MONT 104S Perception and Virtual Reality--Fall 2008

    Lecture Notes

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    Week 1: Light and The Eye

    Session 1: Wednesday, 9/3, Introduction; The vision problem; Light.

    Session 2: Friday, 9/5, The eye.

    Receptive field movie.


    Week 2: The Brain. Perceiving Brightness

    Session 3: Wednesday, 9/10, Central Visual Pathways.

    Session 4: Friday, 9/12, Perceiving brightness.


    Week 3: Library research. Seeing Motion

    Session 5: Wednesday, 9/17, Research resources. (Barbara Merolli)

    Session 6: Friday, 9/19, Seeing Motion.


    Week 4: Seeing Color. Seeing Depth.

    Session 7: Wednesday, 9/24, Seeing Color.

    Session 8: Friday, 9/26, Seeing Depth.

    Review topics for Exam 1


    Week 5: Exam I. Stereo, Learning to See.

    Session 9: Wednesday, 10/1, Midterm Exam I

    Session 10: Friday, 10/3, Stereo; Learning to See


    Week 6: Vision and Art. Visual Illusions

    Session 11: Wednesday, 10/8, Vision and Art.

    Session 12: Friday, 10/10, Visual Illusions.


    Week 7: Visual attention. Introduction to VR

    Session 13: Wednesday, 10/15, Visual Attention.

    Session 14: Friday, 10/17, Introduction to Virtual Reality.


    Week 8: Helen Keller

    Session 15: Wednesday, 10/22, Imagery slide.

    Session 16: Friday, 10/24, Discussion of Helen Keller


    Week 9: "The Matrix"

    Session 17: Wednesday, 10/29, Screening of "The Matrix"

    Session 18: Friday, 10/31, "The Matrix" and VR


    Week 10: Computer Graphics

    Session 19: Wednesday, 11/5, Introduction to graphics.

    Session 20: Friday, 11/7, Graphics in VR.


    Week 11: Computer Graphics, Other VR considerations

    Session 21: Wednesday, 11/12, More graphics for VR.

    Session 22: Friday, 11/14, Graphics for VR, Review.

    Review topics for Exam 2


    Week 12: Exam 2. Giving a presentation

    Session 23: Wednesday, 11/19, Midterm Exam 2

    Session 24: Friday, 11/21, Giving a presentation


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    Constance Royden--croyden@mathcs.holycross.edu
    MONT 104S--Vision and Virtual Reality
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