VR for the Social Good
Spring 2018 Class
Tuesdays @ 5:10-7:05 PM Room CSE E119
TA: Heng Yao (hengyao1993@ufl.edu)
This class is open to students of any major and any classification (from freshmen to graduate students). No prerequisites and no programming knowledge is required.
January 9th - February 13th Assignment #1 - learn Unity on your own and develop your first VR project
January 30th - Pitch Day! Seekers (Researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs) pitch VR project ideas to the class.
Solvers (Students) self-form teams of four to work on a project they select from projects pitched. Priority will be based on performance on learning tutorials and Assignment #1.
January 30th - May 1st - Assignment #2 - Work with your product owner to use VR to improve the social good.
May 1st - Demo Day! Made@UF Lab @ Infinity Hall
Office of Technology Licensing information of Intellectual Property
This course is a part of the VR for the Social Good Initiative. The website has past projects, the Facebook student group, classes, and opportunities in VR.
Announcements & Assignments
Announcements
Recent
- Checklist for the demo day
- Infinity Hall layout
- Reminder to fill in the demo day requirements
- Demo Day Requirements
- Demo Day Flyer
- Share the tutorial to get started with Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in Unity
- Use GitHub to manage the group project
- Project 2 Canvas Assignments
Past
- Collaboration with Professor Elrod's students
- Reminder to submit the in class demo video
- Sprint 3 in-class demo
- Reminder to submit the in-class demo video
- Sprint 4 in-class demo
- Next Tuesday (April 10th) in-class presentation
- Sprint 2 in class demo
- Project Feedback and Reminder to Share Sprint 1 Storyboards
- Share the sprint 1 storyboards
- In Class Demo List
- VR Faculty Candidates visiting today through thursday! come meet them!
- Class Agenda Tuesday, February 27th
- Project 2 Assignments Due Date
- Class Attendance
- Storyboard tool recommendation and video voting deadline
- Assignment 1 Video Voting
- Stand-up Meeting Clarification
- Project Groups and Sprint 0 Assignment
Class Resources
Assignment 1, Topic Identification, VR Design
Lectures
1/9/18 - Intro to VR for the Social Good, Getting started with Unity (TA led)
1/16/18 - Introduction to VR Applications, What Makes a Good VR Experience?
1/23/18 - Assignment 1 Discussion
1/30/18 - Pitch Day!
2/6/18 - Visit Infinity Hall
2/13/18 - Assignment #1 Demo Day, Retrospective on Assignment #1, Assignment #2 Assigned, Messaging in VR
2/20/18 - Assignment #2 and Agile Basics, Messaging in VR
2/27/18 - Sprint #1 Review, Frames and Nudges
3/13/18 - Story Sizing, History of VR, Graphics Design and VR
3/20/18 - Sprint #2 Review, Retrospective
3/27/18 - VR conference, Class backlog, Enhancing Engagement
4/3/18 - Sprint #3 Review, Retrospective, and Next Steps
4/10/18 - Graphic Design students review assets
4/17/18 - Sprint #4 Review, Retrospective, and Demo Day information
4/24/14 - Demo Day, Class Evaluations, Research Opportunities
5/1 - Demo Day @ Infinity Hall
Assignments Due Dates
Coming Up Assignments
Assignment 2 Final Submission
- Final Submission Apr 30
Sprint 5
- Sprint 5: PO Meeting Minutes Apr 30 11:59pm
- Sprint 5: Retrospective Action Items Apr 30 11:59pm
- Sprint 5: Stand-Up Minutes Update #2 Apr 30 11:59pm
- Sprint 5: Trello update #2 Apr 30 11:59pm
- Sprint 5: YouTube Video (Grad) Apr 30 11:59pm
- Sprint 5: Teammate Evaluations May 2 11:59pm
- Demo Day May 1
Past Assignments
Sprint 1
- Sprint 1: Retrospective Action Items Feb 28 11:59pm
Sprint 2
- Sprint 2: Stand-Up Minutes Update #1 Mar 12 11:59pm
- Sprint 2: Trello update #1 Mar 12 11:59pm
- Sprint 2: PO Meeting Minutes Mar 19 11:59pm
- Sprint 2: Stand-Up Minutes Update #2 Mar 19 11:59pm
- Sprint 2: Trello update #2 Mar 19 11:59pm
- Sprint 2: YouTube Video (Grad) Mar 19 11:59pm
- Sprint 2: Teammate Evaluations Mar 19 11:59pm
- Sprint 2: Retrospective Action Items Mar 21 11:59pm
Sprint 3
- Sprint 3: Stand-Up Minutes Update #1 Mar 26 11:59pm
- Sprint 3: Trello update #1 Mar 26 11:59pm
- Sprint 3: PO Meeting Minutes Apr 2 11:59pm
- Sprint 3: Stand-Up Minutes Update #2 Apr 2 11:59pm
- Sprint 3: Trello update #2 Apr 2 11:59pm
- Sprint 3: YouTube Video (Grad) Apr 2 11:59pm
- Sprint 3: Teammate Evaluations Apr 2 11:59pm
- Sprint 3: Retrospective Action Items Apr 4 11:59pm
Sprint 4
- Sprint 4: Stand-Up Minutes Update #1 Apr 9 11:59pm
- Sprint 4: Trello update #1 Apr 9 11:59pm
- Sprint 4: PO Meeting Minutes Apr 16 11:59pm
- Sprint 4: Stand-Up Minutes Update #2 Apr 16 11:59pm
- Sprint 4: Trello update #2 Apr 16 11:59pm
- Sprint 4: YouTube Video (Grad) Apr 16 11:59pm
- Sprint 4: Teammate Evaluations Apr 16 11:59pm
- Sprint 4: Retrospective Action Items Apr 18 11:59pm
Sprint 5
- Sprint 5: Stand-Up Minutes Update #1 Apr 23 11:59pm
- Sprint 5: Trello update #1 Apr 23 11:59pm
VR for the Social Good Information
www.vrforthesocialgood.com
