Professor Bonnie Mitchell - bonniem@syr.edu

CGR 500, Virtual Environments and Art is a special topics computer graphics theory course which investigates the relationship between art and new technologies which claim to offer the user the ability to experience artificial or virtual environments.

The class meets in room 018 Shaffer, Syracuse University from 1:00 - 3:30 Thursdays.

Required Reading:

"Artificial Reality II" by Myron Krueger
Numerous journal articles and chapters from VR books.

VR Technology and Society Debates

The students team up in groups of two and debate issues related to Virtual Reality. The class is invited to join in on the debate once the students have finished presenting their case. Because it is a debate, some of the students are forced to defend arguements that they may not personally agree with, therefore we have withheld the student's names.

Debate Topics:

Artificial Organs Virtual Toys
Artificial Entities Virtual Exercise
VR Musical Instruments Paperless Office
Virtual Shopping Telepresence & Intimate Technology
Virtual Transportation Eye Glass Computers

Click a topic to get an overview of the debate and the issues raised.

Research Presentations

The students in the course will present visual and textual material, and lead the class in a discussion on various topics. The schedule is as follows:

Oct 12:
VR and the Movies - Ray Mancini & Tom Frisch

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Oct 19:
Virtual Reality Mark-Up Language (VRML) - Drew Farris

Ethics of VR - Pat Porter & Mike Scepaniak

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Oct 26:
Sense of Self - Ken Stanford & Fen Guo

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Nov 2:
Telepresence - Trent Tarris & Chris Rubino

The CAVE (EVL) - Sean Donnelly & Mui Chan

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Nov 9:
Timothy Leary - Jennie Radovsky & Khrys Scharf

3D Audio and VR - Dennis Pannella & Jim Conrad

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Nov 16:
Quicktime VR - Pete Berthold & Doug Jaeger

Science Fiction and VR - Andy Schlossberg & Brian Moore

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Dec. 7:
Virtual Sex - Jason Simrany & Aubrey Francois

Go to SU CGR home page

Send comments and suggestions to Bonnie Mitchell - bonniem@mailbox.syr.edu
last updated (10/5/95)