Team Project Computer Graphics and Visualization (WS 2020/21)

SWS 0/0/4

Modules

INF-B-510 (Vertiefung) INF
INF-B-520 (Vertiefung zur Bachelor-Arbeit) INF
INF-B-530 (Vertiefung) MI
INF-B-540 (Vertiefung zur Bachelor-Arbeit)t MI
INF-VMI-8 (Angewandte Graphische Datenverarbeitung) MI
INF-MA-PR (Master-Praktikum) INF
INF-E-4 (Master-Praktikum) MI
INF-04-KP (Komplexpraktikum)
MINF-04-KP-FG1 (Komplexpraktikum Fachgebiet 1)
IST-05-KP (Komplexpraktikum)
CMS-VC-TEA (Visual Computing Team Project)
INF-VERT2 (Vertiefung Künstliche Intelligenz)

You can use the Komplexpraktikum also in INF-VERT7 with a corresponding notice to Prof. Gumhold.

Organisation

To register for one of the topics, please enroll in the OPAL course.

The first appointment / kick-off will take place in the second week of November, 9th to 13th. The concrete date will be agreed upon with all participants.
 

Topic "LiveEarth VR" (working title)

Advisor:  Sebastian Vogt
There are several geostationary satellites in earth orbit which are used among other things for weather forecasting. Some of these satellites are owned by governmental organizations and the recorded data are made available to the public. This concerns, among other things, high-resolution images of the earth.
Furthermore there are many free APIs that provide live data. (For example: aircraft data, shipping data, elevation map data, weather data, satellite positions)
In the scope of this project a VR application is to be created, in which a globe with a dynamic texture can be investigated. In this application live data from different APIs shall be displayed.

Challenges

• Collecting "live" images from different sources
• Combining images to a homogenous texture
• Exploration and interaction methods for VR application have to be created (filtering, moving, rotating, time...)
• reasonable visualization of the data

Requirements

• Advanced knowledge in computer graphics and data visualization
• Experience developing:
  • ...VR applications
  • ...with the cgv framework