Probably one of the best courses I have taken at Técnico. The course is called Virtual Reality, and unlike other courses that promise one thing and deliver another, this one is genuinely engaging, well-structured, and fun.

The course consists of theoretical classes and laboratory classes:

• The theoretical classes are mandatory (there are quizzes that count toward the final grade), but they are actually interesting. The teacher is very fun and playful, making the start of the semester particularly engaging. You learn a lot about VR, XR, and look at cool experiments and videos. It is rarely...

It is probably a 4 or a 5-star course if you are into the game design/computer interaction field and have experience with Unity, Blender, etc.

Professor and classes have a fun dynamic but are mandatory since the quizzes at the end of every class are your whole theoretical evaluation (or you can choose to do the exam). I really don't care about this stuff so they were boring for me, but somehow the professor still made them somewhat enjoyable.

Practical component really depends on what you do with it. You choose a theme from a list and can propose any project that fits it as long as it gives...

Prof Joaquim Jorge is kind of hilarious. He creates a very chill & fun atmosphere in lectures. Attendance are through kahoot and he gives out chocolate prizes like you're in middle school (hey, it works as a motivator) and the theoretical grade is the accumulative score of the in-lecture quizzes, which are very easy with slides. The content about VR is interesting, though a lot of it is about VR history and research, and not state of the art VR technology.

For the labs and practical component, you are to do a research project using Oculus Quest 2. Each group are given their own, and you have...

Overall Impression

This was a course I didn't expect to like, but I actually enjoyed it a lot. The content was engaging, especially during the project phase and the hands-on aspect with VR and Unity made it fun.

Teachers

• Professor Anderson handled the theoretical lectures.

  • While he teaches well and explains concepts clearly (unlike in Computer Graphics from the Bachelor's), the lectures felt repetitive and boring over time, but you still learn something from them.

• Professor Pedro Belchior was the TA for the labs.

  • He is extremely...

⚠️ Just a heads-up: I personally didn’t like this course and think it’s kind of a trap.

Theoretical classes

The theoretical classes are boring, and the professor wasn’t exactly engaging and a bit nagging. For example, someone once said they were sick and asked not to turn on their camera, but he kept insisting the whole class. He would also email asking why we missed class, taught while walking on a treadmill (lol), and during the pandemic he expected us to do user tests with 20 people.

Project

For the project, you propose what you want to build based on a paper from a list...