Educators, researchers and design teams continue to look for innovative solutions for online learning environments to better support lab-based and field-based instruction. The emergence of “affordable” interactive 360 video, VR technologies and production processes has given way to a new approach for capturing real-world situations, expert demonstrations and delivery of instructional content. With this technology, students can observe (visually, audibly) a recorded situation while retaining the ability to look around in any direction via mouse, touch pad, mobile device, Google Cardboard or other HMDs (head mounted displays). The Instructional Innovations Services group with NC State's Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) department has partnered across campus with departments to continue the land grant mission to transform educational experiences and develop innovative technologies and pedagogies to solve instructional challenges. We believe 360º video and VR provides interactions and methods for presenting instructional content that differs from traditional video and may result in a measurable impact on student success. http://delta.ncsu.edu

1. Exploring 360º Spherical Video as A Teaching Tool
Insights & Lessons Learned
Mike Cuales
Creative Director,
New Media Development
Cathi Dunnagan
Lead Instructional Designer,
Instructional Innovation Services
Bethanne Tobey
Lead Instructional Designer,
FBNS

2. Virtual Reality (VR)
“an artificial environment which is
experienced through sensory stimuli
(as sights and sounds) provided by a
computer and in which one's actions
partially determine what happens in the
environment.”
"Virtual Reality." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d.
Web. 13 Oct. 2015. <http://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/virtual reality>.

3. Then...
circa 1962

4. Then... and Now
circa 1962 2015

5. 360 Video / VR & Edu
“Virtual learning through a VR system could open up a new
window of opportunity for STEM education, difficult and
often mundane content to be presented in a new and
exciting way.”
- Forbes 2014

6. !
360 Video / VR & Edu
Source: uploadvr.com September 2015

7. An Early Adopter (2013)

8. Graduate Student Help!
“The emergence of “affordable”, high-quality 360
video technologies and production process has
given way to a new approach for capturing real-
world situations, expert demonstrations and
delivery of instructional content...
We believe this interaction and method for
presenting instructional content differs from
traditional video and may result in a measurable
impact on student success.”
- Ben Scott

9. Production [capture]

10. Production [software / post]

11. Production [distribution]

12. Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences

13. ● Improve competencies
and behavioral outcomes
● Impart new skills and/or
behavior changes in the
agricultural workforce
● Simulate real world
experiential learning and
assessment activities
https://youtu.be/VFjPawoEkYo

14. http://issdev.delta.ncsu.edu/bscott/hc_6.html

15. (Electronic Field-based Interactive Rx-fire Experience)
Courtesy of Ben Scott Photography

16. http://go.ncsu.edu/eFIRE

17. ● Teach landowners about prescribed fire applications,
techniques and safety
● Reinforce conservation benefits and prepare
landowners to conduct a burn
360° Video via Littlstar

18. Organic Chemistry Lab Observation

19. ● Supplement traditional video capture
● Assess TA / Student interaction
● Observe movement flow within the lab
● Deliver captioned 360° Video via YouTube

20. NTR 420 Community Nutrition

21. placeholder for nutrition
● Prepare student instructors before they engage
in teaching K-12 community participants
NTR 420 Community Nutrition

22. placeholder for LAR
LAR Landscape Architecture
● Display and augment student landscape design
renderings of existing landscape

23. Where Do I Start?
Ricoh Theta S + YouTube + Google Cardboard = : )

24. DIY and Makerspaces

25. What’s Next? [gear]
● Oculus, GearVR, Playstation VR,
FOVE, HTC VIVE
● Ricoh Theta, Kodak SP360
● Motion control (Leap Motion)
● Augmented Reality (Hololens)
● Binaural Audio (360º Sound)
● Electroencephalography (EEG)

26. What’s Next? [software dev / post]
● Unity 3D + Maya for Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR)
● Nuke, Unreal Engine 4
● Live 360 video capture
● Hotspots and branching
● Augmented Reality
● iOS / Android App Dev
● Google Cardboard SDK
● Analytics

27. Other Stuff? (the wish list)

28. Mike Cuales
mpcuales@ncsu.edu
Cathi Dunnagan
clphilli@ncsu.edu
Bethanne Toby
bwtobey@ncsu.edu