CS 498SL
Spring 2017

CS 498: Virtual Reality

Projects To Continue in Spring 2017

  • 1.The Illinois Experience

    The Illinois Experience: Explore the University of Illinois through a Virtual Reality tour. With prof. Michelle Nelson and prof. Kesh Kesavadas. 360 video

  • 2.VR universe

    VR universe - A virtual reality game that utilizes the Gaia telescope data to present an immersive tour in our galaxy. With prof. Robb Lindgren and prof. Matthew Turk. video

  • 5.VR Paddle Boarding

    VR Paddle Boarding: A realistic paddle boarding experience for people going through rehabilitation. With prof. Manuel Hernandez. video

  • 3.VR Classroom

    VR Classroom:An online classroom environment built for use in both lectures and research, with sample lecture materials included. With prof. Steven LaValle and prof. Kesh Kesavadas. video

  • 12.VR Tour of Du Fu Thatched Cottage

    VR Tour of Du Fu Thatched Cottage: Explore the home of a prominent Chinese poet. video

  • 15. Journey

    Journey: A journey to find one's self. video

  • 16. Bon IVR

    Bon IVR: Experience an interactive world as you move through the music and explore the mix of sounds. video

  • 26. Inception Pac\ -Man

    Inception Pac-Man: VR illusory experience in dream worlds inspired b\ y the movie Inception. video

Projects Fall 2016

7-8pm

  • 1.The Illinois Experience

    The Illinois Experience: Explore the University of Illinois through a Virtual Reality tour. With prof. Michelle Nelson and prof. Kesh Kesavadas. 360 video

  • 2.VR universe

    VR universe - A virtual reality game that utilizes the Gaia telescope data to present an immersive tour in our galaxy. With prof. Robb Lindgren and prof. Matthew Turk. video

  • 5.VR Paddle Boarding

    VR Paddle Boarding: A realistic paddle boarding experience for people going through rehabilitation. With prof. Manuel Hernandez. video

  • 6.VizEarth

    VizEarth - An interactive 3D view of the Earth that facilitates truly immersive ways to visualize geographical data. With prof. Dana Cox. video

  • 3.VR Classroom

    VR Classroom:An online classroom environment built for use in both lectures and research, with sample lecture materials included. With prof. Steven LaValle and prof. Kesh Kesavadas. video

  • 4.Don't Look Down

    Don't Look Down: Observation of maladaptive behavioral strategies under fight-or-flight responses. With prof. Manuel Hernandez. video

  • 7.MediSIMS

    MediSIMS: An interactive medical device tutorial. With prof. Kesh Kesavadas. video

  • 8.AR Stroke Therapy

    AR Stroke Therapy: An alternative approach for post-stroke rehabilitation. With prof. Kesh Kesavadas. video

  • 9.VRMD Open Heart Surgery

    VRMD Open Heart Surgery: Medical Training VR simulation for cardiovascular surgery with surgeon posture tracking. With Dr. A. Jones, MD. video

  • 10.VRMD Laparoscopic Surgery

    VRMD Laparoscopic Surgery: Medical Training VR simulation for laparoscopic surgery. With Dr. A. Jones, MD. video

  • 11.VRMD Ocular

    VRMD Ocular: The VRMD experience focusing on the ocular aspect of the body. With Dr. A. Jones, MD. video

  • 12.VR Tour of Du Fu Thatched Cottage

    VR Tour of Du Fu Thatched Cottage: Explore the home of a prominent Chinese poet. video

  • 13. The Powers That Be

    The Powers That Be: A puzzle, and maze game, lets players experience changes in scaling and gravity video

  • 14. Age of Sail

    Age of Sail: Take a VR trip on a ship-of-the-line during the age of sail. video

  • 15. Journey

    Journey: A journey to find one's self. video

  • 16. Bon IVR

    Bon IVR: Experience an interactive world as you move through the music and explore the mix of sounds. video

  • 17. Immersive Education in Virtual Reality

    Immersive Education in Virtual Reality: Interactive Virtual Reality experiences on Algorithms, Mathematics, and Machine Learning, and their impact on education. video

  • 18. Presto Incanto

    Presto Incanto: Chanting magic words to experience VR with voice control. video

  • Star Map

    Star Map: Learn about horoscopes and stars with VR glasses even indoor. video

8-9pm

  • 19. Driver Road Test Simulator:

    Driver Road Test Simulator: Practice the driver road test in the VR environment. video

  • 20. Quidditch (Harry Potter)

    Quidditch (Harry Potter): Experience the magical world of harry potter in an exciting game of quidditch video

  • 21. Connect 4D

    Connect 4D: A variant of Connect Four in virtual reality that expands the game into new dimensions video

  • 22. Experience the unseen worlds

    Unseen worlds: experience unprecedented worlds of unique point of view. video

  • 23. AtmosVR

    AtmosVR: Experience the effects of ascending through the atmosphere, including changes in temperature, pressure, gravity, and oxygen density. video

