ECE 595 Virtual Reality
Technologies Outline

• Wednesday, Sept 1
• Friday, Sept 3
  • Introduction (slides)
• Wednesday, Sept 8
  • Cortona Exercises
  • Cortona users manual
• Friday, Sept 10
• Video Demonstration
• Dolly
• Pan
• Turn
• Roll
• Orbit
• Monday, Sept 13
• Cortona Exercises due
• VRML2 Course (html slides)
• Nodes
• Shapes
• Groups
• Transforms
• Inline
• Example source code
• Box
• Box alternate node def.
• Box 2nd alternate node
• Box transformed
• Space.wrl
• Wednesday, Sept 15
• VRML2 Course (continued)
• Transforms
• Materials
• Anchors
• Points, lines
• Example Source Code
• Archs.wrl
• Slabs.wrl
• ptplot.wrl
• lnplot.wrl
• VRML Exercise
• Friday, Sept 17
• VRML2 Specs
• VRML2 Course (continued)
• Faces
• Textures
• Mapping
• Lighting
• Colors
• Ambient
• Diffuse
• Shininess
• Level of Detail
• Example Source Code
• Vase2.wrl, Vase faces
• Pizza2.wrl, Pizza faces
• Dir_light.wrl, Dir_light
• Monday, Sept 20
• Gmax Basics
• Running gmax
• User Interface
• Place teapot
• Viewports
• Transforms
• Materials - Colored
• Wednesday, Sept 22
• VRML Prelude and Future
• Gmax Basics (continued)
• Materials - Maps
• Checkered table top
• Parametric modifiers
• Friday, Sept 24
• Project Groups
• Project Report Form
• Gmax Basics (continued)
• Geometric modifiers
• Sub-Objects
• verticies
• segments
• faces
• polygons
• Download Example: Apple
• Basic shape
• Apply material
• Improve shape
• Add stem
• Monday, Sept 27
  • Finish Apple
  • Maxscript
    • Listener
    • Variables
    • Objects
    • Transformations
    • MAXscript Exercise
• Wednesday, Sept 29
  • OpenGL Intro (slides)
  • Example 2D Source Code
  • Window
  • Square
  • Bouncing Square
• Friday, Oct 1
  • Finish Wed lecture
• Monday, Oct 4
  • OpenGL Primitives (slides)
  • Example 3D Source Code
    • Points - spiral
    • Line strips - spiral
    • Triangles - cone
  • OpenGL Exercise 1
• Wednesday, Oct 6
  • Finish Triangles
• Friday, Oct 8
  • OpenGL Transforms (slides)
  • Example 3D Source Code
    • Atom
    • Atom2
  • OpenGL Exercise 2
• Monday, Oct 11
  • Video: OpenGL Shading Language
• Wednesday, Oct 13
  • Trackers (slides)
  • OpenGL Exercise 2
• Friday, Oct 15
  • InterSense Video
  • Continue Trackers
  • Continue OpenGL Exercise 2
• Monday, Oct 18
  • Finish Trackers
  • Chapter 2 HW
  • Head Mounted Displays (slides)
  • Continue OpenGL Exercise 2
• Wednesday, Oct 20
  • Finish HMDs (slides)
  • Continue OpenGL Exercise 2
• Friday, October 22
  • Continue OpenGL Exercise 2
    • Part 3 start code
    • Part 3 w/ Textures (try)
      • load Common
      • load Sun.tga
      • load Earth.tga
• Monday, October 25
  • Haptics (slides)
  • Chapter 3 HW
  • Continue OpenGL Exercise 2
• Wednesday, Oct 27
  • Continue Haptics (slides)
  • Finish OpenGL Exercise 2
• Friday, Oct 29
  • Finish Haptics (slides)
  • Phantom Omni Demo
• Monday, Nov 1
  • Start OpenHaptics (slides)
  • Example code
    • HelloHaptics.cpp
• Wednesday, Nov 3
  • Continue OpenHaptics (slides)
• Friday, Nov 5
  • Haptics Exercise 1
  • Linking Instructions
• Monday, Nov 8th
  • VR Architectures (slides)
  • Continue Haptics Exercise 1
• Wednesday, Nov 10th
  • Chapter 4 HW
  • VR Architectures continued
  • Continue Haptics Exercise 1
• Friday, Nov 12th
  • Finish VR Architectures
  • Finish Haptics Exercise 1
  • Haptics Exercise 2
• Monday, Nov 15th
  • Video: OpenGL Optimization
  • Finish Haptics Exercise 2
• Wednesday, Nov 17th
  • Bones Exercise
• Friday, Nov 19th
  • Modeling (slides)
  • hillhouse AutoCAD import
  • Continue Bones Exercise
• Monday, Nov 22nd
  • Island VR World Exercise
• Wednesday, Nov 24nd
  • Island Exercise continued
• Monday, Nov 29th
  • Go over scores
  • Island Exercise continued
• Wednesday, Dec 1st
  • Modeling (finished)
  • Island Exercise (finished)
• Friday, Dec 3rd
  • Discuss Final Exam
    • Thursday, Dec 9 10:15
    • Open Book
    • Bring CD of your files
  • Prof. Ikonomov's VR demo
  • Submit Island (afternoon OK)

  ECE 695 continuation of 595
  Virtual Reality Projects

• Tuesday, January 4th
  • Hand out syllabus
  • Discuss Projects
  • Modeling (slides)
  • Examples
    • Hand Model
    • Reactor Boat
• Tuesday, January 11th
  • Chapter 5 HW
  • Organize Teams
  • Cameras and animation
    • Cameras
    • Pogostick
  • Review exercises due 1/18
• Tuesday, January 18th
  • Projector Video
  • Materials
    • Patch Quilt
    • Sailboat
  • Adding Havok Physics
  • More Island exercise, due 1/25
• Tuesday, January 25th
  • Review of 595 OpenGL
  • Intro to OpenGL Movie#1
    • Questions
    • Shapes.exe
  • Questions for Movie#2 due 2/1
• Tuesday, February 1st
  • OpenGL on Linux - Today?
  • Questions for Textures
  • Havok physics
    • Instructions
    • Plasma file (for Plasma start)
    • hke file (for Director start)
    • w3d file (for Director start)
  • Questions for Collision Movie#1
  • Questions for Collision Movie#2
• Tuesday, February 8th
  • OpenGL code Exercise
  • Island Havok physics exercise
  • Dream Home project
  • Questions for Illumination Movie#1
  • Questions for Illumination Movie#2
• Tuesday, February 15th
  • OpenGL code Exercise (try again)
  • Roads Exercise
  • Questions for Haptics Movie#1
  • Questions for Haptics Movie#2
• Tuesday, February 22nd
  • Special OpenGL talk: Prof. Kaugars
  • OpenGLcode Exercise (once more)
• Tuesday, March 8th
  • Lingo Training
  • Pinch Glove start
• Tuesday, March 15th
  • ECE695 Roadmap
  • OpenGLcode2 Exercise
• Tuesday, March 22nd
  • Island Dev
  • OpenHaptics Exercise
• Tuesday, March 29th
  • Set up Phantom Omnis
  • Distribute updated grades
  • Discuss 697 class this summer
  • Continue work on projects
• Tuesday, April 5
  • Car
  • Virtual Island
• Tuesday, April 12th
  • Discuss Final Exam
    • Tuesday, April 19, 7:15 pm
    • Open Book
    • Bring CD of your files
  • Additional project times