3D User Interfaces - Dreidimensionale Nutzerschnittstellen

Lecture with exercises, summer semester 2016
Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D. (with Dr. Nikolas Katzakis, Ph.D. and Andreas Dippon)
6 ECTS Credits
The class is taught in English

Official sources of information:

• General Module Description for IN 2111
• Specific details for Summer Semester 2016 in TUM Online
• All materials will be available in Moodle

The subsequent information is provided for your convenience only and may not be up-to-date. In case of doubt, refer to the official sources given above.

Time & Location

Lectures:

• Thursdays 14:15-15:45, MI HS2
  
• Start: Tuesday, April 14, 2016

Exercises:

• Wednesdays 16:15 - 17:45, MI HS2
  
• Start: Wednesday, April 20, 2016

More Information

Intended audience:

• Senior bachelor students (Informatik, Informatik: Games Engineering) 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, Informatik: Games Engineering, HFE)

Prerequisites:

• Knowledge of core programming, algorithm and math materials taught in the TUM Bachelor Informatics program

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
• Exam details: see information in TUM Online
• There will be a 0.3 bonus for good project presentations (applies only to exams with a passing grade)

Office hours:

• By appointment (email to Prof.Klinker)

Schedule

Please find the materials in Moodle.

Excercises

Also available in Moodle.

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.