CS 6334: Virtual Reality

Fall 2022

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Textbooks:

#1: Steven M. LaValle, Virtual Reality, To be published by Cambridge University Press. Available online: http://lavalle.pl/vr/

#2: LaViola, J., Kruijff, E., McMahan, R., Bowman, D., and Poupyrev, I. 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice, 2nd Ed., 2017. (Optional)

*This schedule is tentative and subject to change as the term evolves.

Date	Topics	Course Materials	Instructor	Deadlines
Week 1
Lecture 1 Monday 08/22/22	Introduction to Virtual Reality	Readings: Steven's book: Chapters 1&2	Yapeng
Lecture 2 Wednesday 08/24/22	Geometry of Virtual Worlds	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 3	Yapeng
Week 2
Lecture 3 Monday 08/29/22	Physics of Virtual Worlds	Readings: #1: Steven's book: Chapters 8.1&8.3 #2: Physics-based Animation Tutorial	Yapeng
Lecture 4 Wednesday 08/31/22	Camera Models	Readings: CS231A Course Notes 1: Camera Models	Yapeng	HW1 release on 08/31, due 9/9 at 11:59PM CT
Week 3
Week 3: Monday 09/05 - Labor Day; No class
Lecture 5 Wednesday 09/07/22	Lenses	Readings: Steven's book: Chapters 4.2&4.3	Yapeng	Project description release on 9/7; Project proposal due 9/26 at 11:59PM CT
Week 4
Lecture 6 Monday 09/12/22	Visual Rendering I: Vertex Transforms	Readings: #1: Steven's book: Chapters 3.4&3.5 #2: 3D graphics with OpenGL: Basic Theory	Yapeng
Lecture 7 Wednesday 09/14/22	Visual Rendering II: Rasterization, Lighting and Shading	Readings: #1: Steven's book: Chapters 7.2&7.1 #2: 3D graphics with OpenGL: Basic Theory	Yapeng
Week 5
Lecture 8 Monday 09/19/22	Visual Perception I	Readings: Steven's book: Chapters 5&6.3	Yapeng
Lecture 9 Wednesday 09/21/22	Visual Perception II	Readings: #1: Steven's book: Chapter 6.1 #2: Multiview Geometry in Computer Vision: Chapter 9.1&9.2	Yapeng	HW2 release on 9/21, due 9/30 at 11:59PM CT
Week 6
Lecture 10 Monday 09/26/22	Unity Tutorial	Readings: Unity Learn	TA: Sthitadhi
Lecture 11 Wednesday 09/28/22	Visual Perception III: Motion perception	Readings: Steven's book: Chapters 6.2&8.4	Yapeng
Week 7
Lecture 12 Monday 10/03/22	Head Tracking and IMUs	Readings: Steven's book: Chapters 9.1&9.2	Yapeng
Lecture 13 Wednesday 10/05/22	Pose Tracking I	Readings: Steven's book: Chapters 9.3	Yapeng
Week 8
Lecture 14 Monday 10/10/22	Pose Tracking II	Readings: #1: Steven's book: Chapter 9.3 #2: EPnP	Yapeng
Lecture 15 Wednesday 10/12/22	Pose Tracking III	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 9.5	Yapeng	HW3 release on 10/12, due 10/21 at 11:59PM CT
Week 9
Lecture 16 Monday 10/17/22	Introduction to CNN	Readings: Stanford CS231n Course Notes	Yapeng
Lecture 17 Wednesday 10/19/22	Pose Tracking IV	Readings: #1: Hsiao, Collet and Hebert. CVPR’10 #2: Xiang et al., RSS’18	Yapeng
Week 10
Lecture 18 Monday 10/24/22	Pose Tracking V	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 9.4	Yapeng
Lecture 19 Wednesday 10/26/22	Audio I	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3	Yapeng
Week 11
Lecture 20 Monday 10/31/22	Audio II	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 11.4	Yapeng
Lecture 21 Wednesday 11/02/22	Haptics	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 13.1	Yapeng	Project mid-term report due 11/2 at 11:59PM CT
Week 12
Lecture 22 Monday 11/07/22	Interaction I	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 10.1	Yapeng
Lecture 23 Wednesday 11/09/22	Interaction II	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 10.3	Yapeng	HW4 release on 11/09, due 11/16 at 11:59PM CT
Week 13
Lecture 24 Monday 11/14/22	Interaction III	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 10.2	Yapeng
Lecture 25 Wednesday 11/16/22	Interaction IV	Readings: Steven's book: Chapter 10.4&10.5	Yapeng
Week 14: Fall Break; No classes
Week 15
Lecture 26 Monday 11/28/22	Telepresence	Readings: Project starline: a high-fidelity telepresence system	Yapeng
Guest Lecture Wednesday 11/30/22	Invited talk		Prof. Jeff Price
Week 16
Monday 12/05/22	Course Project Presentation I		Students	Project presentations are due
Wednesday 12/07/22	Course Project Presentation II		Students	Project presentations are due
Report Week
Monday 12/14/22	No classes			Project final report due at 11:59PM CT on 12/14