Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED C/D
Date of Decision: 2024-04-16
Effective: 2024-05-08
Main field: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: MVAR2
Elective for: C5-adv, D5-bg
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term that refers to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and related technologies that aim at delivering computer-generated, spatial stimuli to the senses of a human user. The purpose of this course is to deepen the students’ understanding for how the complex interplay between emerging technologies and human aspects (e.g. ethics and human factors) affect XR and its use in different fields such as learning, sustainability and health,
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
XR ethics, ethical analysis, human factors, emerging technologies, XR applications, XR research design.
Grading scale: UG - (U, G) - (Fail, Pass)
Assessment: Written individual assignments, participation in student led seminars, and project report. For the final grade all parts must be approved.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Modules
Code: 0122. Name: Project Work.
Credits: 3.5. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).
Assessment: Approved project work and approved project report.
Code: 0222. Name: Student-led Seminar.
Credits: 1.5. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).
Assessment: Approved seminar.
Code: 0322. Name: Individual Assignments.
Credits: 2.5. Grading scale: UG - (U, G).
Assessment: Approved written assignments.
Admission requirements:
Assumed prior knowledge: A basic course in interaction design.
Course coordinator: Mattias Wallergård,
mattias.wallergard@design.lth.se
Teacher: Günter Alce,
gunter.alce@design.lth.se
Examinator: Joakim Eriksson,
joakim.eriksson@design.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.eat.lth.se/english/courses/