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Course description

Explore the principles and techniques of virtual and augmented reality. Learn the main properties of human sensory modalities and the principles of the sensory-motor loop involved when interacting with the physical and virtual worlds. Identify technological interfaces and displays used for human-machine interaction. Understand the models and algorithms used for the interactive and real-time multi-modal rendering of the virtual scene.

• 3 ECTS Credits
• 18h Lectures
• 10h Tutorials

Learning outcome

• Basic knowledge on human spatial and multi-modal perception and cognition.
• Understanding of the main audio-visual rendering techniques.
• Learn to design and implement a simple VR application.

Pre-requisites

Basic knowledge on computer graphics, signal processing and programming.

Instructors

• Indira Thouvenin (UTC Compiègne)
• Olivier Warusfel (IRCAM-STMS)
• Markus Noisternig (IRCAM-STMS)
• David Poirier-Quinot (Sorbonne University)

Installation

Softwares required during tutorials:

• Unity (v2022.3.x free student version) + Visual Studio (Windows) or Visual Studio Code (MacOS)
• (optional) Blender (v4.x)