Tour
Project Brief.
We had to create a Web VR experience of our choice. The project duration was 2 weeks.
The Team.
Ashamsa Mathew - Ideation, System design, UI/UX, coding
Randa Hadi - Ideation, System design, content curation
Dmitri Knapp - Ideation, video, content curation
Problem Space.
College visits tend to be integral part of deciding where to go to study or if the place fits your focus area. Sometimes time or distance does not permit an individual to visit a college. This project aims to resolve this issue by designing a virtual experience where the user can take a tour of college space and witness a real classroom experience.
Research and Definition
I was quite fortunate to be amongst the ideal users for this project. I interviewed my cohort to gather insight into their fears and hopes when deciding colleges. While few are able to get a college tour others especially international students relied on word of mouth and the internet to learn about their potential college choice. The process of interviewing even brought up topics that people actually cared about.
Matthew Koo
He is a graphic designer from Trinidad & Tobago. He is interested in NCSU’s Master of Graphic Design program. Since he lives in another other country, it’s not possible for him to come visit the college. He is limited to pictures people post online.
Development
With this information, we began white boarding and sketching to arrive at a system structure. We looked at the things we needed to do to achieve the our goal.
System Flow
Ideation
White Board Session
White Board Mapping
I coded the system using A-frame.js and html. I first created a base framework which made it easy to finish developing the deliverable. We gathered work from our peers, recorded the studio experience to transport the visitor to NC State.
The 360 video camera
Setting up the camera for the video
Deliverable