IM 690 Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

https://stcloudstate.learn.minnstate.edu/d2l/home/4819732

Jan. 21, MC 205 (how to get to the PDR room:

Plan: learn to create, edit and use still 360 degrees images and videos.

#scalability

1. What is 360 degrees video and how does it fit in the Virtual Reality concept?
   https://www.academia.edu/41628237/Chapter_12_VR_AR_and_Video_360_A_Case_Study_Towards_New_Realities_in_Education_by_Plamen_Miltenoff
2. Video 360: existing materials versus materials we create
   1. how to find existing materials
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOHM8gnin8Y
      https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=360+videos+education
   2. how to decide if we need to create materials
      https://poly.google.com/u/1/view/epydAlXlJSw
      https://poly.google.com/u/1/view/elo1OtpgzHP
      https://poly.google.com/view/8HB4l4zGSbv
3. Tools and apps for Video 360
   1. Cameras:
      1. Samsung Gear 360: https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-360/
         1. 2016
         2. 2017
      2. alternatives: https://filmora.wondershare.com/virtual-reality/samsung-gear-360-camera-alternatives.html
      3. Vuze: https://vuze.camera/
         https://youtu.be/peu-OavRcd8 
         Video 360 3D
   2. Samsung Android (Galaxy) phones app
      https://youtu.be/AKhfoJjcZBM?t=66
   3. Editing
      1. Gear 360 Action Director
         https://youtu.be/c2bcz77y3UY
      2. Photoshop CC

https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/how-to-edit-360-photos-in-photoshop/

https://tonyredhead.com/adobe/360-photoshop-advanced-editing

Phot

1. 1. 1. Premiere CC
         https://youtu.be/8g4DhBEWvak
      2. Others
2. Issues and solutions
   1. issues connected to Windows and Apple
      https://youtu.be/2Fok2YcyNSw
      (explains all the quirks between the 2016 & 2017 cameras)
   2. issues connected to Gear 360 camera
   3. issues connected to Gear 360 ActionDirector
      in version 2.0, drag and drop, export etc.
      https://youtu.be/c2bcz77y3UY
3. Upload
   1. local
   2. social media
      1. Facebook
      2. YouTube
         1. resolution
         2. live stream
4. Viewing, goggles
   1. Google Cardboard
      1. why do we still consider it?
   2. Low-end goggles (examples)
      1. Pansonite 3D VR Headset
      2. Gearsone G1 VR Headset
      3. Utopia 360 VR Headset
      4. TaoTronics 3D VR Headset
      5. Destek V4 VR Headset
   3. Hi-end goggles
      1. Oculus https://www.oculus.com/
         1. Go
         2. Rift
         3. Quest
            1. haptic devices https://youtu.be/6IhQnWb44zk
      2. HTC Vive: https://www.vive.com/us/comparison/
      3. Daydream Lenovo: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/daydreamvr/
5. Creating content
   1. Polly Google Tour Creator: https://poly.google.com/creator/tours/
      https://poly.google.com/view/8HB4l4zGSbv
      (turn ambient audio on)

Error messages working with Action Director

More on VR in this IMS blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2018/11/01/vendors-for-vr/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1efFVsOIwxlTO2Qy-onKbG0dgr8qum3onq3bgFkaVfec/edit?usp=sharing