Day 1

Virtual Reality Camp

Katie Bates

katie@orcsgirls.org

Zoom information

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• Please rename yourself in Zoom to show your first name and last name initial (e.g. Leah T)
• Counselors - please rename yourself and add (Counselor) to your name
• If you’re new to Zoom, the mute/unmute and the start/stop video buttons are in the bottom left corner

Rules

• Treat each other and the volunteers with respect. Unruly behaviour will not be tolerated and you will be disconnected.
• Please have your microphone muted unless you are speaking.
• If you have a questions, please ask in the chat first and a volunteer will help.
• Do not spam the chat.

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Introductions

Welcome to our camp!

Camp directors

Katie Bates

Thomas Proffen

Counselors

Ada Pezzuti Dyer

Alisha Jamal

Grace Feng

Kristen Moor

Thuviksa Mathialakan

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Introductions

Let’s get to know you!

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Miriam

Kate

Dhruvi

Kelly

Naomi

Ella

Noa

Skylar

Chikanyima Kimberley

Shritha

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Emilia

Sofia

Navya

Piper

Bella

Nadia

Zoe

Gurman

Aarya

What’s your name?

Where are you from?

What are you most excited about?

Schedule

This camp runs from 1pm to 3pm Eastern time with 30 minutes of time afterwards to solve coding problems.

Here’s the plan:

Red: nothing is done

Pink: outline done

Yellow: text in

Green: pictures in

Blue: text/pictures in

Purple: finalized

Green: simple, not much left to do

Yellow: medium, good amount left to do

Red: hard/complex, lots left to do

What is Virtual Reality?

Take from VR class slides

Relate to real life - make it simpler though

Virtual reality (VR) typically refers to computer technologies that use software to generate realistic images, sounds and other sensations that replicate a real environment, and simulate a user's physical presence in this environment.

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Wikipedia

WWW.COSPACES.IO

Gallery

CREATE YOUR �ACCOUNT

Setup

• Follow along to create your account.
• Use this code

TTTB9

• Stop once you are signed in ..

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If you have an account, sign in and click join class and enter the code. Do not create a new account!

Class code: TTTB9

Link to CoSpaces:

• On slide
• In chat (counselors)

Annotated Image of CoSpaces sign-up screen

Break

Time!

Break into groups

Goal: Create a CoSpaces account

Breakout room tips

Have your camera on and pay attention

Be creative and interact with your awesome counselors

Remember: nobody writes code that works right away!

Counselors: if they want to download the CoSpaces app on their/their parent’s phone, they can

Explore CoSpaces

Make sure to ask your breakout leads questions! They can give you hints

Ask counselors at 2:20 how many girls in their groups have accounts set up to determine if we should start the activity today

Things to do:

• Add a background
• Place people and animals
• Add items (balloons, buildings, etc.)
• Rotate and resize objects
• Play your CoSpace!

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Watch me first…

Break into groups

Goal: Create a CoSpaces account

Optional: Make your own CoSpace

Breakout room tips

Have your camera on and pay attention

Be creative and interact with your awesome counselors

Remember: nobody writes code that works right away!

Sharing

Share what you’ve been working on!

Time for a group photo

Turn on your camera if you like to be in it.

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Day 1 is done!

Day 2

Virtual Reality Camp

Katie Bates

katie@orcsgirls.org

Schedule

This camp runs from 1pm to 3pm Eastern time with 30 minutes of time afterwards to solve coding problems.

Here’s the plan:

What is Augmented Reality?

Sounds like a big word, but it’s really not that bad ;)

AR: layering a virtual world over our own real world

Have a counselor make a simple merge cube prototype *again, no code* and show it

Augmented reality – where VR and real life combine, layering virtual elements onto your current surroundings

AR stands for augmented reality, where VR and real life combine to bring virtual elements into your current surroundings

Usually VR is completely virtual, all is computer generated. AR 'augments' or adds computer generated objects to the real world

Merge Cube Demo

Find your merge cubes!

Ideas:

• Forest
• Underwater world
• All About Me
• World of your favorite book

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Watch me first…

Break into groups

Activity: Design a merge cube

Breakout room tips

Have your camera on and pay attention

Be creative and interact with your awesome counselors

Remember: nobody writes code that works right away!

Break

Time!

