2023 Capstone Project Ideas

This is a list of ideas that you might use for a Capstone project. It is not an exhaustive list.

Teams should be at most 4 students.

• Augmented Reality: Think of something like Pokémon Go: take reality from your camera’s phone, and overlay a virtual reality on top of it. This requires quick parsing of your camera and possibly access to GPS location data. This could be used for many things: making a virtual tour of a large area (such as the UPS campus), making an augmented-reality game, or making some kind of elaborate object in a shared reality, that people in the same room could view with their phones.
• Classroom Infrastructure: Many professors at UPS have pedagogical tools that they use in the classroom, that could benefit from a technological upgrade. Think back on the classes you’ve had, and think if there’s anything that qualifies. A lot of professors would be happy to have a student team working for them.
• Game: This would involve using an already-constructed 3D gaming engine (e.g. Unreal or Unity) and using it to fashion several levels of a playable game. Alternatively, you might eschew the engine and make a 2D game. Note that game design takes a lot of work to do right. This choice can be fun and rewarding, but it has the potential to be imensely challenging.
• Gaming Engine: Those of you have taken Graphics might start working on the other side of game programming: complementing the graphics with a physics engine that handles realistic object motion and interaction. You could make a barebones game in order to demonstrate what you’ve been able to do.
• Research Project: Another option would be to work on a research project. You would be attempting to answer a scientific question, rather than developing a “product”. To do this, you would have to approach one of the science faculty at UPS, and develop particulars in pursuit of a specific idea.
• Your Own Idea: Is there something that you’ve wanted to code up, but haven’t had the time? This is your opportunity! Propose something to Adam, and he’ll be happy to listen and critique your idea. With enough direction, this is your chance to devlop something creative and original, that does exactly what you want to do!