  • 24. Music Maze

    Music Maze: Navigate the maze using only sound cues. video

  • 25. Hospital Horrors

    Hospital Horrors: Collect keys to escape the horrors lurking within the hospital! video

  • 26. Inception Pac-Man

    Inception Pac-Man: VR illusory experience in dream worlds inspired by the movie Inception. video

  • 27. The Collector

    The Collector: Try to escape from robot-hunters by avoiding their sights. video

  • 28. Movie Like Escher

    Moves Like Escher: Explore a place where space warps, and "down" has no meaning. video

  • 29. Living Literature

    Living Literature: Come and join this virtually library that allows you to not only read books, but live them as well. video

  • 30. AlgoVR

    AlgoVR: Learn algorithms and data structures by being able to visualize them in VR. video

  • 31. Free Motion

    Free Motion: VR flying simulation controlled by hand. video

  • 32. VR Escape

    VR Escape: Face the challenges to escape from an eerie atmosphere. video

  • 33. Siebel VR

    Siebel VR: You've been in before, but now can you find your way out? video

  • 34. The Boat

    The Boat: a puzzle solving game along with horror elements based on a boat that twists the physical laws in reality. video

  • 35. Spooky Maze

    Spooky Maze: A VR maze designed to scare the player with false paths and traps as they try to escape. video

9-10pm

  • VR Escape Room

    VR Escape Room: Solve puzzles in order to find the key to escape. video

  • Pathfinders

    Pathfinders: Work together to navigate through a dangerous maze full of puzzles. video

  • Maze of Destiny

    Maze of Destiny: Traverse through an eerie maze with monsters and hidden secrets. video

  • Not Guilty

    Not Guilty: You are a person who must prove you are innocent. video

  • Take Me There

    Take Me There: The user can travel to anywhere in the world and see attractions from all kinds of places. video

  • You're a Wizard, Oculus User

    You're a Wizard, Oculus User: Cast spells in VR using the Kinect. video

  • The Maize Maze

    The Maize Maze: An immersive VR corn maze. video

  • Clocked

    Clocked: Open a treasure box to escape a room. video

  • OldDriVeR

    OldDriVeR: video

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo: Fight fear of fight with the VR height simulator. video

  • Binoculus

    Binoculus: A VR puzzle game with out of sight objects frozen in time. video

  • Space Invaders VR

    Space Invaders VR: 1978 in 2016 video

  • Escape VRoom!

    Escape VRoom!: Find the key to escape the room! video

  • Cath'em All

    Cath'em All: Catch as many Pokemon as possible video

  • Amazin' (Virtual) Reality

    Amazin' (Virtual) Reality: Ball maze game in VR. video

Project Gallery From Fall 2015

  • vr project 20

    Dunhuang Mogao Caves - Preserving Earth Historical Heritage in VR webpage

  • vr project 7

    VR Flight Simulator - Training Pilots Recognize Targets and Avoid Collisions video

  • vr project 24

    Teaching Empathy - Understanding the Effect of Stereotypes on Student Learning in Education video, audio

  • vr project 28

    Beating Heart - Teaching Medical Students Anatomy of the Human Heart in VR video

  • vr project 9

    Move Your Way - A Rehabilitative VR Game for Children with Cerebral Palsy video

  • vr project 1

    VR Museum of NASA CAD Models video

  • vr project 6

    VR Drone Simulator - Studying Human-Robot Interaction with Drone Flight Simulator in VR

    video
  • vr project 27

    Back To Earth

    video website
  • vr project 4

    VR TradeView - Visualizing Global Markets in VR

  • vr project 13

    MindCraft - Mining Minecraft Gaming Community Behavior for Perceptual Psychology

  • vr project 19

    Electrotactile Stimulation: A New Level of Immersion in VR

  • vr project 30

    Rift Karaoke

  • vr project 2

    Warp - Experience Impossible Geometry and Physics in VR webpage

  • vr project 5

    FootRace - VR Car Racing Simulator Using a Mechanical Pedal video

  • vr project 14

    VR Goal Keeper

  • vr project 29

    Optical Illusions Museum video

  • vr project 26

    Siebel Center Augmented Reality Navigation video

  • vr project 33

    The Study of 2D User Interfaces in VR video

  • vr project 21

    VR Internet Browser video

  • vr project 22

    VR Audio Visualizer video

  • vr project 12

    Virtual File Browser video

  • vr project 31

    VR Monster Shooting Game

    website

     

  • vr project 16

    VR Body Swap

  • vr project 10

    Immersive Online Lectures video

  • vr project 3

    Earth Jumper video

  • vr project 8

    Tour De Quad

  • vr project 18

    Virtual Tourism video

  • vr project 11

    Virtual Reality Piano Performance

  • vr project 23

    Virtual Piano Visualization

  • vr project 17

    Rattata - VR Game video

  • vr project 15

    Performing Live in VR - Overcoming the Stage Fright

 

Project Gallery From Spring 2015

In Spring 2015, the course finished with 34 projects, submitted by groups of up to 4 students each. Here are some of the submitted project pages.