Category: Photospheres

Virtual Fieldtrips using 360 Video

Thank you for attending the 2023 CELT Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium and visiting the VR Exhibit during the Lunch: Food for Thought session. During the Summer of 2020, I used a Garmin VIRB 360 camera to help Dr. Darcy Lonsdale at SoMAS film a virtual field trip to the Rocky Intertidal Zone at Crane…Continue Reading Virtual Fieldtrips using 360 Video

Capturing Photospheres With a Mount

As detailed in my previous post, I am using the Google Camera App on my Samsung Galaxy S5 to create Photosphere images of the places at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and other parts of the Stony Brook University campus. A photosphere can be created by simply moving your phone around to the dots…Continue Reading Capturing Photospheres With a Mount

Photospheres at Stony Brook University

Photospheres are awesome 360+ degree images that capture the entire area around the camera.  The most recognizable form of photosphere is Google Maps’s Streetview, which allows you to visit locations and see what it would look like from your car window.  Thankfully, newer smartphones are now capable of capturing photospheres. Stony Brook University has a…Continue Reading Photospheres at Stony Brook University