Welcome to CAP6121! -- Work hard on your final projects!

Course Syllabus and Info


Date Lecture Description Readings Assignments Materials
1/9/23 Introduction to 3D User Interfaces
   -course mechanics
   -definitions
   -3D UI Applications
3DUI Book -- Chapter 1
New Directions in 3D UI
3DUI New Directions Survey

Lecture slides
1/11/23 3DUIs and Games 3DUI Book -- Chapter 2
3DUI,VR and Games
Steed et al.(2021)

Lecture slides
1/16/23 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday


1/18/23 Video Game Motion Controllers LaViola and Marks(2010)
LaViola and Keefe(2011)

Lecture Slides
1/23/23 Unity 3D Smith and Queiroz, Unity 5.x Cookbook
Lecture slides
1/25/23 Unity 3D and VR Smith and Queiroz, Unity 5.x Cookbook Asgn 1
Lecture Slides
Unity Example
1/30/23 Human Factors 3DUI Book - Chapter 3
Lecture Slides
2/1/23 Intro to HCI 3DUI Book - Chapter 4
Lecture Slides
2/6/23 Output Devices 3DUI Book - Chapter 5, pgs. 123-153
Lecture Slides
2/8/23 Output Devices cont'd 3DUI Book - Chapter 5, pgs. 153-185

2/13/23 Input Devices 3DUI Book - Chapter 6, pgs. 187-221 Asgn 2
Lecture Slides
2/15/23 Input Devices cont'd 3DUI Book - Chapter 6, pgs. 221-249

2/20/23 Selection and Manipulation 3DUI Book - Chapter 7, pgs. 255-301
Lecture Slides
2/22/23 Selection and Manipulation cont'd 3DUI Book - Chapter 7, pgs. 301-316

2/27/23 Travel 3DUI Book - Chapter 8
Lecture Slides
3/1/23 No class


3/6/23 System Control 3DUI Book - Chapter 9 Asgn 3
Lecture Slides
3/8/23 3DUI Design Strategies 3DUI Book - Chapter 10
Lecture Slides
3/13/23 Spring Break



3/15/23 Spring Break



3/20/23 3DUI Evaluation 3DUI Book - Chapter 11
Lecture Slides
3/22/23 3DUI Evaluation Examples

Lecture Slides
3/27/23 3D Gesture Recognition


3/29/23 Project Updates


4/3/23 Student Presentations
   -- Wanyea Barbel
San Vito et al. (2019)


4/5/23 Project Updates


4/10/23 Student Presentations
   -- Christopher Lee
   -- Jonathan Baldon
Lopes et al. (2015)
Zhao et al. (2018)


4/12/23 Project Updates


4/17/23 Student Presentations
   -- Caleb McCown
   -- Alexander Mompoint
   -- Amirpouya Ghasemaghaei
Li et al. (2012)
Ogawa et al. (2022)
Devineau et al. (2018)


4/19/23 Project Updates


4/24/23 Student Presentations
   -- Brandon Willett
   -- Anthony Mompoint
   -- Edo Christianto
   -- Creston Altiere
Solbiati et al. (2021)
Buhler et al. (2018)
Bimberg et al. (2021)
Bouyer et al. (2017)


4/26/23 Project Updates


5/1/23 Final Project Demo Day