[Archive] Wise2223 - Seminars, Workshops and Lectures

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Foundations of Virtual Reality provides a broad overview of the foundational theories, concepts and technologies involved in virtual reality. Topics covered include:

• Definitions and history of immersive media
• Active and spatial perception - vision, hearing, touch, somatic senses
• Stereo, head-tracked and head-mounted visual displays
• 3D tracking
• Sonic and haptic displays
• Interaction, locomotion and navigation in virtual spaces
• Software and application design for real-time VR
• Embodiment, social presence, measuring immersion

Tutorials will provide hands-on introduction to these topics using WebGL, Threejs and Unity.

This seminar has three major components. The first is an introduction to academic research methodologies and tools, such as search strategies and tools, managing a bibliography, academic writing styles, ciations and avoiding plagiarism. In short, you will learn how to find, read, analyse and write academic texts.

The second component is a discussion of philosophical, historical, ethical, social and political implications of media technologies, and computing technology in general. We will discuss selected writings and films from such authors as Alan Turing, Norbert Wiener, John Searle, Nic Bostrom, Stanislav Lem, Jaron Lanier, Hubert Dreyfus, E.M. Forster and more.

The third component is an introduction to current research frontiers and results in the field of immersive media technologies. This includes such topics as perceptual factors, real-time rendering and simulation, embodied virtual agents, virtual world building, 3D user interfaces and emerging applications, such as psychiatry, education and journalism. Students will perform their own literature review on a topic of their choice and present their results to their fellow students in class.

This seminar is well suited for students intending to write a bachelor or master thesis in the field of immersive media. However, it can also be taken by students, not in this category. Students will be given the opportunity to select and refine a thesis topic, familiarise themselves with the relevant technologies, and then prepare extensively the theoretical and technical components of the thesis.

Seminar structure:

• Weekly meetings
• Student presentation, student-led discussions and close readings of research papers
• Student-led "reading group"

Tasks and assesment:

• Write literature review paper on a specific research topic.
• Class presentation.

This course unites informatik and design students in a semester-long "research studio" in which students will work together to explore the possibilities of multi-user co-located mixed reality in the design and analysis of complex real-world problems.

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The topic for the 2022 Research Studio is climate-neutral mobility. What might climate-neutral mobility concepts of the future look like? What role will autonomous driving, multimodality or the circular economy play in the question of how we get around in cities and rural areas in the future?

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Using multi-scale simulation, we will explore how design decisions on the scale of the individual can impact macro-scale systems such as city-wide traffic. In particular, with the use of real-time simulation and multi-user mixed reality, we explore how such models can provide a multiplicity of perspectives, from 1st person true-to-life immersive experience to high-level abstract data visualisation.

In this studio you will use multi-user co-located mixed reality to provide 1st person perspectives on designs and simulations of possible futures.

Previous experience with Unity or 3D modelling (e.g. with Blender or Maya) are highly beneficial.

When: October 2022 - February 2023. Days and times to be determined.
Where: Dresden Kulturpalast and TU Dresden Informatik Andreas Pfitzmann Bau.
Tutors: Prof. Jens Krzywinski (Chair of Industrial Design Engineering), Jun. Prof. Matthew McGinity, Dr. Ingmar Franke, Daniel Zeidler (IXLAB, Informatik) and guests.

If interested, please subscribe to the OPAL waiting list https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/36533665795/BusinessGroup/36530389004 and join the Matrix channel here: https://matrix.to/#/#studio2022:tu-dresden.de

An information session will be announced for the first week of semester.

More information can be found here: https://ixlab.io/studio2022

IXLAB is offering a range of individual and group Research Projects in the field of immersive media. Topics include theoretical and perceptual factors, technical challenges, design and interaction issues and novel applications of different manifestations of virtual and augmented reality. Application fields include archaeology, architecture, data visualisation, geospatial science, physiotherapy or psychotherapy, museums and libraries, music and film production, journalism or education and training.

Projects are available for all levels: Bachelor and Master Theses, Gross Beleg and individual and team research projects INF-PM-FPA, INF-PM-FPG, CMS-PROJ, CMS-VC-TEA

See here for example Research Projects

Medieninformatik-Projekt B-490 ist eine Pflichtveranstaltung für Studierende des vierten und fünften Semesters des Bachelor-Studiengangs Medieninformatik. Die Studierenden arbeiten in kleinen Teams an praktischen Projekten und kreativen Produktionen.

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Diese Lehrveranstaltung wird gemeinsam von mehreren Lehrstühlen organisiert. Jeder Lehrstuhl gibt eine eigene Aufgabenstellung heraus. Die Juniorprofessur für Immersive Medien (IXLAB.io) wird sich der Konzeption und die Umsetzung von Szenarien stellen, die "Hybrid Spaces in Teaching" zum Thema haben. Dazu sollen bzw. können die Teilnehmer der Lehrveranstaltung eine vorhandene Installation "Projection Mapping /VRLS" nutzen. Die eigene Arbeit der Teilnehmer konzentriert sich auf die Recherche, die gestalterische Konzeption und die softwaretechnische Umsetzung einer Lösung unter zu Hilfenahme von Unity oder Unreal. 
Wenn Du teilnehmen möchtest, dann finde Dich in diesem Matrixraum ein:
https://matrix.to/#/#IX_SS22_Medieninformatik-Project-B-490:tu-dresden.de

Suchen Sie unter OPAL: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de › opal auch den folgenden Kurs auf: Medieninformatik-Projekt (INF-B-490) 2022/2023 

Angedacht ist, dass dieses Thema im Rahmen einer Blockveranstaltung in den Semesterferien (Sommer) durchgeführt wird. Nähre Abstimmungen dazu erfolgen, nach Absprache unter allen Teilnehmern zusammen mit den Betreuern. 

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Die Lehrveranstaltung wird gemeinsam von den Lehrstühlen des Instituts SMT organisiert:
 + Juniorprofessur für Immersive Medien (IXLAB.io)
 + Professur Computergrafik und Visualisierung
 + Professur Multimedia-Technik

Die Themen für das SS 2022 werden am Freitag, 22. April 2022 in einer lehrstuhlübergreifenden Einführungsveranstaltung vorgestellt. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie nach der Einschreibung. 

Die Einschreibung über jExam beginnt am 28.März.2022 (Achtung: auf jExam heißt der Kurs "KP Medieninformatik I"). Wenn Sie Probleme bei der Einschreibung oder Fragen haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an: .