| Date | Lecture Description | Readings | Assignments | Materials |
| 1/12/26 |
Introduction to 3D User Interfaces -course mechanics -definitions -3D UI Applications |
3DUI Book -- Chapter 1 New Directions in 3D UI 3DUI New Directions Survey |
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| 1/14/26 | 3DUIs and Games |
3DUI Book -- Chapter 2 3DUI,VR and Games Steed et al.(2021) |
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| 1/19/26 | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday | |
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| 1/21/26 | Video Game Motion Controllers | LaViola and
Marks(2010) LaViola and Keefe(2011) |
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| 1/26/26 | Unity 3D | Smith and Queiroz, Unity 5.x Cookbook | Asgn 1 |
Lecture slides |
| 1/28/26 | Unity 3D and VR | Smith and Queiroz, Unity 5.x Cookbook | Lecture slides | |
| 2/2/26 | Human Factors | 3DUI Book - Chapter 3 |
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| 2/4/26 | Intro to HCI | 3DUI Book - Chapter 4 |
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| 2/9/26 | Output Devices | 3DUI Book - Chapter 5, pgs. 123-153 |
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| 2/11/26 | Output Devices cont'd | 3DUI Book - Chapter 5, pgs. 153-185 | |
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| 2/16/26 | Input Devices | 3DUI Book - Chapter 6, pgs. 187-221 | Asgn 2 |
Lecture Slides |
| 2/18/26 | Input Devices cont'd | 3DUI Book - Chapter 6, pgs. 221-249 | ||
| 2/23/26 | Selection and Manipulation | 3DUI Book - Chapter 7, pgs. 255-301 |
Lecture Slides 3D Selection Database |
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| 2/25/26 | Selection and Manipulation cont'd | 3DUI Book - Chapter 7, pgs. 301-316 |
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| 3/2/26 | Travel | 3DUI Book - Chapter 8 |
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| 3/4/26 | No class | |
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| 3/9/26 | System Control | 3DUI Book - Chapter 9 | Asgn 3 |
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| 3/11/26 | 3DUI Design Strategies | 3DUI Book - Chapter 10 |
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| 3/16/26 | Spring Break |
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| 3/18/26 | Spring Break |
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| 3/23/26 | 3DUI Evaluation | 3DUI Book - Chapter 11 |
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| 3/25/26 | 3DUI Evaluation Examples | |
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| 3/30/26 | Project Updates | |
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| 4/1/26 | Student Presentations -- Dillon Sardarsingh -- Charles Knipper |
Bazargani et al. (2026) Rodriguez et al. (2024) |
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| 4/6/26 | Project Updates | |
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| 4/8/26 | Student Presentations -- Kylee Weener -- Daniel Carrillo |
Cho et al. (2025) Zhou et al. (2026) |
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| 4/13/26 | Project Updates | |
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| 4/15/26 | Student Presentations -- Darinka Hinostroza -- William Moulton |
Lee et al. (2020) Bashar et al. (2026) |
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| 4/20/26 | Project Updates | |
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| 4/22/26 | Student Presentations -- Rodrigo Garcia -- Alejandro Tejeira |
Wang et al. (2025) Wang et al. (2024) |
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| 4/27/26 | Project Updates | |
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| 4/29/26 | Student Presentations -- Gabriel Velez -- Obinsonne Servius |
Kim et al. (2021) Hu et al. (2025) |
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| 5/4/26 | Final Project Demos | |