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Tour Creator Workshop

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France-Lee Griggs & Courtney Hampson

Google AR & VR Program Managers

October 2018

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Agenda

The power of VR (5)

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Tour Creator overview (15)

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Hardware setup (10)

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Tour creation & share out (50)

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The power of VR

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The next computing platform

PC

INTERNET

MOBILE

IMMERSIVE

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Driving empathy & immersion

Augmented Reality

Virtual Reality

AR can bring anything to you

VR can take you anywhere

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"Would you all pleeeeeease allow teachers to create their own expeditions? This would make a huge difference in engagement with standards-based curriculum. This needs to be priority #1.”

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  • Online tool that allows anyone to create virtual tours using 360 degree images or Street View content.
  • Customized by adding image overlays, points of interest, narration, and more.
  • Published to Poly and can be viewed with a computer, phone, or VR viewer.
  • Makes the creation of immersive content accessible to anyone with a computer and internet connection.

About Tour Creator

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Start a new tour or edit a draft

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Add some basic metadata

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Upload your own 360 photos or use Street View

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Add points of interest

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Enrich the tour with image overlays, narration, and audio

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Publish your tour to the web for others to view

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View on phone, computer, or in VR

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Embed tours anywhere on the web

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KLM trains their flight crew before ever �stepping foot inside of the aircraft

Training

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Travel agents and sites can attract tourists in an immersive way

Travel

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We’ve worked with 80+ individuals to create career tours

Career Tours

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Students across the globe can experience what it’s like to attend a school without ever traveling there

University Tours

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Hardware setup

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How it works

Step 1

Install the Ricoh Theta S app

Step 2

Turn on the camera

Step 3

Hold down the Wi-Fi button

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How it works

Step 4

Click on Cam images

Step 5

Click Connect to THETA

Step 6

Choose THETA + serial number network

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How it works

Step 7

Enter password: Number found on the bottom of the camera with 00 before it

Step 8

Choose images to transfer to your phone

Step 9

Images are now on your phone. Share them with yourself (Drive, Gmail) then upload into Tour Creator!

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Tour building time

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Example

The Congo by The Wildlife Conservation Society

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Instructions

TAKE PHOTOS

Take 5-10 photos using your Ricoh Theta cameras

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CREATE YOUR TOUR

Head to g.co/tourcreator to upload photos, add points of interest and other customization

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PUBLISH YOUR TOUR

Publish to the web as public or unlisted

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CHECK OUT TOURS

poly.google.com/tours

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Send tour link to francelee@google.com!

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Loans & courses

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  • Intro to 360 video
  • Creating your production pipeline
  • VR cameras & production
  • Post Production & publishing

VR & 360 Video Production

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Intro to Augmented Reality & ARCore

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  • Types of AR experiences
  • Tools and platforms
  • How to create an user flow
  • Next steps for creating your own AR experience

Online trainings

coursera.org/googlearvr

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Tour Creator loans

  • Support for university or nonprofit tours
  • Free hardware loans to capture 360 images

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Interested? Sign up at

goo.gl/nVyBPx

Career Expedition: Dr. Mandë Holford, Marine Chemical Biologist

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Thank

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