Virtual Reality
Topic outline
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Spring 2019:
the course plans 4 weeks of VR hands-on and coding work in the IIG research facilities (2h/week) from weeks 5 to 8 of the semester. For this reason, the 1h of exercise from 12h to 13h is used for teaching in INF 213 from weeks 1 to 4 of the semester whereas there will be only 1h of lecture from 10h to 11h during the weeks 5 to 8 period.
TP organization depends upon registration number
Grading overview :- 2 Quizzes on the course material, on weeks 7 and 13 : 10%
- one article study and follow-up chosen among a list provided at the end of the first week (16%), during weeks 2-4. The topic of the article will be the starting point of the short oral control on week 14. This is an individual assignment. We will continue to use the Turnitin moodle tool to assess potential plagiarism.
- 4 hands-on & coding during 2 hours practical work with 4 VR devices will be organized during the weeks 5-8 ; your presence is graded (4%) and the gained experience is evaluated with the short oral control on week 14.
- 1 programming assignment: a real-time physically-based application with tracking done on their personal computer ; this year the project is to be done by groups of 2-3 persons (40%), during weeks 7-12, demo and project grading on week 13.
- 1 short individual oral control during week 14 (on the chosen paper + one random VR hands-on demo topic and general VR background concepts)) : 30%
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Feb. 18 th [1h course presentation, 2h Teaching on VR concepts and VR systems]
R. Boulic : Course structure including a brief overview of the 4 hands-on demos, the paper study and the small project
R. Boulic : VR as "Embodied Interaction"
T. Porssut : VR systems part 1
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Select the paper you want to study by registering to the "paper study group" with the number of the first authors' name on the first page.
Carefully read the abstracts before choosing a paper as you cannot revert your choice.
You can join only one group => one paper to study (alone) ; it's not a work to do with the potential other person choosing the same paper to study. We'll run the plagiarism detection tool to check such issue) -
reminder: choose MAXIMUM 1 group / the paper study work is individual. The word "group" comes from the moodle interface design ; it just mean the maximum number of person choosing a specific paper.
The Turn-it-in assignment uploading tool is visible in the TOPIC5 box. According to EPFL regulations, this tool will check for plagiarism on all uploaded assignments including those provided in previous years.
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Feb. 25th [3h teaching]
R. Boulic 1h: Feeding human senses through "Immersion"
R. Boulic 1h: Introduction for TPs: Stereopsis and depth Perception
T. Porssut 1h: VR systems part 2
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March 4th [3h teaching]
R. Boulic 1h: CAVE Display
R. Boulic 1h: How much Immersion is necessary ? what is Presence ? Flow ?
T. Porssut 1h: introduction for TPs: UNITY -
March 11th [3h teaching]
R. Boulic 1h: Basic 3D interaction techniques: Magic vs Naturalism (Part1)
R. Boulic 1h: Cybersickness
T. Porssut 1h : introduction for TPs: UNITY-
This year we work with both room INJ 118 and room 213 according to the planning available on Topic 5. In INJ 118, each TP session is composed of one hands-on of 2h each. Such short duration allows to experience different parameter settings for the proposed interaction. In INF 213, you have to bring your laptop.
According to IS-Academia, 32 students are registered to the course. For 8 groups, we'll have 4 persons per group max. This is still a large number for doing a TP ; so we ask each group of 4 persons to informally organize in two sub-group of 2 persons: one sub-group do the interaction and then alternate with the second sub-group. The members of second sub-group have to individually assess the potential of the interaction technique (advantages/drawbacks) for the project proposal they intend to propose. This is an individual written assessment that will appear in the introduction of the future project proposal.
Please note that members of a "project group" are likely to be spread in different "TP groups" ; it is actually better as it allows to gather a global view of the TP techniques at the time of delivering the project proposal in week 7-8.
MAKE sure one person per group has a Laptop able to run Unity to be able to do the Unity Game TP in INF 213.
Select only one group.
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March 18 th [1h teaching/ 2h TP]
R. Boulic : Basic 3D interaction techniques: Magic vs Naturalism (Part 2)-
Please upload a pdf structured as follows [2019-20]:
- 1 page = [min: 2400 , max: 3000] characters including spaces (use text editing tools to count characters)
- Do not copy-paste any piece of text from the paper to study unless you make clear it is a citation (with double quotes).
- you may have one image on page 1, only if it is essential to understand the paper.
- the full reference of the studied paper appears at the beginning of page 3 and is referred to as [0] in page 1 and 2.
- use numbered references like this [1] to spare space on pages 1 and 2.
HEADER : your name + beginning of paper title/only first author/year.PAGE 1 : this page focuses on the contributions of the paper, highlighting a selection of key earlier papers [min: 2, max: 4] to show how the paper exploits them/ compares to them.
