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Mixed Reality > Photojournalism in 3D for VR and Beyond

by Henry Keyser | vrnalist , Theodore Chryssos | theo_at_medill , Jessica Buchleitner | 50womenproject

The ability to recreate an object in 3D to be viewed and handled in virtual reality seems like something you would read in a science fiction novel. In fact, as early as 1950, Ray Bradbury entertained the idea of a virtual reality nursery in “The Veldt” - his short story about two children who solve their anger with their parents by escaping to a simulated grassland. Photogrammetry is the science of deriving measurements from photographs....

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Mixed Reality > Photojournalism in 3D for VR and Beyond

by Henry Keyser | vrnalist , Theodore Chryssos | theo_at_medill , Jessica Buchleitner | 50womenproject

12-feet of dark feathers, a noir-detective's trench coat, blue tie and black boots was a sight to see on a 5-foot stature. Truly appreciating her costume required seeing it from all angles—exactly the reason we went to make 3D models of cosplayers at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. I really just wanted an excuse to make wings Morgan She spent a lot of late nights on this high school science fair project—but even when...

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Sensors > Environmental Reporting with Sensors

by Holly Kane | kaneholly , Victoria Cabales , David Wallach , Rachel Inderhees | rayrayr2d3

As the Trump administration continues to curtail funding for longstanding federal agencies like the EPA, citizens have taken it upon themselves to gather and contextualize the data formerly compiled by federal agencies. Scientists, academics and individuals have banded together to form save the data events to protect existing environmental data that has already been collected for fear it may be deleted or made inaccessible. This trend raises the question: Where will future data come from?...

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Mixed Reality > Photojournalism in 3D for VR and Beyond

by Henry Keyser | vrnalist , Theodore Chryssos | theo_at_medill , Jessica Buchleitner | 50womenproject

Virtual reality has been called an internet-sized opportunity. But the Internet only attracted the billions of users it has today once every user was empowered to create, contribute and share content, whether they could code or not. Similarly, making something today for VR generally requires coding skills. However, there may be an easy solution from the surveying industry: Photogrammetry. Photogrammetry is any process that uses photos to make measurements. Initially, surveyors used it to create...

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Mixed Reality > Exploring Data Visualization in VR

by Miao Deng , Gabriel Caniglia , Megan Fu | meganmfu , Audrey Debruine

Virtual reality goes beyond the world of video games and 360 videos; it provides the opportunity to better communicate information to readers by having them experience data rather than just observe it. In instances where a bar chart just isn’t enough or when you find yourself making yet another line graph, this interactive website is here to guide you through the things to consider when creating data visualizations in virtual reality. It will tell you...

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