Virtual Tours & Virtual Reality
Matthew Gibson, Director of Digital Initiatives, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Peter Hedlund, Lead Technologist, Encyclopedia Virginia
WHO WE ARE
SESSION OVERVIEW
- 360-degree panoramic photography examples
- Techniques for capturing 360-degree photography
- Virtual Reality
- Annotation of Panoramas + VR
- Hands on with tools/content creation
EXERCISE ONE
Getting Familiar with the Google Street View app
EXERCISE ONE
Find this panorama
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
- Google Street View (web) - Anne Spencer House & Garden example
- Google Street View Mobile App
- Embedded with context (Encyclopedia Virginia)
- Google imagery vs. User Generated Content (UGC) - downtown Orlando example
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
CREATING PANORAMAS
- Mobile Phone Camera
- Dedicated 360° Camera (Ricoh Theta)
- DSLR w/ fisheye lens
CREATING PANORAMAS
Comparing the results
CREATING PANORAMAS
Comparing the results
CREATING PANORAMAS
Comparing the results
CREATING PANORAMAS
- Mobile Phone Camera Stitching Problems
CREATING PANORAMAS
- Ricoh Theta Resolution
CREATING PANORAMAS
With an Android/iPhone + Google's Street View app
EXERCISE TWO A
Create two photospheres approximately 3-6 feet apart using the Google Street View App
CREATING PANORAMAS
With a Ricoh Theta
- Push the button
- OR use the Ricoh app
- OR connect directly to the Google Street View app
CREATING PANORAMAS
Using a DSLR camera with tripod, 8mm fisheye lens, and tripod head
- Aperture f8
- ISO 400
- 3-shot bracketing at each spot (under, over, proper exposure)
- remote shutter trigger
- Shoot RAW + JPEG
CREATING PANORAMAS
HDR vs. Non HDR (built into Lightroom, Photoshop, NIK (free), Google images (?)
CREATING PANORAMAS
12 images = 1 pano
NORTH
EAST
SOUTH
WEST
CREATING PANORAMAS
PTGui
CREATING PANORAMAS
PTGui
CREATING PANORAMAS
PTGui
PUBLISHING PANORAMAS
Import DSLR Captured & PTGui Stitched Photos into Google Street View App - more info
PUBLISHING PANORAMAS
Blur Faces/License Plates
- While viewing unpublished panoramas in the "Private" Tab
PUBLISHING PANORAMAS
Make connections between adjacent panoramas
- After the panos have been published you can connect adjacent locations
EXERCISE TWO B
Make connections between the two adjacent panoramas that you captured earlier.
1. Publish to google maps.
2. Select one of the published panoramas on your "PROFILE" tab.
3. Click on space that is pointing towards the next pano that you captured.
4. After an arrow appears you will be asked to choose the panorama to connect to.
5. Choose the adjacent panorama and line the two images up.
EXERCISE TWO B
ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION
Story Spheres - embed, share link, view in VR
ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION
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EXERCISE THREE
Create a StorySphere exercise files: https://virginia.box.com/v/pano
- Go to https://www.storyspheres.com
- Sign In with your Google account
- Choose "Create" from the top left menu
- Name your StorySphere
- Upload one panoramic image (4000x2000 px)
- Upload at least one MP3 audio file
- Click "Next" to arrange where the audio file will be positioned on the panorama
- Position the audio using AngleX and AngleY sliders
- Adjust the audio volume using slider
- Give the audio clip(s) a name
- Make sure "click_to_play" is checked
BECOME A PRO
Become a Google Certified Photographer
GET GOOGLE TO DO IT FOR YOU
"If you manage a property of geographic, touristic, historical or cultural (including pop culture) significance, you can ask our team to visit your location for a photo shoot. We'll work with you to determine the right type of camera equipment for your site (car, Trekker backpack, indoor trolley, snowmobile, etc.) and the best time to visit."
Special Collections: Request a photo shoot
AVOID GOOGLE
Other ways to host panos online
- 360 Cities
- Pano2VR (example)
- Flickr (example)
- Facebook (example)
UCF Hands-on Workshop
By Encyclopedia Virginia
UCF Hands-on Workshop
1:57 total time in Orlando
