CoDe_Activity 3

VR HotSpots

2016 was the year of VR and now, in 2017, VR is everywhere. 

Content for VR can be created in many different ways. Over the duration of your studies in CoDe you'll learn how to take advantage of several different forms of digital content creation. Today though, we'll utilize one of the easiest techniques .... but expand it with a little #biohacking.

Exercise

Each CoDe staff member takes one of the Samsung S7's and a group of CoDe participants to find a site on Cockatoo Island where each student in the group can illustrate one of the words below:

Repetitious 
Rhythmic
Horizontal
Tesselated
Heavy
Light
Reflective
Beautiful
warm
void
perforated 
solid
emergent
disjointed
system
smooth
striated
landmark
interstitial 
open 
closed 
delineation
defined
syncopated
staccato
cold
creative
uplifting
atmospheric
geometric
curvilinear
fractal
seamless
responsive
generative

Use the "Surround Shot" mode in the Samsung camera app to create two 360 degree panorama's for each group.

The CoDe staff member takes the 360 pano while the students appear in the environment using frozen gestures or poses to illustrate their chosen word.

Once each shot is taken you can review it in 2d using the phone, or move the image to the Oculus 360Images folder to view in VR using the Samsung GearVR.

For the second 360 panorama, swap words with another student, find a new way to illustrate their word and have the CoDe staff member recapture the scene in 360.

Think about framing the subject, perspective, concealing or revealing elements, light and shadow, implied actions, teamwork, etc.