Bring Agriculture to Life with Virtual Reality

JESSICA JANSENDANIELLE MEYERSICK

OREGON AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM FOUNDATION

Welcome! Before we get started…

• Download the following apps on your phone:• Google Cardboard*• Google Cardboard Camera • Google Expeditions • Google Street View

• No phone? No problem! We have a few to share.

Workshop Overview

• Definitions and prior experience with virtual reality

• Overview of technology

• Applications for agricultural experiences

• Try it out!

What is Virtual Reality (VR)?

• Interactive computer-generated experience, taking place within a simulated environment

• Virtual Reality is:• Believable• Interactive • Explorable• Immersive

What is Virtual Reality (VR)?

• Types of Virtual Reality • Immersive

What is Virtual Reality (VR)?

• Types of Virtual Reality • Immersive• Semi-immersive

What is Virtual Reality (VR)?

• Types of Virtual Reality • Immersive• Semi-immersive • Non-immersive

Virtual Reality in Education

• Visualize and manipulate things you cannot see in the real world

• Exploration of perspectives

• Explore dangerous or limited access locations

• Promotes different learning styles and teaching methods

Tools of the Trade

• Headset

• Phone

• Headphones

Where to Purchase

• Best Buy kits

• Field trip VR

• Amazon

• Build your own kits

• Cardboard

Google Apps

• Cardboard

• Street View

• Expeditions

• Arts and Culture

• YouTube: 360 Channels

Storytelling and News Apps

• New York Times VR

• Jaunt VR

• Within

• Google Spotlight Stories

• ABC News

• USA Today

• Littlstar

VR and Agriculture

• Get Licked by a Cow in Ireland

• Harvest Corn in Illinois

• Tour Rooftop Farms in Brooklyn, New York

Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom

• Eleven 360 videos

• Interactive Map

Try it out!

• Get a cardboard viewer

• Scan the QR code on the side with your phone

• Place your phone screen facing you in the cardboard

• Put rubber band around your phone to secure

• Close flap with Velcro

Create Content• Mobile Devises

• Google Cardboard Camera• Aurasma• Thinglink VR

• 360 Camera • Ricoh Theta• Samsung Gear 360• Nikon Key Mission 360 • Kodak PixPro 350

Additional Resources• When VR Meets Education

• 5 Ways to Use Aurasma in the Classroom

• Nearpod VR (Integrated lessons)

• 100 Virtual Tours

• VR in Education

• Presentation with great subject-area ideas