CSE165W2014
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CSE165: 3D User Interaction
Description
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This course focuses on the design and evaluation of three-dimensional (3D) user interfaces, devices, and interaction techniques. The course consists primarily of lectures and hands-on programming. Students will be expected to implement several 3D interaction techniques as part of this course. This 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 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 in the computer lab. These devices will include the Microsoft Kinect, which allows gesture control, the Razer Hydra, which allows high-precision 3D interactions, and maybe the Leap, which allows for finger gestures. We will use the C++ programming language and the OpenSceneGraph programming API, which builds on OpenGL.
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Course Schedule
Click here for the course schedule.
It lists lectures, homework due dates, recommended reading, paper presentations, and the final exam.
Announcements
2013-11-19 Welcome to the course web site!
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
- Augmented Reality Interfaces
Prerequisites
- CSE167 (Introduction to Computer Graphics) or equivalent
- Experience programming in C++
- Experience with OpenGL graphics programming
Format
- Instructor: Jürgen Schulze
- Instructor's office hour: Tuesdays after class, 3:30-4:30pm, Atkinson Hall, Room 2125
- Number of Units: 4
- Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00pm-3:20pm
- First lecture: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014
- Homework: programming assignments
- Research paper summary
- Designated computer lab for this course: TBD
- TA/tutors: TBD
Grading
| Programming Assignment 1 (team) | 15% |
| Programming Assignment 2 (team) | 15% |
| Programming Assignment 3 (team) | 15% |
| Programming Assignment 4 (team) | 15% |
| Research Paper Summary (individual) | 15% |
| Final Project (team) | 25% |
You will find your scores on Ted.
If your weighted average score across all assignments is 100 points or more, you will get a grade of A+.
Final Project
There will not be a final exam, but the last programming project will be presented to the entire class during our final exam slot.
Textbook
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Bowman, Kruijff, LaViola, Poupyrev 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. Redwood City, CA, USA 2004 ISBN: 0201758679 |
Homework Assignments
All homework assignments are due at 1pm on the due date and have to be demonstrated to the instructor or TA/tutor in our designated computer lab.
