Korovayny Independent Study

I learned a lot during this course, partly in class, and partly - by myself. I'd  like to share the most interesting parts of my independent study in this blog post. Most of my learning moments were connected to my final assignment, where I tried to combine Unity, PlayMaker and 360 videos. I watched 8 or 10 videos for it, and here are the most useful. How to play Stereoscopic 3D 360 Video in VR with Unity3D To make the long story short, for making your video playing in Unity,...

Korovayny Final Assignment

Here is my final project - Panotour of the High Line Public Park in the New York City! http://www.vrstorytelling.org/Files/HighlinePanotour/HighlinePanotour.html The park itself is a great example of renovating and creating public spaces using old industrial constructions. Videos are pretty good, light is nice, but at the same time - no voiceover and storytelling. Let me tell you why. First of all, I decided to make an ordinary 360 video with the voiceover of park staff and local activists and park stuff. Staff and activists appeared extremely unresponsible. At then I...

Independent Learning : Learning Swift

Learning Swift by Lenny Martinez For my final project, I was putting together the pieces of what I've been learning this semester under Renée Stevens while she works on her first augmented reality app, tagAR. tagAR is being built for iOS currently, so it's built on Swift. I'll share a little bit about my experience learning to code in Swift. But first, what's Swift? Swift is a programming language developed and maintained by Apple. It's used to build apps for Apple's iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. So, if you're really...

Final Project – Holden Observatory – Baiyu Gao

For my final project, I decided to do a video of Holden Observatory on campus. I shot the video outside and inside the building. My tour guide introduced the history of it and the equipments in it. So I think I can give the  audiences an experience of a Holden Observatory tour. Firstly, I went to the innovation lab and wanted to use the computer there, but Adobe Premiere expired on that computer. Then I used the Premiere on my laptop to edit but it's an older version and I...

Nan Sun-Final Project

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4qc32L9XK0&feature=youtu.be For my final project, I gave up my original idea for the soccer game because there was no match at the end of the semester. And I have tried to shoot in the gym but I did not get the permission. Therefore, I had to change another topic and finally decided to shoot a 360 video about how to cook Chinese food. The shooting process was pretty difficult but also full of fun. I had to be careful to use the camera in case of the oil splashing. But...

Independent Learning Post-Glen Wolyner

In this assignment, I went the website, https://www.lynda.com, to learn more about VR and how it impacts the business world. The instructor, Craig Barr, mentioned some interesting facts. For example, the fact that there is now a lower barrier of entry for many people when it comes to buying a VR headset. Before, prices were a huge deterrent for a lot of people. Headsets will now become much more common. Data will become much more real, and a virtual world will help conceptualize all that information. VR will help increase production and...

Nadia Persaud Final Project

For my final project, I decided to create a 360 documentary highlighting my grandmother's experiences as an immigrant wife. Originally, I had planned on making my film about both of my grandparents, but as I filmed over several days, I found that the more compelling story being captured revolved around my grandmother's struggles throughout her life. I wanted to capture the dynamic of patriarchy and female subordination, especially amongst immigrant and early generational people (in particular, my grandparents). I used my grandmother's interview to move the story forward, layering B-Roll...

Lillion Hunt Final Project

For my final project, I decided to do a video of a Women in Coding workshop. Overall, the feel of the workshop is very casual, so I decided to include 3 interviews to add context. I planned on using video of the actual interview, but I accidentally recorded a time lapse instead. Thankfully, I recorded separate audio so I was able to use the audio on other videos. I had about 30 minutes of interviews and 40 minutes of audio during the workshop, so editing audio took up a huge...

Final Project: 360 Video – The Southside

-Larissa Urbiks and Julian Schonbohm For our final project, we did a 360 video about the Southside of Syracuse. We also incorporated spatial audio in it. Larissa concentrated on finding a protagonist, the interview and the story, while Julian was concentrating on the technical implementation of the project. However, we always consulted with each other before proceeding throughout the whole project so that none of us worked in a vacuum. The editing process later on was done together.     The blog post is divided into both our thoughts. Larissa...

Wolyner Final Project

  For my final project, I pivoted completely from my original plan. Originally I wanted to do some sort of interactive scene, that involved a car chase and unfortunately, that ended up falling through. But I came up with another idea, I wanted to give a brief tour of the major buildings around campus. This video could possibly be for people who are new to Syracuse or want to see what has changed since they have graduated. I think it is interesting because I get a lot of great angels...