Mixed Reality and Metaverse (5cr)

Objective

After the completion of the course the student has an overall grasp of mixed reality and metaverse as a field: What technologies are covered by it, how the technologies are maturing, where and how they are used and how the applications are created. By the end of the course the student: - understands the mixed reality and metaverse terminology, the categories of technologies and their main working principles - understands the mixed reality device categories, main device features and the historical and ongoing development of devices - understands the special requirements of mixed reality and metaverse to user experience design - understands the development process of mixed reality applications - understands business and societal aspects of mixed reality and metaverse - can apply typical tools (incl. Unity) in creating mixed reality applications - can apply mixed reality in designing solutions for typical use sectors - knows use cases for metaverse

Content

Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Usability, Human-Computer Interaction, Metaverse: The course introduces mixed reality (especially virtual and augmented reality) and metaverse, the underlying technologies, application areas, and the design principles, process and tools (incl. Unity) for creating the applications.

Qualifications

Basics of programming

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assignments/short essays and lecture participation 50%, project work 50%.

Further information

Will be lectured in English. Replaces course TKO_8960 Mixed Reality

Execution methods

Theoretical fundamentals as well as research and industrial applications are introduced during the lectures and online study material. Possible guest lectures. Exercises introduce Unity and other tools for implementing different types of applications. Project work will be done from a selected topic using the tools introduced in the exercises.

Accomplishment methods

Active participation on the lectures (20 h). Studying the online material and completing the assignments/short essays (35 h). Exercises (20 h). Project work (60 h).