Open Source Virtual Reality Course at IEEE VR 2002

Time/Location

Date: March 23, 2002
Location: Marriott Downtown, Orlando, Florida, USA

Details

A day-long course on the use of open source tools for VR development was presented at IEEE VR 2002. The following tables provide the content presented at the course:

	IEEE VR 2002 - Slides
	"Getting Started with VR Juggler: Introduction and Configuration" Author: Christopher Just An introduction to using and configuring VR Juggler
	"VR Juggler 1.0 Application Programming" Author: Patrick Hartling An introduction to VR Juggler 1.0 application programming using OpenGL
	"VR Juggler Technical Overview" Author: Allen Bierbaum A complete description of VR Juggler internals
	"Collaborative VR: Fundamentals & Experiences" Author: Allen Bierbaum The basics of collaborative VR and lessons learned by the Juggler team
	"Cluster Juggler" Author: Christopher Just, Eric Olson An introduction to Cluster Juggler (which includes the Gadgeteer Remote Input Manager)
	"Travel in Virtual Environments" Author: Kevin Meinert An introduction to implementing travel/navigation in a virtual environment; The Travel Pattern; Travel system design
	"Graphical User Interfaces in Virtual Reality" Author: Patrick Hartling A review of GUIs in VR and an introduction to Tweek
	"Sonification in Virtual Environments" Author: Kevin Meinert An introduction to scientific sonification, methods, and tools

	IEEE VR 2002 - Course Notes
	"Scene Graph Rendering" Author: Dirk Reiners An overview of scene graph technology including OpenSG®
	"VR Juggler Clustering Solution: Net Juggler (and SoftGenLock)" Authors: Emmanuel Melin, Bruno Raffin How to use Net Juggler and SoftGenLock to run a VR Juggler application with active stereo on a PC cluster
	"Travel Systems for Virtual Environments" Author: Kevin Meinert An introduction to implementing travel/navigation in a virtual environment; The Travel Pattern; Introduction to Travel system design
	"Introduction to Sonification in Virtual Environments" Author: Kevin Meinert An introduction to scientific sonification, methods, and tools