What is VR ?
And how can it be used in the classroom?
Virtual reality uses video and audio to create an immersive environment for the user to interact with. Through the use of 360 degree photography creators can allow users to view an entire space similar to the way a person would view it in real life. When using a VR head set the video display has a greater quality of depth adding to the sensation that user is in the actual space. The addition of audio can allow creators to add another level of immersion.
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This project makes use of Google's Tour Creator platform to create a virtual field trip on Langston Hughes. The final product can be viewed using a web browser or smartphone application. The video to the right will walk through the creation of the VR Tour in this project.
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To take the tour yourself go to the bottom of the page and explore the tour in its browser form.
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Langston Hughes
Lesson Example
A VR Field Trip exploring the poetry of Langston Hughes as we trace his life across the country.
How to use this tour.
This tour can be experienced using a web browser or by downloading the Google Expeditions app (ios version here). Using a headset with Google Expeditions will give the most immersive experience.
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To the right we can see the web browser version of the tour.
To interact with the tour use your cursor to click ans drag. You can look around and find the photo icons. Click on the icons and read the information provided.
Once you are ready to move to the next scene click on the forward icon at the bottom of the screen.
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To learn how to create a Tour watch the video at the top of the page.
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