IT 553: Virtual Reality Technologies

This course covers the topics: Virtual reality, multiple modal interaction, visual-auditory-haptic, interaction immersion and imagination, visual computation and environmental modeling; geometric behavior and physically based simulation; management of large scale environment, VR development tools, augmented reality, mixed reality, digital entertainment, the concepts of computer and video game technology and how they have evolved, explain the importance of the different technologies in video games production, explain various techniques to produce 3D model and animation, implement animation techniques using modern programming language and 3D modeling tools.