I was very new to VR and 360 video prior to our class so I had a lot to learn and catch up on during the course of this semester. I spent a good amount of my time on Lynda.com learning various tutorials on the functionality of the GoPros. As a graduate student in the Multimedia, Photography, & Design program I needed to familiarize myself with the GoPros. I do not own a GoPro so I had to learn how to navigate and operate them for our assignments and simply...
Prior to our class, I had very little experience with 360 video and VR content. My first experience came when I wore the Google Cardboard to listen to the New York Times first VR 360 piece “The Displaced”. For my final project in our class, I wanted to record a 360 video piece on the beauty of Upstate New York. I first wanted to tell a little about the history of Upstate New York but after much consideration and suggestions from Professor Harper and other classmates, I decided to have...
Assignment 6 & 7
by Vi Nguyen
- April 15
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I completely forgot to write a post on my VR Research Presentation y'all, my apologies! I am very interested in documentary and journalistic 360 video work, so I decide to focus my research on "Waves of Grace" from the United Nations and Vrse. It is a poignant 360 piece about life after Ebola in Liberia told from the perspective of an Ebola survivor, Decontee Davis. Waves of Grace Nguyen_VR_Presentation Version2
Final Pitch – Vi Nguyen
- March 30
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For my final project for our Virtual Reality Storytelling class, I want to do a 360 video of Letchworth State Park. Known as the Grand Canon of the East, the park was recently voted number Best State Park in the United States in 2015 by USA Today. I would want to tell a story that is unique to the park and to Upstate New York. https://500px.com/photo/102833133/letchworth-state-park-fog-by-karen-juhl?ctx_page=1&from=search&ctx_type=photos&ctx_q=Letchworth+State+Park
First Experience with Unity! – Vi Nguyen
- February 23
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This was my first time with Unity and it honestly was a crazy creative endeavor. It was surreal to experience first hand the world that I literally created. You are in control of every aspect of this world. From the very first perspective to the very single mountain range peak, it is literally your playground. As an individual who is not familiar with first person gaming, this was an awesome experience to go about this world. I could see the potential that Unity has to offer to those who are...
Assignment 1 – Vi Nguyen
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Back in November 2015, Professor Mike Davis shared his New York Times article/Google Cardboard 360 video about The Displaced (http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/nytvr/#the_displaced). I went from hearing Skype lecture about VR from the producers of the journalistic piece to experiencing it first hand. I still remember that very moment where I put the Google cardboard on and saw exactly what a little Syrian boy half way across the world saw everyday. That very moment was a turning point for me as a visual journalist. As a photography graduate student, I have always thought...
Since this is my first time living in an environment where there are four seasons (with a real winter), I thought it would be really awesome set up a VR rig of someone ice fishing. It will be dynamic yet a bit easier to set up since there will be little movement within the scene. I feel like it would be awesome to have the perspective of being an observer and watching someone who has been ice fishing their whole lives. The subject will be about five feet away from the...