3D User Interfaces - Dreidimensionale Nutzerschnittstellen (Modul IN 2111)

Module IN 2111

Vorlesung im Sommersemester 2013
Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D. (with Marcus Tönnis)

6 ECTS Credits

The class will be taught in English.

Time & Location

Lecture: Thursdays 12:00-14:00, 00.08.038 (Medienraum)
Start: Tuesday, April 10, 2014

Exercises: Mondays 10:00-13.00, 00.08.038 (Medienraum)
Start: Thursday, April 14, 2014

Content

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Intended audience:

• Diploma students: Hauptstudium Informatik I (Praktische Informatik)
• Senior bachelor students with interest in pursuing a bachelor's thesis in this area
• Master students (Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik, Biomedical Computing, Robotics Cognition Intelligence, Automotive Software Engineering, CSE)

Prerequisites:

• Grundstudium Informatik, or first two years of Bachelor Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bioinformatik, Informatik: Games Engineering

Exercises:

• The class consists of both a weekly lecture and weekly exercises!
• Exercises constitute half of the credits and thus will make up half of the grade (exam questions).
• Exam questions will be based on experiences gained by attending the exercise meetings and by working on the homework. It will not be enough to just read and understand solutions to the homework. The learning experience and insights gained by struggling with the assignments is essential.

Exams: written (closed book)

• Duration: 90 minutes
• Language: assignment sheet in English, answers can be given in English or German
• Regular Exam
  • Date: 17. Juli 2014, 10.00 - 11.30h in room FMI HS1
  • Registration starts on 12.5.2014
• Repeat Exam
  • Date: 23. September 2014, 13:00 - 14:30h in room Interimshörsaal 2
  • Registration starts on 01.09.2014 and ends on 15.09.14
• There will be a 0.3 bonus on passed exams for good project presentations

Office hours:

• By appointment (email to Prof.Klinker)

Mailing List:

• http://mailnavab.in.tum.de/mailman/listinfo/3dui-class
• List will be used for
  • Knowledge dissemination
  • Discussion about topics and issues of exercises

Schedule

Please find the materials in Moodle.

Excercises

Also available in Moodle.

To obtain access to the restricted area below, please contact the lecturer.

Date	Topic	Links to slides including Exercises	Attachments
14.04.2014	Introduction to Java 3D	Tutorial-1.pdf	2014-SS-3D-UI-Bundle-1.zip
28.04.2014	Tracking with Ubitrack	Tutorial-2.pdf	2014-SS-3D-UI-Bundle-2.zip Marker.pdf CalibrationGrid.pdf
05.05.2014	Triggered Floating Objects	Tutorial-3.pdf	2014-SS-3D-UI-Bundle-3.zip
12.05.2014	3DUI Selection and Manipulation	Tutorial-4.pdf	2014-SS-3D-UI-Bundle-4.zip
19.05.2014	Remote Control	Tutorial-5.pdf	2014-SS-3D-UI-Bundle-5.zip
26.05.2014	Evaluation & Project Phase	Tutorial-6.pdf	2014-SS-3D-UI-Bundle-6.zip
02.06.2014	Project Status Presentations	-	-
16.06.2014	Project Status Presentations	-	-
23.06.2014	Project Status Presentations	-	-
30.06.2014	Project Status Presentations	-	-
07.07.2014	Final Project Presentations	-	-

Literature

The lecture is based on:

• 3D User Interfaces - Theory and Practice by: D. Bowman, E. Kruijff, J. Laviola Jr., and I. Poupyrev. Addison-Wesley Pearson Education, 2004. ISBN 0-201-758-67-9

Further reading:

• Human-Computer Interation in the New Millenium by: J. Caroll (Ed.). Addison-Wesley Pearson Education, 2001. ISBN 0-201-70447-1.
• Virtual Reality Technology, 2nd edition by G. Burdea and P. Coiffet. Wiley Interscience, 2003. ISBN 0-471-36089-9.
• Fundamentals of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality by: W. Barfield and T. Caudell. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001. ISBN 0-8058-2902-4.
• Handbook of Virtual Environments - Design, Implementation and Applications by: K.M. Stanney. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002. ISBN 0-8058-3270-X.
• Handbook of Augmented Reality by: B. Furht. Springer Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4614-0064-6.
• Usability Engineering by: J. Nielson. Morgan Kaufmann, 1993. ISBN 0-12-518406-9.
• The Design of Everyday Things by: D. Norman. Basic Books, 2002. ISBN 0-465-06710-7.