360 Degree Photography, Audio, and VR

Matthew Gibson, Director of Digital Initiatives, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Peter Hedlund, Lead Technologist, Encyclopedia Virginia

WHO WE ARE

SESSION OVERVIEW

  • Why Encyclopedia Virginia captures 360° photography with examples
  • How to discover/consume this imagery
    • browser
    • mobile
    • VR
  • Techniques for capturing 360º photography
  • Audio annotation of panoramas + VR
  • Hands on with tools/content creation
     

PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY

 

STREET VIEW

A HUMANISTIC CONTEXT

A HUMANISTIC CONTEXT

STREET VIEW APP

UGC VS. "SEE INSIDE"

NEW APPLICATIONS

HISTORICAL PRESERVATION & ADVOCACY

NEW APPLICATIONS

HISTORICAL PRESERVATION & ADVOCACY

NEW APPLICATIONS

Annotation

EXERCISE

Getting Familiar with the Google Street View app

EXERCISE

1. Find a panorama with the UVa Rotunda in it.

 

2. Find a panorama inside John Paul Jones Arena.

VIEW PANORAMAS IN VR MODE

EMBEDDING PANORAMAS

EMBEDDING PANORAMAS

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Copy and paste the embed code

EMBEDDING PANORAMAS

ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

Story Spheres - embed, share link, view in VR

EXERCISE

1. Connect your phone to the Ricoh Theta Camera & take picture

POWER

WiFi

EXERCISE

1. Connect your phone to the Ricoh Theta Camera & take picture

EXERCISE

1. Connect your phone to the Ricoh Theta Camera & take picture

EXERCISE

1. Share your photo to download to laptop

EXERCISE

  1. Go out into the world and take a few shots with the Ricoh camera
  2. Think about some points of interest to explain with audio
  3. Share your panoramic photograph with the group via email

 

ALTERNATE: Get a sample panorama and audio clip to practice with.

 

 

https://virginia.box.com/v/pano

EXERCISE

  1. Go to https://www.storyspheres.com
  2. Sign In with your Google account
  3. Choose "Create" from the top left menu
  4. Name your StorySphere
  5. Upload your panoramic image
  6. Upload at least one MP3 audio file
  7. Click "Next" to arrange where the audio file will be positioned on the panorama
  8. Position the audio using AngleX and AngleY sliders
  9. Adjust the audio volume using slider
  10. Give the audio clip(s) a name
  11. Make sure "click_to_play" is checked

ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

Story Spheres - embed, share link, view in VR

ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

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ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

ADDING AUDIO ANNOTATION

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RICOH THETA MOBILE APP

NON GOOGLE HOSTING
 

Other ways to host panos online

THANKS AND GOOD LUCK
 

Contact us with questions:

  • Peter Hedlund (pmh3g)
  • Matthew Gibson (msg2d)

360 Degree Photography, Audio and VR

By Encyclopedia Virginia

360 Degree Photography, Audio and VR

Mapping the humanities.

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