Virtual Reality (AC4010)

B.Sc in Educational Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Summary

  • Prerequisite: None
  • Duration: 15 weeks (45 hours)
  • Level: Undergraduate
  • Teaching language: Vietnamese
  • Location: HUST
  • Website: B.Sc in Educational Technology

Purpose

This course provides students with foundational knowledge in virtual reality (VR), including the components of VR systems, characteristics of VR, representation and interaction techniques in VR, and fundamental issues and challenges in virtual reality. Topics covered include geometric modeling, visual perception, audio perception, motion representation, and tracking techniques. In addition to theoretical knowledge, students will engage in practical learning through major assignments, exploring and utilizing tools and environments like Unity to develop VR applications. By the end of the course, students will have a solid understanding of virtual reality, be proficient in using tools like Unity, and possess the ability to design and build a VR application using the learned tools.

Lectures

  1. Introduction to VR (Slides)
  2. Object Dectection] (Slides)
  3. Object Classification (Slides)
  4. Image matching and keypoints extraction (Slides)
  5. VR Principles (geometry model, visual perception, motion perception) (Slides)
  6. Motions in VR (Slides)
  7. Tracking in VR (Slides)
  8. Audio in VR (Slides)

Textbooks

  • Steven M. LaValle (2020), Virtual Reality, Cambridge University Press 2020
  • Timothy Jung, M. Claudia tom Dieck (2018), Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality: Empowering Human, Place and Business, Progress in IS