CoSpaces App

• Open the CoSpaces App on your phone/tablet
• Log in using the username and password from yesterday
• Search for ‘Merge Cube’
• Pick one and click Play
• Hold the Merge Cube in front of the phone’s camera

Adding On

Character movements

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Simple coding w/ regular blocks

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Challenge: use merge cube-specific blocks

Ideas:

• Give objects motion with animation
• Make characters speak or think (using code)
• Use merge cube-specific blocks to change the properties of the cube

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What can you add?

Break into groups

Activity: Add onto your merge cube

Breakout room tips

Have your camera on and pay attention

Be creative and interact with your awesome counselors

Remember: nobody writes code that works right away!

Sharing

Share what you’ve been working on!

Time for a group photo

Turn on your camera if you like to be in it.

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Day 2 is done!

Day 3

Virtual Reality Camp

Katie Bates

katie@orcsgirls.org

Schedule

This camp runs from 1pm to 3pm Eastern time with 30 minutes of time afterwards to solve coding problems.

Here’s the plan:

Red: nothing is done

Pink: outline done

Yellow: text in

Green: pictures in

Blue: text/pictures in

Purple: finalized

Green: simple, not much left to do

Yellow: medium, good amount left to do

Red: hard/complex, lots left to do

Final Project

Show first box w/ simple VR world

Second box (hidden) shows simple code

Third box (hidden) shows half merge cube, half more complex code

Explain the idea and basis of the project

Ask them what their ideas will be

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Goal:

• Make a virtual dream world using virtual & augmented reality

Examples:

• Moon base
• Rainforest
• Model city
• Treasure hunt

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Break into groups

Activity: Build your VR dream world

Breakout room tips

Have your camera on and pay attention

Be creative and interact with your awesome counselors

Remember: nobody writes code that works right away!

Break

Time!

Final Project

Show first box w/ simple VR world

Second box (hidden) shows simple code

Third box (hidden) shows half merge cube, half more complex code

Explain the idea and basis of the project

Ask them what their ideas will be

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Goal:

• Make a virtual dream world using virtual & augmented reality

Examples:

• Moon base
• Rainforest
• Model city

Final Project

Ideas:

• Open a door with a click
• Have someone talk
• Make a character move

Break into groups

Activity: Build your VR dream world

Breakout room tips

Have your camera on and pay attention

Be creative and interact with your awesome counselors

Remember: nobody writes code that works right away!

Final Project

Show first box w/ simple VR world

Second box (hidden) shows simple code

Third box (hidden) shows half merge cube, half more complex code

Explain the idea and basis of the project

Ask them what their ideas will be

?

Goal:

• Make a virtual dream world using virtual & augmented reality

Examples:

• Moon base
• Rainforest
• Model city

Final Project

Ideas:

• Add special features to doors or objects
• Make something move along a path (ex: rocket landing)

Sharing

Share what you’ve been working on!

Time for a group photo

Turn on your camera if you like to be in it.

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Day 3 is done!

Day 4

Virtual Reality Camp

Katie Bates

katie@orcsgirls.org

Schedule

This camp runs from 1pm to 3pm Eastern time with 30 minutes of time afterwards to solve coding problems.

Here’s the plan:

Red: nothing is done

Pink: outline done

Yellow: text in

Green: pictures in

Blue: text/pictures in

Purple: finalized

Green: simple, not much left to do

Yellow: medium, good amount left to do

Red: hard/complex, lots left to do

Final Project

Add onto your VR world with a merge cube you can hold

Ideas:

• Space theme: make a planet (hint - Nature)
• Nature themed: habitat inside the cube
• Book world: the cube tells the story

Break into groups

Activity: Add onto your VR dream world

Breakout room tips

Have your camera on and pay attention

Be creative and interact with your awesome counselors

Remember: nobody writes code that works right away!

Time for a group photo

Turn on your camera if you like to be in it.

Break

Time!

Future ORCSGirls Jr. Events

We have lots of ideas for the future…

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• Special invitation to select regular classes
• Jr. version of selected ORCSGirls classes
• ORCSGirls Jr. Camp 2024!!

Raffle time 🥳

Sharing

Share what you’ve been working on!

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End of camp

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING

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www.orcsgirls.org

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contact@orcsgirls.org

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Big thank you to our

Volunteers, partners and sponsors.