I came into this class wanting to look at how VR can be used for educational purposes. For this project, I interviewed Stephen O'Mahony, the Education Community Manager at Blippar. While Blippar currently does their education work in AR, I thought it would be interesting to learn more about that area. We mainly focused on VR in class, but now with the HoloLens, I feel like AR will become an important topic as well. This quote provides a nice introduction to the focus of Blippar for Education: “We believe that...

By Juli Whetstone I came into this class just looking at VR as an interesting topic and not really knowing much about it. I knew that it was becoming more popular, but I had never tried any kind of VR experience until I bought my Google Cardboard headset for this class. Looking back now, it is crazy to think how far I have come. As a Media & Education grad student, I approached this class as a way for me to explore how VR can be used for education. I...

Juli Whetstone As a Media & Education grad student, I am interested in how emerging virtual reality technology can be used to help students learn. For my final project I will be using Unity to create a learning environment that teaches about the solar system. I think it's important for students to learn about scientific topics in an engaging way. I am also incorporating this Unity scene into my final project in my Minds in New Media course. For that class I will be designing an experiment to test if learners...

Once again, using a Unity required a lot a lot of patience. I just stuck with a simple scene of Shey moving from one cube to the other, which is triggered by the sphere. I'm not sure how to get her to walk on the ground. I also wanted her to stop walking when she reached each cube but ran into troubles with that as well. Overall, I feel like I am starting to get the basics of Playmaker, but there are still some little details that I have yet to...

By Juli Whetstone Getting used to Playmaker has been quite a challenge, but after restarting about three projects, I think this good enough for my current skills. Watch as the magical treasure chest opens and closes as it moves from cylinder to cylinder!!

Cardio VR & Blippar for Education from Juli Whetstone   My presentation on the Cardio VR app created by Blippar. By Juli Whetstone

Juli Whetstone This project was definitely a test of patience for me. It was very frustrating to use a brand new program because I didn’t feel like I had all the necessary knowledge after our class instruction. It took a lot of troubleshooting throughout the whole project to try to get things right. Overall, it took much longer than I anticipated to work all the bugs out with the time constraints of this project. My scene takes place in outer space, with two space ships looking like they are about...

Juli Whetstone The Scene: The video will take place in a small room that is staged to look like a museum with lots of objects to look at and explore like paintings, books, maps, photographs, display cases, etc. Lighting: The video will have bright, indoor lighting. Audio: There will be ambient audio from people walking around the room and talking about what they’re seeing. I would also incorporate some background music, probably something simple and chill. Experience: The experience I want someone to have through this video is the opportunity to explore...