Intro to Mobile Virtual Reality

http://is.gd/YDrbRF

Continuum from Reality to Virtual Reality

Figure 1: (Fitzgerald et al., 2013, p44)

The development of VR in education: From the fringe to the mainstream

Second Life http://secondlife.com/

• Interest in education peaked 2008-2009 e.g. (Warburton, 2009)
• Continued niche interest http://ift.tt/W4CtjB

Game development

• Oculus Rift (Facebook, 2014) http://ift.tt/1BWow5Y
• Microsoft Hololens (2015) http://ift.tt/1xZ0YtF
• Google Cardboard

Google Cardboard (2014)

• http://ift.tt/1H04cIP
• http://ift.tt/1eB4p8c

360 Panoramas

• QTVR Studio (1994)
• Google Maps (2005)
• Google Street View (2007)
• Google Street View Mobile App integrates Google Cardboard (2015)
• Example Google Street View Photo spheres
  • e.g. http://bit.ly/1NbBmpS
  • http://goo.gl/maps/1xirv
  • Check out Coventry on #StreetView
  • Search for AUT - create your own

360 Videos

YouTube

• Watch http://ift.tt/1KDo4B2
• Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzuqhhs6NWbgTzMuM09WKDQ
• Upload http://ift.tt/19ros69
• Create http://www.360heros.com

Apple - bought Metaio 2015

• 2015 project: U2 in VR via Vrse & Apple - A universe of virtual reality experiences https://t.co/MczElSf3By

Virtual Tours (2013)

Google Tour Builder http://ift.tt/1adXiig

Tour builder integrates Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Photos and YouTube videos,

allowing you to create an interactive virtual tour or event guide.

E.g: Coventry 2015

VR and Journalism (2015)

http://ift.tt/1OePTC2

http://ift.tt/1W2Yrxf

• Download the Jaunt VR App
• http://ift.tt/1Cq1omj
• http://ift.tt/1W3er2n
• Search for Inside Syria

NY Times launches VR App http://flip.it/tdFX2

Bibliography:

Amer, A., & Peralez, P. (2014). Affordable altered perspectives: Making augmented and virtual reality technology accessible. Paper presented at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2014 IEEE.  http://ift.tt/1LMNXO3

Bruns, A. (2008). Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. http://ift.tt/1H04dw5

Chen, S. E. (1995). Quicktime VR: An image-based approach to virtual environment navigation. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 22nd annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques. http://ift.tt/1LMNVWt

Cochrane, T. (2007). Developing interactive multimedia Learning Objects using QuickTime. [Journal]. Computers in Human Behavior, 23(6), 2596-2640.  http://ift.tt/1H04dw7

FitzGerald, E., Ferguson, R., Adams, A., Gaved, M., Mor, Y., & Thomas, R. (2013). Augmented reality and mobile learning: the state of the art. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 5(4), 43-58.

Hussein, M., & Natterdal, C. (2015). The benefits of virtual reality in education: A comparison study. Unpublished Student essay, Chlamers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.  http://ift.tt/1LMNVWw

Merchant, Z., Goetz, E. T., Cifuentes, L., Keeney-Kennicutt, W., & Davis, T. J. (2014). Effectiveness of virtual reality-based instruction on students' learning outcomes in K-12 and higher education: A meta-analysis. Computers & Education, 70, 29-40.  http://ift.tt/1ikkWhg

Maggi Savin-Baden (2013): Spaces in between us: a qualitative study into the impact of spatial practice when learning in Second Life , London Review of Education, 11:1, 59-75 http://ift.tt/1LMNXO9

Sontisirkit, S. (2014). SPECIAL STUDY ON VIRUAL REALITYTECHNOLOGY: VIRTUAL REALITY HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND INTERACTION DEVICE. Asian Institute of Technology.  http://ift.tt/1H04dwb

Warburton, S. (2009). Second Life in higher education: Assessing the potential for and the barriers to deploying virtual worlds in learning and teaching. British Journal of Educational Technology, 40(3), 414-426. http://ift.tt/1LMNXOb

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