VR and HCI CS677 - 2007

SK Semwal

semwal@eas.uccs.edu

University of Colorado

Colorado Springs

Human Forms (Semwal, stansfield et al. SNL/UCCS, Presence)

Closed form arm and legs solution (Semwal, Stansfield etal. Presence article)

Talking Heads Chris Kohnert/Semwal

Automatic Lip-Synchronization using linear prediction of speech

Presently: Collobarating with Professor Ron Cole (CSLR, CU Boluder http://cslr.colorado.edu/beginweb/vt_th/vt_th.html

Problem SpaceExamples

Keith Waters 1996Layered Tissue Model

Screen capture from Mark Kilgard’s Apple OpenGL sample adaptation of Keith Water’s code. Used under ACM Siggraph copyright provision.

Summer 2001Physical simulation onlyResearcher: Richard B. DoyleCourtesy: Dr. Victor Spitzer with persmission

Ocular MotionResearcher: Chris LeeCourtesy: Dr. Victor Spitzer

Undefined Surrounding Tissues

Spring 2002Physics sculpted morph targetsResearcher: Richard B. DoyleCourtesy: Dr. Victor Spitzer with persmission

Tractor TendonsMuscle Force Tracking

Where are the Slices??

Richard Doyle/Spitzer UCCS/UCHSC

Courses in this area CS480/580: Introduction to 3D Graphics CS575 Computational Geometry CS577 Animation and Visualization CS576 Geometric Modeling CS578 3D Games and Digital Content Creation CS579 Wearable Computing and Complex Systems CS677 VR and HCI CS581 Advanced Computer Graphics CS581

-- Invite you to consider this area for MS and PhD

Some other things…

MS Engg Degree program on Human-Media Convergence (aka Games and Media Integration) undergoing approval

Shoreline company established Institute of Complex Systems and Human-

Media Convergence talks started geared particularly towards Alzheimers.

Course outline-- Two exams: One Midterm inclass and one take home

final -- A major term projects involving (a) Proposal (approval required) and brief

presentation in class (b) Midterm demo with brief presentation (end of

March) (c) Final demo with 30 minute presentation (first

week of May) (d) Research (term) paper submission