Adding Hybrid Reality technologies (i.e., virtual/augmented/mixed realities) to the long and growing list of experiences that libraries offer is keeping libraries on the bleeding edges while allowing their users to engage with these emerging technologies. Libraries that offer these experiences are opening the minds of their users to understand what is possible today and giving opportunities to see what they can possibly create in the future. In this presentation, • Learn the differences between virtual, augmented, and mixed realities. • Understand how these technologies will change everything ranging from gaming to education. • Discover various products on the market now and those that are soon to be released. • Explore 360° video and photograph technologies to include in a variety of formats. • See how libraries are making use of various hybrid technologies to create new user experiences.

1. Creating Virtual Experiences in your Library

2. Agenda:
• Learn the differences between virtual, augmented, and mixed realities.
• Understand how these technologies will change everything ranging from
gaming to education.
• Discover various products on the market now and those that are soon to
be released.
• Explore 360° video and photograph technologies to include in a variety
of formats.
• See how libraries are making use of various hybrid technologies to create
new user experiences.

3. “The library represents a window
to a larger world.”
Barack Obama

4. Reality - the state or quality of being real.

5. What is real?
Source: http://goo.gl/udstlk

6. What makes reality real?

7. "Reality is merely an illusion,
albeit a very persistent one.”
~ Albert Einstein

8. Virtual - not physically existing as such, but
made by software to appear to do so.
Source: http://goo.gl/Mck38L

9. Read more at http://goo.gl/51gGTb
Basically, it is a computer trying to trick
your brain into believing that you are in
a different environment.
A headset displays an image. That image
will be modified when you move your
head and/or interact with it.
What is virtual reality?

10. Depth of Information - amount and quality of data
in the signals a user receives when interacting in a
virtual environment.
Components of Immersion (Jonathan Steuer):
Source: http://goo.gl/uVAKTa
Breadth of Information - the number of sensory
dimensions simultaneously presented.

11. Origin/Timeline
• Cinematographer Morton Heilig in the 1950’s conceptualized an all
sensory theater experience.
• First Head Mounted Display (HMD) developed in 1961.
• Ivan Sutherland’s “Ultimate Display” concept guided almost all the
developments within the field of virtual reality. In 1966, he built an HMD
that was tethered to a computer system.
• In 1984, Michael McGreevy started exploring human-
computer interface (HCI) designs.
• Jaron Lanier created the term “Virtual Reality” in 1987.
• Facebook acquires Oculus Rift for $2 billion in 2014.
Source: http://goo.gl/em55d

12. Image: http://goo.gl/HkQHlE
Augmented Reality
superimposes elements
over physical reality.
Remember that virtual
reality replaces the real
world with a simulated
one.

13. Popular AR Apps

14. Augmented Reality Book!
Video: https://youtu.be/SikieNAQw04

15. Esquire Magazine Augmented Reality Issue, March 2012
Video: https://youtu.be/LGwHQwgBzSI

16. Augmented Reality Computer
Video at: https://youtu.be/zxM4vN_4jJY

17. Enjoy Your New Virtual Office
Source: https://goo.gl/1kLmnR

18. ARCore (formerly Project Tango)
Source: https://goo.gl/7LkoxQ

19. Blocks: Easily create 3D models in VR
Video: https://youtu.be/1TX81cRqfUU
Gallery: https://poly.google.com/

20. Adding AR Features to Chrome’s Desktop Browsers!
Source: https://goo.gl/vopDg6

21. Adding AR Features in Mobile Chrome Browsers!
“The unique power of AR is to blend digital content with the real world” so
we can “surf the web, find a model, place it in our room to see just how
large it truly is, and physically walk around it.”
~ Reza Ali and Josh Carpenter, Google’s Daydream WebXR team Source: https://goo.gl/vopDg6

22. Google Lens
Source: https://goo.gl/2RyALV

23. Overlaid Instructions Using a HoloLens! This will
eventually be done using our phones!
Source: https://goo.gl/SMYu7i

24. Google 'Visual Positioning Service' AR Tracking in Action
Video: https://youtu.be/L6-KF0HPbS8

25. Video: https://goo.gl/mBjBcY Video: https://goo.gl/quk9Nt
Android’s AR Stickers

26. ARKit (iOS)https://developer.apple.com/arkit/
Follow: https://twitter.com/madewithARKit

27. Room measurements
using Apple's ARKit
Video: https://youtu.be/iw9MPZoPqCQ

28. Real-time Mixed Reality ARKit/Unity rig driven by HTC Vive
Video: https://youtu.be/AvwvHIv7nwo

29. Facebook Camera Effects Platform
(AR Studio and Frame Studio)
Source: https://goo.gl/AXq3Da

30. Mixed Reality (MR) starts to blend augmented
and virtual reality with actual reality!

31. HoloLens

32. How Does the HoloLens Work?
Source: https://goo.gl/S35NYT

33. HoloLens + Skype = Virtual Tours!

34. Minecraft HoloLens demo
Video: https://youtu.be/xgakdcEzVwg

35. Turn your Smartphone into a 3D Hologram
Video: https://youtu.be/7YWTtCsvgvg

36. Source: https://www.magicleap.com

37. Magic Leap + Sigur Rós = Tónandi

38. Leaked photo
Image source: https://goo.gl/yXvQzQ

39. Understand how these technologies will change
everything ranging from gaming to education.

40. Play Guitar
Video: https://youtu.be/58wfvn0oDpo

41. Interact with a 3D reconstruction of a human
brain and a network of connectivity graphs
Try it! https://goo.gl/Vr1qW7

