Course Virtual Reality

Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich
Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Kulik

Dipl.-Mediensys.wiss. André Kunert
M.Sc. Ephraim Schott

In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) has become increasingly popular in research, entertainment, and education. VR systems allow one or multiple users to interact with a computer-simulated environment presented by an immersive display medium. In this course, you will study the theoretical, technical, and applied foundations of modern Virtual Reality systems.

The course starts by teaching the essentials of computer graphics and stereoscopic viewing required to realize VR applications. After that, you will explore the fundamentals of 3D input devices and 3D interaction techniques, including selection, manipulation, and navigation in virtual environments. The final part of the course builds on the previously acquired knowledge and focuses on collaborative VR systems for multiple collocated and distributed users.

The lecture is accompanied by a lab class in which the core topics of the course are deepened and implemented in the game engine Unity3D. Unity applications will be scripted in C#.

Note that, due to the on-going Corona pandemic the lab class of the virtual reality course is going to be held fully online.

Please visit the course's Moodle page for further information and lab-class registration. The enrollment key for the lab-class is: weimar_vr_2020

News

  • Lecture will start on 3 November 2020
  • Lab class will start on 6 November 2020

Instructors

Prof. Dr. Bernd Fröhlich [e-mail]
Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Kulik [e-mail]

Teaching Assistants

Dipl.-Mediensys.wiss. André Kunert [e-mail]
M.Sc. Ephraim Schott [e-mail]

Lecture Schedule

Tuesdays, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM online in Moodle
Introduction on 3 November 2020

Lab Class Schedule

Fridays, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM online in Moodle
Introduction on 6 November 2020

Target Audience

M.Sc. Computer Science for Digital Media
M.Sc. Computer Science and Media
M.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction

ECTS

Lecture and Lab Class: 4.5 ECTS
Lecture, Lab Class and Final Project: 6 ECTS