CS 4803/8803 3DU Schedule

Schedule

The schedule will very likely change, but it represents the current best estimate of what topics will be covered and when. We will have regular QUIZZES on Canvas, based on the book chapters and other material from the class.

We will update it here and post announcements on canvas when things change.

Required readings are in the Reading column. Links to Videos are in the Videos column. I expect you will have watch the videos before the corresponding class period.

Any reading in parenthesis are recommended, and you should at least skim them to be familiar with them at a high level (in case you need that material to understand future chapters, or for an assignment).

The Meeting Locations details will be posted on Canvas. We will either meet in Bluejeans (early on), Teams video (after first week ), Hubs (links on Canvas), or some other social VR platform we are exploring (e.g., Altspace, RecRoom, BigScreen).

Week	Date	Topic	Meeting Location	Videos	Readings	Assignments	Notes
1	Aug 17	Introduction to Class	Teams		3DUI Ch 1	Background Survey	Lecture and discussion, will be recorded
	19	Git, Typescript, Babylon, A0	Teams			A0 out	Live demos/coding/setup, be prepared to follow along
2	Aug 24	History	Teams/Hubs		3DUI Ch 2	P1 out	Social VR and history discussions in Hubs, Hubs tutorials/overview
	26	History	Teams/Hubs			A0 in (end of week)	A0 help, P1 help
3	Aug 31	Human Factors (Attention and Perception)	Teams/Hubs		3DUI Ch3-3.2, Game Feel Chapter 2		Human Factors discussion, hubs design issues
	Sep 2	Human Factors (Cognition)	P1 Presentations in Hubs: Attendance REQUIRED		3DUI Ch3.3-3.6	P1 in, P2 out
4	Sep 7	Labor Day			3DUI Ch4 & 11 if you don’t have HCI class
	9	UI Software Organization/Architecture	no in person this period		3DUI Ch 10
5	Sep 14	UI Software Organization/Architecture	P2 Presentations in Hubs: Attendance REQUIRED			P2 in	i3D free registration
	16	UI Software Organization/Architecture				Project Deliverable 0, A1 out	Go over A1, coding, exercises, i3D free registration
6	Sep 21	Output	Hubs “Hang Out 1” room for chat and help		3DUI Ch5
	23	Output	Hubs “Hang Out 1” for chat and help			A1(b) out, A1(a) in (Friday)
7	Sep 28	Input	Hubs “Hang Out 1” for chat and help		3DUI Ch6
	30	Input	Hubs “Blair’s Office” for chat and help			A1(b) in, Project Deliverable 1
8	Oct 5	State Machines	Teams
	7	Selection and Manipulation	Hubs “Blair’s Office” for chat and help		3DUI Ch7	A1(c) in
9	Oct 12	Project Proposal Presentations: REQUIRED	Teams		A2 out
	14	Selection and Manipulation	Hubs “Blair’s Office” for chat and help
10	Oct 19	Travel	Discussion of Social VR Journal Experience, 1	Hubs Rooms for Discussion	3DUI Ch8
	21	Travel	Hubs for Construction Experiment; “Blair’s Office” for help				ACM UIST, Withdrawal deadline the 24th
11	Oct 26	Travel	Teams, lecture and A3			A2 in, A3 out
	28	Travel	Hubs “Blair’s Office” for chat and help
12	Nov 2	System Control and Menus	blair “away” at conference, contact if you need to chat		3DUI Ch9		BLAIR at ACM VRST
	4	System Control and Menus	blair “away” at conference, contact if you need to chat			A4 out	BLAIR at ACM VRST
13	Nov 9	System Control and Menus	Teams for lecture and discussion			A3 in	IEEE ISMAR
	11	Future of 3D UIs	Teams for lecture and discussion		3DUI Part VI Ch12		IEEE ISMAR
14	Nov 16	Privacy and Ethics	Hubs rooms for Discussion and activities			Project Deliverable 2
	18	Discussion of Social VR (Journal and other))	Hubs Rooms for Discussion
15	Nov 23	Project Presentations: REQUIRED				Project Deliverable 3
	25	reading day				A4 in (Tue)
16	Nov 30	reading day
	Dec 7, 11:30-2:10	EXAM PERIOD	no exam, have a good holiday