At the bottom of the page, provide a 1-2 sentence(s) summary for each of the selected earlier papers. Follow this style :
Paper [1] compares the effectiveness of.... with.... etc....
PAGE 2 : includes your analysis of the citations of this paper by others (e.g. who, why, when) ; first indicate the tool you used and the total number of citations you found. Then make a selection of papers (min 4, max 8) to highlight a VARIETY of cases about how the field has evolved since the paper appeared in publication. The VARIETY criteria will be assessed as follows:
- no more than two state of the art / meta-analysis / overview / survey / review / book- at least two references that are NOT co-authored by any author of [0]
- indicate the publication year of each citing paper to clarify the timeline among the references you choose. It also help to assess how the chosen references spread between [0] publication year and now ; the requirement is the following: let's note N the number of years since the publication of [0], then at least two references should be in the most recent N/2 years.
Provide an explicit subsection "Conclusion" stating your own viewpoint on the past and future evolution of the topic.
PAGE 3 : list of the papers references used for pages 1and 2. For each numbered reference provide the paper title, publication year, author list, source of publication (conference, journal, book), publisher, volume and number (for journal) or chapter (for book), page numbers, and DOI (or a link to the internet location where you found the paper) so that we can find it easily.
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March 25th [1h teaching / 2h TP]
R. Boulic : Basic 3D interaction techniques: Magic vs Naturalism (end)
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April 1st Quizz 1 [1h teaching after Quizz1 at 10h15/ 2h TP]
R. Boulic : The perception of action (Part1)
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Attached here you will find a description of the specifications and requirements for the project work. Also attached is a sample project. You may use this project for your group, or you may use it as a guide to preparing a project of your choosing. In either case, if you have questions about your project choice, please don't hesitate to consult with the TAs at Thibault.Porssut@epfl.ch and Neal.Hartman@epfl.ch.
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You are free to define your project group, at the latest on Monday April 15th 23h55. (week 8)
We expect a standard group size of two persons but we allow a maximum group size of 3 but such a larger group size should be reflected in the proposed project features.
Please note that if you plan to use Unity or a similar engine (with physics already integrated and scene editing tools), we expect richer interactions than if you exploit a less complete tool (such as a graphics library).
Details can be found in the pdf document "VR Project specifications" in the same Topic 7 box.
Once your group is registered, you should quickly define your project outline in a short document uploaded in the assignment "VR Project short proposal" until Wednesday April 17th (23h55). We encourage you to upload your proposal before the April 17th deadline and inform us that you wish it to be checked; just send an email to Thibault.Porssut@epfl.ch and Neal.Hartman@epfl.ch.
The responsible Teaching Assistants will validate it or request an improved description.
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A single person per group should upload the proposal.
The proposal should briefly describe the idea you have and list the libraries you will be using. We recommend that you use drawings or other forms of graphical representation to convey your idea more efficiently. We encourage you to upload your proposal before the April 17th deadline and inform us that you wish it to be checked; just send an email to Thibault.Porssut@epfl.ch and Neal.Hartman@epfl.ch.
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This sample project can be used as your group project OR it can serve as a guide for the preparation of a project of your choosing. If in doubt, feel free to contact the TAs at Thibault.Porssut@epfl.ch or Neal.Hartman@epfl.ch.
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April 8th [1h teaching / 2h TP]
R. Boulic : The perception of action (end)
R. Boulic : Haptic Interfaces (Part 1)
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April 15th [2h]
R. Boulic : Haptic interfaces (end)
R. Boulic : What makes an interactive virtual human alive ?
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April 29th [2h teaching]
B. Herbelin: VR, cognitive sciences and true experimental design (course material from B Herbelin from EPFL-LNCO)
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May 6th [2h teaching]
R. Boulic : What makes an interactive virtual human alive ? (end)
R. Boulic : Motion capture for full-body interaction -
May13th: no course / time is dedicated to the mini-project
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May 20th : Quizz2 followed by 3h public demos of the projects in the lecture room
The rest of the project evaluation will be organized during the week by the teaching assistants
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The deadline for submitting the final version of the project (build and code/unity project + report) is on May 20 23:55.
Please submit a zipped file in .zip format. Name your submission as:
VR_project_2019_group_XX.zip
XX = group number
Only one member of the group needs to submit the project.
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The deadline for submitting the video is May 24 23:55.
You can submit a link (dropbox, one drive …) or a file:1. let us know in case you do not want it to be posted on any video sharing platform in the future (thibault.porssut@epfl.ch).
2. please name your submission as:
VR_project_2019_group_XX
XX = group numberOnly one member of the group needs to submit the video.
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May 27th : Final oral exam (scheduled from 8h to 15h in room INF 211)
