Module Summary
- Instructor: Rynson Lau
- Teaching Assistant: Rongjin Guo, Yiyu Li, Fang Liu, Zefan Qu, Zhicun Yin, Youjun Zhao
- Semester: B
Aims and Objectives
Virtual reality emphasizes on the construction of interactive 3D virtual/mixed environments, and how to interact within such environments through different sensory channels, such as audio, vision and gesture. Virtual Reality has many applications. The most popular ones include 3D computer games and virtual walkthrough, which have attracted a lot of attention. This course aims at introducing both basic and advanced virtual reality techniques and their applications. It also discusses human factors and evaluation techniques for virtual reality applications.Upon completion of this module, students are expected to:
- Identify the important characteristics of different virtual reality techniques.
- Explain different types of virtual reality hardware systems.
- Explain and discuss different types of virtual reality applications.
- Design and apply virtual reality techniques to develop a practical application.
Pre-requisites (for CS4185 only)
- CS2310/CS2313/CS2331/EE3206 Computer Programming
- CS2303/CS3334 Data Structures
Assessments
- Coursework: 50% (1 mid-term quiz (20%) and 1 course project (30%))
- Examination: 50% (2 hours)
Programming Clinic
For students who encounter programming difficulties in doing your course project, you may take advantage of the programming clinic available from the CSLAB. There are five consultation sessions provided for each week, starting from Week 4 to Week 13 (except holidays & breaks). The clinic will be offered in mixed mode -- you may visit the clinic in the CSLab at MMW building physically, or join the clinic via Zoom. The details can be found at: https://courses.cs.cityu.edu.hk/clinic
Teaching Schedule
For CS4188/CS5188, refer to the university calendar for the week numbers.CS4188
- Week 1 (Jan. 13): Overview and Introduction
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 1 - Week 2 (Jan. 20): Input Devices
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 2 - Week 3 (Jan. 27): Input Devices, Course Project Briefing
No Tutorial Class - Week 4 (Feb. 3): Output Devices (Graphics Displays)
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 1 - Week 5 (Feb. 10): Output Devices (Sound and Haptics), Computing Architectures for VR
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 2 - Week 6 (Feb. 24): Computing Architectures for VR
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 3 - Week 7 (Mar. 3): VR Modeling, Quiz Briefing
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 4 - Week 8 (Mar. 10): Quiz
No Tutorial Class - Week 9 (Mar. 17): VR Modeling
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 3 - Week 10 (Mar. 24): Sense of Presence, VR Applications
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 4 - Week 11 (Mar. 31): Distributed Virtual Enviornments, Revision
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 5 - Week 12 (Apr. 7): Public Holiday
Deadline for course project submission: April 8, 2026 - Week 13 (Apr. 14): Course Project Presentations
Tutorial Class: Course Project Presentations
CS5188
- Week 1 (Jan. 12): Overview and Introduction
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 1 - Week 2 (Jan. 19): Input Devices
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 2 - Week 3 (Jan. 26): Conference Leave
- Week 4 (Feb. 2): Input Devices, Output Devices (Graphics
Displays), Course Project Briefing
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 1 - Week 5 (Feb. 9): Output Devices (Graphics Displays), Output Devices (Sound and Haptics)
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 2 - Week 6 (Feb. 23): Computing Architectures for VR
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 3 - Week 7 (Mar. 2): Computing Architectures for VR, VR Modeling, Quiz Briefing
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 4 - Week 8 (Mar. 9): Quiz
No Tutorial Class - Week 9 (Mar. 16): VR Modeling
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 3 - Week 10 (Mar. 23): Sense of Presence, VR Applications
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 4 - Week 11 (Mar. 30): Distributed Virtual Enviornments, Revision
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 5 - Week 12 (Apr. 6): Public Holiday
Deadline for course project submission: April 8, 2026 - Week 13 (Apr. 13): Course Project Presentations
Tutorial Class: Course Project Presentations
For CS5188 (Dongguan), refer to the university calendar for the week numbers.
CS5188 (Dongguan)
- Week 1 (Jan. 22): Conference Leave
- Week 2 (Jan. 29): Overview and Introduction
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 1 - Week 3 (Feb. 5): Input Devices, Course Project Briefing
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 2 - Week 4 (Mar. 5): Input Devices, Output Devices (Graphics Displays)
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 1 - Week 5 (Mar. 12): Output Devices (Graphics Displays), Output Devices (Sound and Haptics)
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 2 - Week 6 (Mar. 19): Computing Architectures for VR
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 3 - Week 7 (Mar. 26): Computing Architectures for VR, Quiz Briefing
Tutorial Class: Course Project Tutorial 4 - Week 8 (Apr. 2): Quiz
No Tutorial Class - Week 9 (Apr. 9): VR Modeling
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 3 - Week 10 (Apr. 16): VR Modeling, Sense of Presence
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 4 - Week 11 (Apr. 23): VR Applications, Distributed Virtual Enviornments
Tutorial Class: Tutorial 5 - Week 12 (Apr. 30): Distributed Virtual Environments, Revision
Deadline for course project submission: April 29, 2026 - Week 13 (May 7): Course Project Presentations
Tutorial Class: Course Project Presentations
Reference Books
- The VR Book: Human-Centred Design for
Virtual Reality
Jason Jerald, ACM, 2015. - Building Virtual Reality with Unity and
Stream VR
Jeff W. Murray, CRC Press, 2017. - Unreal Engine VR Cookbook: Developing
Virtual Reality with UE5
Mitch McCaffrey, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2017. -
Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments
Mel Slater, Anthony Steed, and Yiorgos Chrysanthou, Addison Wesley, 2002. -
Networked Virtual Environments
Sandeep Singhal and Michael Zyda, Addison Wesley, 1999. -
Virtual Reality Technology,
Second Edition
Grigore Burdea and Philipe Coiffet, Willey-Interscience, 2003.