The course covers the physical principles of virtual reality, including the description of visual, auditory, and tactile human sensory perception, the creation of artificial stereoscopic images, realistic color representation, and autentic sound perception. Practical exercises include an introduction to the Blender software and the implementation of a student project and its practical demonstration in the Visualization and Virtual Reality Laboratory (IT4I).
Literature
M. Mihelj, D. Novak, S. Beguš, Virtual Reality Technology and Applications, Springer-Verlag London 2013.
J. Vince, Introdution to virtual reality, Springer-Verlag London 2004.
K. McMenemy, S. Ferguson, A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Virtual Reality, A K Peters, Ltd. 2007.
P. Fuchs, G. Moreau, P. Guitton, Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2011.
J. M. Blain, The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation, 7th edition, CRC press, 2022.
Advised literature
M. Zaralli, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence: Risks and Opportunities for Your Business, Productivity Press, 2024.
P. Fuchs, Virtual Reality Headsets – A Theoretical and Pragmatic Approach, CRC Press, 2017.
S. Greengard, Virtual Reality, MIT Press, 2019.
Grigore C. Burdea; Philippe Coiffet, Virtual Reality Technology, John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
R. Goel, S. K. Baral, T. Mishra, V. Jain, Augmented and Virtual Reality in Industry 5.0, De Gruyter, 2023.
A. Belec, Blender 3D Incredible Models: A Comprehensive Guide to Hard-Surface Modeling, Procedural Texturing, and Rendering, Packt Publishing, 2024.
A. Hamdani, 3D Environment Design with Blender: Enhance your modeling, texturing, and lighting skills to create realistic 3D scenes, Packt Publishing, 2023.
J. van Gumster, Blender For Dummies, 4th Edition, 2020.
S. M. LaValle, Virtual reality, Cambridge UniversityPress, 2023.