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
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How to discover/consume this imagery
- browser
- mobile
- VR
- Techniques for capturing 360º photography
- Audio annotation of panoramas + VR
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Hands on with tools/content creation
PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY
- Google Street View (desktop) - Anne Spencer House & Garden example
- Embedded with context (Encyclopedia Virginia)
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Google Street View Mobile App
- Annotated 360-degree spaces (UVa Slavery sites)
- Google imagery vs. User Generated Content (UGC) - downtown Charlottesville example
- Evolution of Applications
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
- Go out into the world and take a few shots with the Ricoh camera
- Think about some points of interest to explain with audio
- 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
- Go to https://www.storyspheres.com
- Sign In with your Google account
- Choose "Create" from the top left menu
- Name your StorySphere
- Upload your panoramic image
- 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
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
- 360 Cities
- Flickr (example)
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
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