 Bird's-eye view: VR hardware LaValle, Ch 2.1 and 2.2 �
Week 2
3 Sep 3 No Lecture �

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4 Sep 5 Bird's-eye view: Sensation and perception LaValle, Ch 2.3, 3 �
Week 3
5 Sep 10 Geometric modeling, linear transformations, 2D rigid-body transformations LaValle, Sec 3.2, 3.3

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6 Sep 12 3D rotations, yaw, pitch, roll, quaternions, conversions LaValle, Ch 3.2,3.3 �
Week 4
7 Sep 17 Quaternions, conversion, Local vs Global coordinate frames. Homogeneous transforms LaValle, Ch 3.2,3.3

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8 Sep 19 Intro. viewing transforms; Eye, canonical view, and viewport transform LaValle, Ch 3.4, 3.5

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Week 5
9 Sep 24 Eye, canonical view, and viewport transforms LaValle, Ch 3

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10 Sep 26 Light and Optics LaValle, Ch 4 �
Week 6
11 Oct 1 Human Vision : Physiology LaValle, Ch 5 �
12 Oct 3 Human Vision: Perception LaValle, Ch 6 �
Week 7
� Oct 8 No Lecture Practice Exam �

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 Oct 10 No lecture

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Week 8
13 Oct 15 Best Practices in Unity & VR
14 Oct 17 Simulation in VR; Towards Realism LaValle, Ch. 6 �
Week 9
15 Oct 22 Color LaValle, Ch. 6

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16 Oct 24 Visual Rendering LaValle, Ch. 7

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Week 10
17 Oct 29 Visual Rendering LaValle, Ch 7

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18 Oct 31 Visual Rendering LaValle, Ch 7

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Week 11
19 Nov 5 Visual Rendering for Virtual Reality LaValle, Ch 7

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20 Nov 7 Motion in Real and Virtual Worlds LaValle, Ch. 8

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Week 12
21 Nov 12 Motion in Real and Virtual Worlds LaValle, Ch 8, 12

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22 Nov 14 Tracking LaValle, Ch 9
Week 13

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 Nov 19 No Lecture - Thanksgiving Break �

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21 Nov 21 No Lecture - Thanksgiving Break �

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Week 14
23 Nov 26 Tracking LaValle, Ch 9
24 Nov 28 Current Research in VR �
Week 15
25 Dec 3 Exam review Practice Exam
26 Dec 5 No Lecture �
Week 16
27 Dec 10 No Lecture (work on the project)
28 Dec 12 No Lecture (work on the project) � �
Week 17