Group Projects - Fall 1999

The course Eng 477 "Principles of Virtual Reality" teaches the fundamentals of Virtual Reality (VR) and provides laboratory experiences in the VR facility of the Media Union. A major part of this course are interdisciplinary group projects in which student teams develop complete virtual reality applications. The group projects from fall term 99 are summarized below.

Details about the next offering of "Principles of Virtual Reality" can be found on the Web at www-VRL.umich.edu/Eng477/.

Notes: The links to all VRML models refer to VRML 2.0 files. Some original models have been edited for this page. The links to the individual Project Reports (via project titles) may become invalid over time.

For previous Eng 477 projects see

Group Projects - Fall 98

Group Projects - Fall 97

Group Projects - Fall 96

ART: The Virtual Reality Art Gallery (Prison Art)
by Vanina Carter, Jassen A. McNulty

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C++: Runtime: mapping programs to three dimensional space
by Leilah Toth

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DIAG: The DIAG Group
(The Evolution of a University, An Historical Walkthrough of the Diag)
by Lucy Arellano, Tim Hughes, Seth Myers, Rich Ratke, Greg Weiner
Advisors: Robert Latsko, Chen Shyu, Jesse Gutierrez (UofM Facilities Planning & Design)

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FILE: Virtual File System
by Ryan Dugan, Darrin Hardy, Everis Carruyo, Chris Konovaliv

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FIRE: Group Fire
(Fire Escape Training)
by Heather Oleniczak, Nikiforos Stamatakis, John Pechur

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GAME: The Need 4 Speed
by Andrea Jenkins, Shannon Hill, Eric Skarpac, Osiris Garcia

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GENE: Genetics Laboratory of the Future
by Brandon Colby, Daniel Hacker

ICARUS: Virtual Reality Icarus Project
by Joseph T. Bernstein, Christopher Eck, Philip Stewart
Advisor: Brian Gilchrist

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LIGHTING: Luminous Environment in VR: A Study On Light And Color
by Andres Baecker, Mehlika Inanici
Advisor: Mojtaba Navvab

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NETSPACE: Netspace: Virtual Reality Search Engine
by Randy Darden, Yasemin Ince Guney, Paul Moore

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RADIATION: Group Radiation
(Application of Virtual Reality for Delivery of Radiation Therapy)
by Shuwei Hua, Lars Jensen, Eric Marsman
Advisor: Marc Kessler