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Vizualization and Perceptualization
| Introduction to Augmented Reality | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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None |
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Course Description:
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This course includes understanding the basiscs of augmented reality (AR), in which real-world objects and computer-generated, synthetic objects are augmented togethere and form a realistic environment to visualize complex scenarios, identifying the multiple components of AR, using and designing augmented environments (AE) for real-world applications, understanding advanced visualization and AR technologies, AE, stereoscopic 3D displays, multomodal user interaction in AE, and AR applications. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to Distributed Rendering | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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None. |
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Course Description:
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This course includes understanding the distributed rendering environment (DRE) at Purdue, which is part of the high performance classroom (HPC) initiative, learning the fundamentals of a render farm, using the DRE system to render 3D models and animations over several computers distributed across the campus where students can access them using their career accounts. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to the Access Grid | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, and student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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None |
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Course Description:
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This course wil demonstrate and discuss methods to use the Access Grid for research and collaboration. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to the Envision Center | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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None |
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Course Description:
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This course will give the students an overview of the computing systems used in the Envision Center. The course will include Linux/Windows operating systems and libraries. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to the Envision Center Computing Systems | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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None |
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Course Description:
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Students will get an overview of the computing systems used in the Envision Center. The couse will include Linux/Windows operating systems and libraries. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to the Use of the Flex Display | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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Must be an Envision Center qualified user |
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Course Description:
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This course provides the user with the tools and techniques to operate the Flex using both the Onyx2 and Onyx4. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to the Use of the Tiled Wall | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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Must be an Envision Center Qualified User. |
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Course Description:
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This course provides the user with the tools and techniques to operate the tiled wall -- both windows and Linux operating systems. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to Use of Motion Capture Software | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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None |
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Course Description:
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This course includes understanding the varying uses of motion capture technology in research and industry, discussing the proper application of mothion capture technology to projects for research and industry, identifying the use of hardware components of an STT Optical Motion Capture System, viewing applications of mothion capture created using data. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Introduction to Virtual Reality | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff, student researchers |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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None |
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Course Description:
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This course includes: learning what is required to develop virtual reality (VR) applications in areas such as science, engineering, art, education, and medicine; understanding the origins of VP, technology underlying VR, and methods used to interface humans with VR worlds; identifying major applications of VR technology, such as advanced visualization, virtual reality technologies, immersive environments, large-sacle high-resolution displays, stereoscopic 3D displays, multimodal user interaction, and VR applications; contrasting common hardware, display systems, software tools, and methodologies for developing VR environments. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |
| Use of Motion Capture Software | |
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Intended Audience:
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Faculty, staff student researcher |
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Prerequisite Skills:
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Envision Center Qualified User |
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Course Description:
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This course includes constructing the STT System for a motion capture recording session, including theproper cabling, power distribution, and computing network, aligning and calibrating the STT System, wearing and properly aligning optical markers, operating the STT and SDCcam software, troublshooting calibrations and hardware errors, configuring Kaydara's motion capture software with the STT motion capture system, getting a model from a popular ED animation application into Kaydara's motion capture system, applying and recording real-time motion capture data to a model, usting the tools and techniques for manipulating the recorded data using Kaydara's software. |
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Current Offerings:
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There are no courses scheduled at this time. |