Extra Credit Opportunities

See syllabus for extra credit policies for this class. Use this form for participation certification from the project director.

Information-Rich Virtual Environments

We in 3DI group is conducting a research project to investigate the effects of display parameters on human performance in Information- Rich Virtual Environments (IRVEs). We are now on the stage of formal user study, thus looking for participants to help us evaluating different display techniques. The experiment consists of a training session and a task performing session, and you will be asked to navigate through a virtual environment and complete specific tasks.
The whole study takes 1 to 1.5 hours, depending on how well you perform each task. If you are interested in it, please contact Tao Ni at nitao@vt.edu, with your available time slots in the summer.

Voice Awareness Experiment

This study will explore your responses to a voice-based notification system that uses different voices to notify you of new information. The experiment involves simple game-playing while listening to voice output through headphones. It should take about 30 minutes to complete the study (though please allow at least 45 minutes in signing up). To sign up, please email Saurabh Bhatia (saurabhb@vt.edu) - time slots will be available this week (June 20th) starting Wednesday. The experiment will take place in McBryde 104C.

Besides this, I also need a recording of your voice. It shouldn't take more than 10 minutes.

Applications have different characteristics and interfaces have different styles. The purpose of this study is to look at how domain characteristics and interface styles could help interface design. During the experiment, you will be using three interfaces to manipulate objects in an immersive virtual environment.

Time: anytime Thursday, June 2nd after 6pm
Location: Torgersen Hall 3050
Duration: 1.5 - 2hours.

To sign up: by email Jian Chen (jichen8@vt.edu). Please tell me your name and the time of your choice.

-Jian Chen