CSE165W2018

CSE165: 3D User Interaction

Description

This course teaches the design and evaluation of three-dimensional (3D) user interfaces and interaction techniques. The course consists primarily of lectures and hands-on programming projects. Students will be expected to implement several 3D interaction techniques as part of this course, using state of the art 3D input devices. The course is intended to lay the foundation for 3D user interaction as it can be applied to novel user interfaces for computer games and consumer electronics, as well as virtual reality and augmented reality applications. An important aspect of the course are going to be programming assignments involving 3D interaction devices, which are going to be provided to the students for the duration of the assignments. These devices will include the Oculus Rift VR HMD with Touch controllers and the Leap Motion gesture tracker. The assignments can be done in C++ with OpenGL, or in a VR authoring toolkit such as Unity 3D, Unreal Engine or Lumberyard. Oculus Rift HMD Oculus Touch controllers Leap Motion on Oculus Rift Course Schedule Click here for the course schedule. It lists lecture dates, homework due dates, and recommended reading. Topics Introduction to 3D interaction Application domains Output hardware Input hardware Selection and Manipulation Navigation (Travel and Wayfinding) System Control Symbolic Input 3D user interface design Evaluation of 3D User Interfaces Prerequisites CSE167 (Introduction to Computer Graphics) or equivalent course or experience Experience programming in C++ and with OpenGL, or experience with Unity 3D, Unreal Engine or Lumberyard Format Instructor: Dr. Jürgen Schulze Instructor's office hour: Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm, Atkinson Hall, Room 2125 Number of Units: 4 Section ID: 927533 Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00-3:20pm at B210 in EBU3B (student VR lab) Homework Discussion: tbd First lecture: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 Homework: programming assignments Piazza page: https://piazza.com/class/jc83w3semls4p9 Designated computer lab for this course: CSE B210 Tutors: Connor Smith, Timothy Wang, Wanze Xie; see Piazza for office hours Grading Project 1 15% Project 2 15% Project 3 15% Final Project 25% Midterm 25% Video Presentation 5% You will find your homework and other scores on TritonEd. Please verify a few days after after every due date that your score has been recorded correctly and inform your grader if you find an error. There will be no assignment or indication of letter grades corresponding to scores on the individual exams and homework projects. The final grade depends on a weighted average of all the scores. The following grading key will be used: Final Score Letter Grade 100+ A+ 95+ A 90+ A- 85+ B+ 80+ B 75+ B- 70+ C+ 65+ C 60+ C- For undergraduate students with the P/NP option: A pass (P) grade will be given for an average score of 60 or higher. For graduate students with the S/U option: A satisfactory (S) grade will be given for an average score of 75 or higher. Homework Assignments The following links will become active once the homework projects have been posted on line: Homework Assignment #1: Big Wall Homework Assignment #2: VR Classroom Homework Assignment #3: Air Race Final Project, due March 22nd at 3:00pm Each project can be done in teams of two. Solo work is permitted but discouraged. There are the same expectations on the project outcomes whether they are done in teams or solo. All projects must be demonstrated to the course staff on or before the due date. There is a dedicated grading session on Fridays that are due dates at 2pm in CSE B210. Late submissions will NOT be accepted. Recommended Textbook The textbook is highly recommended, but not required to do well in class. The lecture slides will be made available after each lecture and there will not be reading assignments. But the textbook can help understand many of the topics in greater depth. LaViola, Kruijff, McMahan, Bowman, Poupyrev 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice (2nd Edition) Addison-Wesley Professional, 2017 ISBN: 978-0134034324 Students with Disabilities If you have a documented disability, please bring your documentation to me as soon as possible so that I can make suitable accommodations for you. If you believe that you have a disability and desire accommodation, please register with the Office for Students with Disabilities. Resources Setting up the Oculus Touch in Unity Installing GitHub on VR lab PCs Installing OpenSceneGraph under Windows Quaternions for Rotations in Ogre and Quaternions in OpenSceneGraph Last year's 3D UI course web site