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Classroom virtual reality just got real!

Jen Cauthers

Twitter: @cauthersj

Email: cauthersj@mahopac.org

Brian Cauthers

Twitter: @mahopacskiteam

Email: cauthersb@mahopac.org

http://bit.ly/NYSCATE_VR

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First time trying VR?

Watch this video of a mother trying a VR rollercoaster for the first time.

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Preview it!

Sample Viewers

  • Grab a Google Cardboard
  • Scan the QR code on the side with your phone
  • Place your phone screen facing you into cardboard
  • Put rubber band around phone to secure
  • Close flap with velcro
  • View the video or image - look all around you

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Crowd Source Ideas!

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bit.ly/NYSCATE16_VR

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Dive into VR

What is

VR/AR?

Tools of the Trade

Ideas and Apps

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Virtual Reality

  • Immersion into in another world
  • Usually uses a headset and mobile device
  • Does not interact with the real world

Augmented Reality

  • Overlay of objects in world around you
  • Use of a phone or viewing device
  • Usually uses target image

VS

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Tools

of the

Trade

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“VR” Blast from the Past

Viewmaster

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Current VR

HTC Vive

Samsung Gear

Oculus Rift

Google Daydream

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Affordable

VR Headsets

Plastic vs. Cardboard?

How to view VR/AR

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Cardboard Headsets

Pros

  • Inexpensive
  • Button or magnets

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Cons

  • Not very durable
  • Not easy to clean

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Plastic Headsets

Pros

  • Longer Lasting
  • Easy to Clean
  • Adjustable lenses

Cons

  • More expensive
  • Use a remote
    • (easily misplaced)

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Where to Buy

https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/23/when-virtual-reality-meets-education/

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=609

http://uploadvr.com/exclusive-engage-launch/

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Ideas

and

Apps

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Ideas for the Classroom

  • Document class trips and virtual tours
  • Create 3D models for review/tutorial
  • Immersive stories
  • Student gallery of work to share
  • Student created “expeditions”
  • Walking tour of your community
  • Writing prompts
  • Document dissections
  • “Trigger” walls in the classroom

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Google Apps

Create your own for most of these too!

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Storytelling � and News

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  • You Visit VR
    • Cities, college campuses
  • Virtual speech
    • Virtual audiences
  • VR cities
    • Tour of major cities
  • Timelooper
    • Travel back in time through London

Social Studies

  • Virtual Castles Tour
    • Explore global castles
  • 3D History
    • Colosseum, WW1, and more
  • Virtually Anywhere
    • Tours of US buildings in D.C.
  • 360 Fullscreen Tours
    • Pisa, Mt. St. Helens...

360 Web Virtual Tours

Apps

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  • Google Arts and Culture
    • Explore National Parks
    • Artifacts, tours and more
  • Guggenheim Museum
    • Amazing interactive tour
  • Inside Abbey Road
    • Behind the scenes
  • Indoor Street View
    • Tour inside of businesses

The Arts

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  • Sketchfab VR
    • Virtual 3D models
  • The Rare Book Room
    • Read the books online
  • Tilt Brush (HTC Vive only)
    • Virtual drawing in 3D
  • ThingLink
    • Interactive images

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Science

AR Apps

VR Apps

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Math

  • Agent Cayley
    • Algebra based game
  • Cyberchase Shape Quest
    • iPad- Elem. geometry, spatial
  • Times Table VR
    • Multiplication game

VR Apps

  • Arloon Geometry ($)
    • Calculations, spatial vision
  • Arloon Mental Math ($)
    • Rounding, math facts, games
  • Fetch! Lunch Rush
    • Elem. math facts, counting
  • Photomath
    • Solve problems using camera

AR Apps

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Augmented Reality

  • AR FlashCards
    • Shapes, Space, Addition
  • Coloring pages that pop
  • Fetch Lunch Rush
    • PBS games

Elementary

  • Popar Toys
    • AR books, charts, puzzles
  • Spider Friend
    • Interact with spiders
  • WizAR
    • Books, flashcards, text

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Augmented Reality

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  • Google Translate
    • Real-time language translation
  • LearnAR
    • Multiple subjects, web based
  • Wikitude
    • Location based information

Enhanced Field Trips

  • Skin and Bones
    • Museum of Natural History
  • Gardens of Versailles app
    • Guided Tour info
  • National Parks Maps
    • Guided Tours, Routes

Miscellaneous

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Create

instead of consume

Create your own

VR and AR experiences

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Tools for Creation

Mobile Devices

360 Cameras

Ricoh Theta

Nikon Key Mission 360

Kodak PixPro

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Apps for Creation

  • Google Cardboard Camera - capture 360 images
  • Google Street View - explore or create photospheres
  • Aurasma - create target images in under a minute
  • 123D Catch - capture rotatable, 3D objects, 3D printing option
  • Thinglink VR - annotate 360 images to add audio, video, links
  • CoSpaces - build interactive VR worlds online

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Thanks!

Any questions?

You can find us at:

@cauthersj

cauthersj@mahopac.org

@mahopacskiteam

cauthersb@mahopac.org

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Tools for Integration

  • Nearpod VR
    • Integrated VR lessons
  • ThingLink VR
    • Interactive images
    • Sample image 1, 2
  • CoSpaces
    • Build VR worlds
  • ZSpace
    • Apps for education*

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Resources for VR/AR

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Fun Creation Apps

  • Video Affix - add cool video effects to your videos
  • Car Finder - create GPS scavenger hunt games
  • Amikasa - 3D interior design/floor planning