New MIX VR Badge with Dr. Craig Yu and GMU CS Dept

In partnership with GMU’s CS 452 and Dr. Craig Yu, the MIX is offering a hands-on micro-credential teaches participants to design VR experiences using display tech, 3D interaction, sound, and haptics. It covers best practices to reduce motion sickness and explores mixed reality, with applications in training, serious games, design, exhibitions, and education.

This is the official image of the GMU MIX digital badge via Credly.

See the Credly digital badge page here: https://www.credly.com/org/george-mason-university/badge/virtual-reality-creation



Also, visit Dr. Yu’s student’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_Q0Xj2VSa9aeY-An_sTGw

Deliverables:  

1) Project 1: Holographic display and rendering program 

2) Project 2: Cardboard VR headset and rendering program on a mobile phone 

3) Project 3: Marker-based AR program 

4) Team-project: A VR/AR game or application 

Schedule/Lesson Plan (16 contact hours – may be 8 two-hour sessions): 

Week 1: introduction, VR & AR display 

Week 2: 3D & volumetric display 

Week 3: virtual world geometry 

Week 4: graphics pipeline 

Week 5: VR tracking 

Week 6: AR tracking 

Week 7: marker-based AR 

Week 8: visual coherence 

Week 9: situated visualization 

Week 10: 3D interaction 

Week 11: modeling, annotation & authoring 

Week 12: navigation & collaboration in VR 

Week 13: future VR 1 

Week 14: future VR 2 

Week 15: VR project presentation