| # | Date | Topics/chapters covered | Assignment | Due date | |||
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| 1 | Tue Jan 20 |
Introduction
(B 1–2, 12.1) |
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| 2 | Thu Jan 22 |
Introduction 2;
Design principles (B 10, except 10.2.3) |
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| 3 | Tue Jan 27 |
Design principles 2;
3D window managers (Microsoft Task Gallery
website and
paper (video);
Sun Project Looking Glass (video);
BumpTop) |
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| 4 | Thu Jan 29 |
3D math |
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| 5 | Tue Feb 3 |
3d window
managers 2;
Development tools: Goblin XNA |
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| 6 | Thu Feb 5 |
Development tools: Goblin XNA 2 (Using
the Nate Robins OpenGL Tutors with Goblin XNA) |
Assignment 1 | Feb 17 | |||
| 7 | Tue Feb 10 |
3D perception, displays, and devices (B 3) |
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| 8 | Thu Feb 12 |
3D perception,
displays, and devices 2 |
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| 9 | Tue Feb 17 |
3D perception, displays, and devices 3 |
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| 10 | Thu Feb 19 |
3D perception,
displays, and devices 4 (hear NASA Ames
3D audio spatialization demo [if your browser doesn't have a plug-in for
.mp3 files, you may need to right-click and save this file
to play it]) (B 5) |
Assignment 2 | Mar 5 | |||
| 11 | Tue Feb 24 |
3D perception, displays, and devices 5;
Selection and manipulation |
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| 12 | Thu Feb 26 |
Selection and manipulation 2 |
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| 13 | Tue Mar 3 |
Selection and
manipulation 3; Optical marker-based tracking |
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| 14 | Thu Mar 5 |
Optical
marker-based tracking 2 |
Assignment 3 | Mar 26 | |||
| 15 | Tue Mar 10 | Midterm exam (Will cover
all material discussed in class and assigned up to this point, including B 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 [except 10.2.3], and 12.1.) Reference material mentioned
only in the slides, but not in the syllabus, are not required reading; however,
you may find a reference helpful to review if you do not remember or understand
the material covered on the slide that includes the reference. The exam will be
closed book, closed notes, with essay questions instead of true/false or
multiple choice questions. All answers will be written on the exam itself, where
the space provided will give an idea of the length expected.) |
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| 16 | Thu Mar 12 |
Travel (B6) |
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| Tue Mar 17 Thu Mar 19 |
No class: SPRING BREAK |
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| 17 | Tue Mar 24 |
Travel 2 |
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| 18 | Thu Mar 26 |
The Manhattanville Project
(Formation of project groups); Guest Lecture: Site Visit by Situated
Visualization:
Prof.
Petia Morozov (Urban Design, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning
and Preservation),
Sarah
Williams (Spatial Information Design Lab, Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation), and
Sean White (Computer
Graphics and User Interfaces Lab) |
Final project | May 12 | |||
| 19 | Tue Mar 31 |
Travel 3;
Wayfinding (B 7) |
Tips for working outdoors | ||||
| 20 | Thu Apr 2 |
Wayfinding 2;
Control (B 8) |
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| 21 | Tue Apr 7 |
Development tools: Goblin XNA advanced features (including
physics) |
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| 22 | Thu Apr 9 |
Final project proposal (Each team will give an overview of their proposed
project, addressing the issues posed in the assignment: What questions will your
user be able to "ask" using your system? What data will you use? How
will the data be presented? How will users be able to interact with
the data?) |
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23 |
Tue Apr 14 |
Control 2;
Symbolic input (B 9);
Bimanual interaction (B 10.2.3) |
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| 24 | Thu Apr 16 |
Final project progress report 1 (Each team will give a brief overview of
their progress using the site plan and virtual 3D models);
Evaluation (B11) |
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| 25 | Tue Apr 21 |
Evaluation 2 |
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| 26 | Thu Apr 23 |
Final project progress report 2 (Each team will give a brief
overview of their progress, including work at the physical site);
Alternative tracking
technologies (B 12, 3–4) |
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| 27 | Tue Apr 28 |
Case study: Situated visualization |
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| 28 | Thu Apr 30 |
Final project progress report 3 (Each team will give a brief
overview of their progress, including work at the physical site); |
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| Tue May 12 1:10pm–4pm (Scheduled final exam time) | Final project
presentations (Held in 415 Schapiro CEPSR during the scheduled final exam
time. Each team will give a
presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session.) |