{"id":573,"date":"2016-11-03T23:37:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T04:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2016\/?p=573"},"modified":"2016-11-03T23:39:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T04:39:56","slug":"first-group-posting-the-explorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2016\/2016\/11\/03\/first-group-posting-the-explorers\/","title":{"rendered":"First Group Posting: The Explorers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What has changed from your first initial project post? (this could be adjustments in concept, equipment or personnel)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No major change as of now.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create a timeline for the semester? \u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11\/03\/2016<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understand how to use Oculus Rift and 360 Camera<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore other universities\u2019 virtual reality websites<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow up with Campus relations team (Email has been sent, awaiting reply)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understand how to capture 360 pano photos into VR<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11\/10\/2016:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A small POC using one of the VR devices covering any of the labs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decide on the Scope of the project <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mandatory Features which the VR tour should have<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stretch goal of the project <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decide on whether to you Unity or the Google cardboard SDK or youtube for uploading videos. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/vr\/unity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/developers.google.com\/vr\/unity\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11\/18\/2016: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start getting familiarized with the platform chosen<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Should have at least one final 360 video of the campus projected in the VR<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12\/24\/2016: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initial Prototype should be ready by this date<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12\/01\/2016: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polishing the final version of the project<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12\/08\/2016<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finish up the project posters and presentation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you intended to be done when? \u00a0What are the major project milestones?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Capture a 360 video with a professional guide walking in front of the camera<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have an agreement with the Campus and Visitor Relations office.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are your fallback plans and contingencies? \u00a0What will you do if things don\u2019t go as planned?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If we don\u2019t find any professional guide then one of us will be talking about the campus and play the audio as we play the video.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If Oculus Rift has issues connecting with our laptops then we will switch to Google cardboard.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finally, post on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What accomplishments were made over the week?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mailed the campus tour personnel about our project and to set up an appointment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Researched on tutorials for showing a 360 video in VR headset<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0EZ9FhQF4s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0EZ9FhQF4s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building a 360 Video Player From Scratch<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6178631?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6178631?hl=en<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0&#8211; Steps to upload 360 videos in Youtube<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watching 360 video in google cardboard &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6239930?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6239930?hl=en<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using spatial audio in 360 degree and VR videos &#8211; https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6395969?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=2888648<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">VR tours of other campuses &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youvisit.com\/education\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.youvisit.com\/education<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will first look at other campus tours once we get the Oculus HMD<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Were any problems\/issues encountered this week?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">None since it was mostly exploratory analysis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Include one item of media (image, video, concept art, etc)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-505\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2016\/files\/2016\/10\/assign_1_579-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"assign_1_579\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2016\/files\/2016\/10\/assign_1_579-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2016\/files\/2016\/10\/assign_1_579.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">=====================================================================<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Important links:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0EZ9FhQF4s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0EZ9FhQF4s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building a 360 Video Player From Scratch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6178631?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6178631?hl=en<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0&#8211; Steps to upload 360 videos in Youtube<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6239930?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6239930?hl=en<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; Steps to set up and watch 360 videos in Cardboard<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What has changed from your first initial project post? 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