VR Links and resources

vr_links.md

Presentation slides

http://bit.ly/2aOFXUz

Tools & How-to's

Three.js

http://threejs.org/

WebVR Boilerplate - for "Responsive VR" experiences

https://github.com/borismus/webvr-boilerplate

A-Frame - WebGL Scenes using markup

https://aframe.io/

Creating VR interactives with Three.js

https://github.com/datadesk/vr-interactives-three-js

Unity - Game engine, can make 3D interactives, export to HTML5

https://unity3d.com/

360 video basics

https://medium.com/immersed-in-journalism/latest

Guide making 360 video (pdf)

https://github.com/making360/making360/releases

All you wanted to know about 360 video rigs

https://thefulldomeblog.com/2015/11/17/collection-of-360-video-rigs/

VR News Flipboard

https://flipboard.com/@ckchain/%23vr-iga4ehoey

VR Workshop Flipboard - 360 Workshop

https://flipboard.com/@ckchain/360-workshop-feuutg7sy

Examples of VR in journalism

Harvest of Change - Des Moines Register

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/pages/interactives/harvest-of-change/

Is the Nasdaq in Another Bubble? - Wall Street Journal

http://graphics.wsj.com/3d-nasdaq/

Exploring Gale Crater - Los Angeles Times

http://graphics.latimes.com/mars-gale-crater-vr/

And how we did it

http://graphics.latimes.com/mars-gale-crater-how-we-did-it/

L.A.'s smallest parks

http://graphics.latimes.com/smallest-parks/

The Olympic City

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/sports/olympics/rio-olympics-360-video/

Choice and chance - not strictly a VR piece, but a good look at the balance between telling a story and being too immersive

http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/breaking-news/orlando-nightclub-shooting/choice-chance-3d-map/

6x9: A virtual experience of solitary confinement

http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/apr/27/6x9-a-virtual-experience-of-solitary-confinement

Stand at the edge of geologic time

http://apps.npr.org/rockymountain-vr/

Michelle Obama 360 - 360 video with infographics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QY72R3ZDzw

Calais Migrants: What's it like in the "Jungle"? - An early example of 360 use for on-the-ground journalism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9McdcF3CglE

Magic Leap's Whale Augmented Reality In The Gym

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDMhdM-V2A

The Displaced - New York Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecavbpCuvkI

Refugees in Lesbos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeYgPRxujsI&list=PLu5QYpGCdjbDBFKluv18Tr4xIEqPOTLfN&index=1

Clouds over Sidra

http://with.in/watch/clouds-over-sidra/

Nepal earthquake aftermath in 360

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tasUGQ1898

Equipment

Rigs

http://www.Freedom360.com

http://www.360heros.com

Cameras

http://www.gopro.com

Xiaomi Yi for budget testing on Amazon Ricoh Theta S on Amazon Glasses: Go4D Glasses on Amazon.com List of Ambonics Software: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ambisonic_Software

360 Video Rig, 6 cameras

http://www.thingiverse.com/make:157298

Free 3D models for 360 rig and 3D 360 rigs

http://www.purplepillvr.com/

Who we are

Armand Emamdjomeh

armand.emamdjomeh@latimes.com

@emamd

Melissa Bosworth

melissa@tinyworldproductions.com

@mmbosworth

Jean Yves Chainon

jyc@jychainon.com

@OOAworld

This list of resources and examples was compiled by Armand Emamdjomeh, Melissa Bosworth, Jean-Yves Chainon and Ian Forester for the Asian American Journalists Association conference in 2016.