2019-2020 / GEOG0065-1

Immersive 3D Environment

Duration

10h Th, 15h Pr, 40h Proj.

Number of credits

 Master in geography: geomatics (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in geography : geomatics and surveying (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

N...

Substitute(s)

Florent Poux

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The "Immersive 3D Environment" course will allow you to develop an expertise around 3D semantic integration and the creation of immersive environments. Your objective is to complete the course by carrying out the established project.
To help you realize this project, I provide you with 3 tools:

  • Theoretical resources, to prepare you and enable you to rely on a clear support
  • Practical work, to directly implement the solution envisioned
  • A supervised support to help and guide you through the project
Content of the teaching unit
  • 3D point cloud processing
  • 3D mesh processing
  • Registration and pre-processing
  • Semi-automatic and/or automatic point cloud segmentation
  • Implementation of a point cloud classification method
  • Establishing a complete classification of a dataset
  • Integration in a virtual environment of your choice (Virtual tour, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, 3D Web Platform...)
These various points, which are fully or partially covered in the GEOG0063 and GEOG0064 courses, are seen in-depth in this course and put into practice directly according to a project defined during the first theoretical session.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Develop an artificial intelligence for the detection and classification of 3D point clouds (and data). In addition, you will be able to integrate these datasets in an immersive environment (e. g. virtual, augmented, mixed reality...)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

  • 3D Acquisition (GEOG0063) + prerequisite
  • 3D Recognition & Understanding (GEOG0064) + prerequisite
  • Computer Sciences basics & code

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The training process is relatively simple but not necessarily intuitive if you are used to traditional training.
You will not take courses that lead to exams with quotations.  You will carry out missions that lead to reports, calculations and/or support to validate the acquisition of skills.
In other words, to do this training I ask you to acquire all the essential skills of a professional.
The projects are reconstructions of professional scenarios, simulations of the daily life of a professional, if you prefer. In the project, I give you a list of deliverables or tasks to be carried out in compliance with requirements. Then it's up to you. As in real life, these activities can take several weeks (or even months).
The idea of project-based pedagogy is to enable you to learn under conditions that are as realistic as possible. So the projects push you to:
Contextualize your practices Plan your work in the short/medium/long term Find the information you need to solve a problem Create quality deliverables that you can use during interviews Present your work publicly Improve yourself with resources and feedback
The logistical and scheduling organization can be variable, but a certain amount of theory will be provided before each mission is carried out. The missions will partly and/or fully be realized in pratical sessions

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

It is a face-to-face teaching. The theoretical and practical sessions in controlled autonomy take place on the day scheduled in the course schedule.

Recommended or required readings

Provided in class

Assessment methods and criteria

A permanent non-certifying self-assessment is ensured during the practical exercise sessions by strong interaction between students and teachers.
The certification evaluation is carried out on the basis of the different deliverables and supports.
6 families of criteria are studied:
Field/practicals activities Reports and deliverables Mission-specific techniques The different calculations and logical reasoning The graphical report The quality of the defense
The questions asked during the student's support are inspired by the imperfections of the different deliverables.
The evaluation criteria are: clarity, coherence, logic, rigour, precision, exhaustiveness, conciseness, relevance, transversality (within and between courses), quality of mathematical interpretations (e. g. mathematical significance of different coefficients in equations), physical (e. g. dimensions and units, order of magnitude - scaling) and geographical (single and multivariate spatial-temporal interaction and nature - type - and significance of variables - e. g.).
The critical sense of the data used (qualification, nature, meaning, representativeness, standardization, etc.) and the methodological choices (justification of the choice of methods, appropriate thresholds, etc.) will also be taken into consideration during the evaluation.
In addition, the answers will also be evaluated on the basis of the quality and originality of the graphic illustrations, and the spirit of synthesis and relevance of the different deliverables.
The final defense is the outcome of the project, and two scenarios are emerging:
Either the student demonstrates full control of the teaching unit and validates the course Either the student presents areas for improvement on certain points which will be the subject of a second defense at the end of the quadrimester in order to rework and perfect any deficiencies

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Florent Poux, Chargé de Cours Adjoint
Unité de Géomatique, Allée du Six Août, 19
Tél. 04 366 5986

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Remote teaching

Assessment subjects

Theory

  • General understanding of massive 3D data processing methods
  • Geo-data modeling, segmentation and classification
  • Virtual environments
  • AGILE Method
Practice
  • 3D point cloud processing
  • Semi-automatic and/or automatic point cloud segmentation
  • Implementation of a point cloud classification method
  • Establishing a complete classification of a dataset
  • 3D modeling of the dataset
  • Integration in a virtual environment of your choice (Virtual Tour, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, 3D Web Platform ...)

Assessment methods

The evaluation will be based mainly on:


  • The overall methods and results of the project
  • The methods and results of each sub-part
It will be based on the delivered code files and presentation support.
The evaluation criteria are: clarity, coherence, logic, rigor, precision, completeness, conciseness, relevance, transversality (within and between courses), quality of mathematical (e.g., mathematical meaning of different coefficients of equations), physical (e.g., dimensions and units, order of magnitude - scaling) and geographic (e.g., mono and multivariate spatial and temporal interaction and nature - type - and meaning of variables) interpretations.
Criticality with regard to the data used (qualification, nature, significance, representativeness, standardization, etc.) and methodological choices (justification of the choice of methods, appropriate thresholds, etc.) will also be taken into account during the evaluation.
In addition, the answers will also be evaluated on the basis of the quality and originality of the graphic illustrations, and the spirit of synthesis and relevance of the various deliverables.
The final defense is the outcome of the project, and two scenarios are possible:
 
Either the student demonstrates his total mastery of the teaching unit, and validates the course Either the student presents areas for improvement on certain points which will be the subject of a second presentation at the end of the semester in order to rework and perfect any shortcomings.

Contacts

Florent Poux, Chargé de Cours Adjoint
voir carnet d'addresse ULiege

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

see Adaptation des engagements pédagogiques suite à la pandémie de COVID-19 pour la session de mai-juin

Assessment methods

see Adaptation des engagements pédagogiques suite à la pandémie de COVID-19 pour la session de mai-juin

Contacts

fpoux@uliege.be - Tel 5986