COSC 6337 3D User Interfaces

COSC 6337.03 3D User Interfaces, Winter 2011

http://www.cse.yorku.ca/course/6337

Announcements and Frequently Asked Questions (Press 'Reload' to see the newest information)

Mar 31 - The demo deadline has been changed to April 5 @ 10am, i.e. the regular class time. The demos will take place in CSEB 2001.
Mar 29 - The coursework ethics forms TD2 and a sample informed consent form are available on the FGS Research Ethics Forms and Procedures WWW page.
Mar 29 - The 2 last project deadlines have been extended by a week due to my delay in getting back from my last conference trip.
Jan 27 - projects are now posted
Jan 05 - updated evaluation, added deadlines, etc.
Jul 12 - this WWW page created.

General Information

The course introduces the ways to interact with computers in a three dimensional (3D) environment, where the environment is either fully virtual or represents a mixture of real and virtual. It covers topics ranging from the hardware necessary to interface with virtual worlds, over techniques for interacting with 3D environments, to design and evaluation of 3D user interfaces.
Prerequisite: none

Topics covered

Introduction
3D Hardware: Input, Output, Tangible & Haptics Systems, Augmented & Mixed Reality Systems
3D User Interface Techniques: Selection, Manipulation, Travel, Wayfinding, System Control, Symbolic Input, 2D vs. 3D User Interfaces
Design and Evaluation of 3D User Interfaces: Guidelines, User Studies, Result Analysis, Report Writing
The Future of 3D User Interfaces

This course will use papers from the recent literature to aid students acquire an in-depth understanding of specific topics. The course project will require designing and implementing novel 3D user interfaces, testing those techniques with real users, and then presenting the results in a report.

Lectures: TR10:00-11:30, Location BC228
Instructor: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger
Email:
Office Hours: by appointment

Evaluation

Course marks will be based on the following:

Component	Percent of final grade	Due date (no extensions!)
Weekly 3D UI paper discussions (starting from Jan 13)	25%	Weekly on Thursdays
Course project, topic chosen in consultation with instructor. Normally projects are done individually, groups of two only with permission.	N/A	Feb 04
Course project implementation. Deliverable: demo	20%	NEW: Apr 05, 10am, CSEB2001
Course project evaluation. Deliverable: output and graphs from data analysis	25%	NEW: Apr 11
Course project report. Deliverable: paper in ACM CHI paper style	30%	NEW: Apr 18

Lecture Notes & Additional Resources

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