What has changed from your first initial project post? (this could be adjustments in concept, equipment or personnel)

• No major change as of now.
• Create a timeline for the semester?  
  • 11/03/2016
    • Understand how to use Oculus Rift and 360 Camera
    • Explore other universities’ virtual reality websites
    • Follow up with Campus relations team (Email has been sent, awaiting reply)
    • Understand how to capture 360 pano photos into VR
  • 11/10/2016:
    • A small POC using one of the VR devices covering any of the labs.
    • Decide on the Scope of the project
      • Mandatory Features which the VR tour should have
      • Stretch goal of the project
    • Decide on whether to you Unity or the Google cardboard SDK or youtube for uploading videos. https://developers.google.com/vr/unity/
  • 11/18/2016:
    • Start getting familiarized with the platform chosen
    • Should have at least one final 360 video of the campus projected in the VR
  • 12/24/2016:
    • Initial Prototype should be ready by this date
  • 12/01/2016:
    • Polishing the final version of the project
  • 12/08/2016
    • Finish up the project posters and presentation
• What do you intended to be done when?  What are the major project milestones?
  • Capture a 360 video with a professional guide walking in front of the camera
  • Have an agreement with the Campus and Visitor Relations office.
• What are your fallback plans and contingencies?  What will you do if things don’t go as planned?
  • If we don’t find any professional guide then one of us will be talking about the campus and play the audio as we play the video.
  • If Oculus Rift has issues connecting with our laptops then we will switch to Google cardboard.

Finally, post on:

• What accomplishments were made over the week?
  • Mailed the campus tour personnel about our project and to set up an appointment
  • Researched on tutorials for showing a 360 video in VR headset
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0EZ9FhQF4s – Building a 360 Video Player From Scratch
    • https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en  – Steps to upload 360 videos in Youtube
    • Watching 360 video in google cardboard – https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6239930?hl=en
    • Using spatial audio in 360 degree and VR videos – https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6395969?hl=en&ref_topic=2888648
  • VR tours of other campuses – http://www.youvisit.com/education
    • Will first look at other campus tours once we get the Oculus HMD
• Were any problems/issues encountered this week?
  • None since it was mostly exploratory analysis.
• Include one item of media (image, video, concept art, etc)
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Important links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0EZ9FhQF4s – Building a 360 Video Player From Scratch

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en  – Steps to upload 360 videos in Youtube

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6239930?hl=en – Steps to set up and watch 360 videos in Cardboard