Homework #2: Virtual Reality and Immersive Experiences

Due on Friday, March 4th, 2011



(10pt)

Please give a summary and your analysis of the VR lecture(s) and/or paper by Prof. Mel Slater. Describe your own personal VR experience (e.g. VR experience on 2/15/2011, flight simulators, amusement park rides, etc). Based on your own personal VR experience, do you agree with his hypotheses and conclusion of his works? Suggest ways that you believe can improve the current VR systems and applications (e.g. nanoManipulator, enabling technologies for people with disabilities, treatment of phobia, computer assisted surgery -- planning or treatment, etc.) from these lecture(s) and experieces.

Please email your homework to the instructor at lin@cs.unc.edu


This assignment will be graded based upon:

  • Summary/Analysis of the key findings of the VR lecture/paper (40%)
  • Description of your VR own experiences(30%)
  • Suggetions to improve (20%)
  • Completeness of your report(10%)