CS 6724: 3D Interaction

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Schedule

 

Below is a tentative schedule for the semester. This schedule is subject to change, so check back here weekly!

 

Date

Topic

Activities

Readings (discussant)

Lecture notes

Assignments

Aug. 22

Introduction & administration

Lecture

 

 

 

Aug. 24

3D UI demonstrations (class held in VT KW II 155)

3D UI: Chs. 1-2

 

 

Aug. 29

Selection & manipulation

Demos and discussion

3D UI: Ch. 5

 

Project groups set

HW assigned

Aug. 31

Selection & manipulation

Discussion

Hinckley, 3D rotation (Regis)

Lucas, 3D multiple selection (Brian)

 

 

Sept. 5

Travel

Demos and discussion

3D UI: Ch. 6

 

 

Sept. 7

Travel

Discussion

Zhai, steering law (Regis)

Chance, locomotion (Mara)

 

 

Sept. 12

Output devices

Discussion and Demos

3D UI: Ch. 3

 

 

Sept. 14

Output devices

Discussion

Kuechler, Holoport (Mara)

Dominjon, haptic rotations (Yi)

 

 

Sept. 19

Input devices

Discussion and Demos

3D UI: Ch. 4

 

 

Sept. 21

Input devices

Discussion

Kulik, two-4-six (Tao)

Froehlich, intuitive input devices (Mike)

 

 

Sept. 26

Large display UIs

Discussion of literature survey

 

 

HW due

Sept. 28

Large display UIs

HW demos, Discussion of project ideas

 

 

 

Oct. 3

Discussion of project details (comparison techniques, evaluation tasks, IRB, etc.)

 

 

 

Oct. 5

Designing & developing 3D UIs

Discussion

3D UI: Ch. 10

Bornik, hybrid user interface (Yi)

 

 

Oct. 10

Interaction techniques for other 3D tasks

Brief lecture, discussion

 

 

 

Oct. 12

Interaction techniques for other 3D tasks

Brainstorming session

 

 

 

Oct. 17

Evaluation

Lecture & case studies

3D UI: Ch. 11

 

 

Oct. 19

Evaluation

Discussion

Young, sickness questionnaire (Will)

Saraiya, insight (Tao)

 

 

Oct. 24

Student demos of project initial prototype

 

 

Project initial design and prototype due

Oct. 26

Wayfinding

Brief lecture and discussion

3D UI: Ch. 7

Ruddle, navigating large environments (Ryan)

 

 

Oct. 31

System control

Brief lecture and discussion

3D UI: Ch. 8

Andujar, GUIs in VEs (Brian)

 

 

Nov. 2

Collaborative 3D UIs

Brief lecture and discussion

Simon, co-located interaction (Mike)

Riege, bent pick ray (Will)

 

 

Nov. 7

3D UIs for AR, desktop, ...

Videos, discussion and brainstorming session

3D UI: Ch. 12

DiVerdi, ARWin (Ryan)

 

 

Nov. 9

Student reports on project informal evaluations

 

 

Project informal evaluation completed

Nov. 14

Future of 3D UIs

Discussion

3D UI: Ch. 13

 

 

Nov. 16

Future of 3D UIs

Discussion

3D UI: Ch. 13

 

 

Nov. 28

Contest

 

 

Project final implementation due

Nov. 30

Contest

 

 

 

Dec. 5

Contest debriefing

 

 

 

Dec. 11 (Monday)

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Project papers due