Virtual-, Augmented and Mixed Reality

• Fundamentals of ARNR (presence, immersion, interactivity, visualization techniques, tracking, displays, software, etc.)
• Application areas of ARNR technologies (application domains, advantages/disadvantages, challenges for users and companies)
• Build a basic virtual reality application (Unity, Windows Mixed Reality, SteamVR, OpenVR, Visual Studio)
• Create a basic augmented reality application (Unity, Hololens 2, Android, Vuforia, Visual Studio)
• lnteraction with virtual elements in ARNR (Collider, Physics)

Professional Competencies:

• Students gain insight into hardware and software fundamentals, human perceptual processes, and standard tools for virtual and augmented reality.
• They will learn to identify ARNR technologies and tools and to select suitable ARNR tools and methods depending on the use case.
• Students will be able to implement their own low-function ARNR demos and evaluate the suitability of these demos for the application scenario.

lnterdisciplinary Competencies:

• Combined teaching of methodological/technical/economic correlations reinforces analytical ability and deduction
• lncrease of own creativity and media competence by designing and presenting lectures in modern presentation forms (e.g. Pecha Kucha)
• Promotion of social skills through regular cooperative work in small groups
• Strengthening of own conflict and communication skills through joint assessment of lecture and practical training performances
• Self-responsible work at individual (group dynamic) speeds in the processing of practical tasks results in strengthened decision competence
• Collaboration with students from other degree programs

• Extensive programming skills, ideally with completion of the Engineering Informatics module
  
• umfassende Programmierkenntnisse, bestenfalls absolviertes Modul Ingenieursinformatik

• Lecture notes and videos for lectures and practical training – Pangilinan et al: Creating Augmented and Virtual Realities: Theory & Practice for Next-Generation Spatial Computing.
• O'Reilly, 2019 - Schmalstieg, Hollerer: Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice. Addisson-Wesley, 2016