42. The Great LEGO Race, VR Rollercoaster at LegoLand
Video: https://youtu.be/T61KOn1lw6Y

43. Google Expeditions
https://edu.google.com/expeditions

44. Google Expeditions AR
https://edu.google.com/expeditions/ar
Sign up for the Expeditions AR Pioneer Program!

45. https://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/harlem
http://scalar.usc.edu/works/harlem-renaissance

46. http://lookingglassvr.com

47. Enhancing History and Other Subjects using VR
Unabomber Investigation VR Terra-Cotta Warriors
Pearl Harbor
Medieval Bruges

48. VR in other industries
• Gaming, film, and entertainment industry will be huge!
• Car companies use it to test virtual prototypes.
• Architects build virtual models of new building designs.
• Medical, military, space etc. use VR to train. Flight simulators.
• Some surgeons have done procedures remotely using VR.
• Therapists use it to help safely treat people’s fears.
• Will people actually read and study in VR?
• I hope so. I would prefer my surgeon, for example, to have explored the
interior of the human body in 3D vs. the 2D textbook. Both would be ideal!

49. Discover various products on the market now
and those that are soon to be released.

50. HTC Vive Demos at Barnes & Noble Maker Faire

51. https://www.oculus.com/en-us/dk2/
Oculus Rift Development Kit 2

53. Common Hardware Specifications
Solid Build ($1500)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
GPU: GeForce GTX 1070
Motherboard: MSI B350M Gaming Pro
Storage 1: Crucial MX500 250GB SSD
Storage 2: Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
Power Supply: EVGA GQ 650W
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Case: Corsair Carbide 270R
CPU Cooler: Stock
Operating System: Windows 10
Hardcore Build ($1950)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
GPU: GTX 1080
Motherboard: MSI B350 PC Mate
Storage 1: Crucial MX500 500GB SSD
Storage 2: Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
Power Supply: EVGA 850 G2
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Case: Corsair Crystal 460X or Enthoo Pro
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4
Operating System: Windows 10
No Compromises ($6000)
CPU: Intel Core i9-7980XE
Graphics Cards: Titan Xp
Motherboard: ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe
RAM: 64GB DDR4
Storage 1: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD
Storage 2: 2x Seagate Barracuda 8TB HDD
Power Supply: Corsair AXi 1200 Platinum
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H115i
Case: bequiet! Pro 900
Operating System: Windows 10
Source: https://goo.gl/JonInH

54. Google Daydream VR
Source: https://vr.google.com/daydream

55. Source: https://vr.google.com/daydream

56. PlayStation VR
There is no noticeable Screen Door Effect (SDE). The SDE is a grid-like
appearance (i.e., space between pixels) that you see inside VR. Your
eyes don’t go out of focus in VR and these pixels are noticeable as a
result.
How does a lower resolution screen have less SDE? Each pixel in
PSVR's display actually has three subpixels (red, green, blue). The
PSVR actually has a higher subpixel resolution than Rift and Vive,
resulting in less screen door effect:
Rift/Vive: 2 displays x 2 subpixels x 1080 x 1200 = 5,184,000 subpixels
PSVR: 1 display x 3 subpixels x 1920 x 1080 = 6,220,800 subpixels.
(Source: https://goo.gl/z6Fiy5)

57. Star Wars Battlefront VR Mission = Possible VR Sickness
Source: https://goo.gl/Exg6cN

58. Samsung Gear VR
Learn more at Samsung.com

59. Video: https://goo.gl/KnAkb3
Meta 1 AR glasses

60. Meta 2 VR: Powered by neuroscience.
Designed for trailblazers.
http://www.metavision.com/

61. A local company let us test a Meta!

62. Explore 360° video and photograph
technologies to include in a variety of formats.

63. www.google.com/get/cardboard

64. Use your smartphone in Facebook and experience Mars in 360 degrees.
Check it out! http://goo.gl/WTp9qr

65. Dreams of Dalí: 360º Video
Experience it! https://youtu.be/F1eLeIocAcU
On a computer look for the
navigation dial to move around
inside the video!
Or use Google Cardboard to
move around inside the video!

66. Live 360° Video in Facebook
Add Server URL and Stream Key using https://obsproject.com

67. 360° video of
Natural Habitat Park
Video: https://youtu.be/eot7_vL1l5A

68. 3D Printed VR/360° Viewers
Order: https://yay3d.myshopify.com Print: https://goo.gl/ifzMkb

69. See how libraries are making use of various hybrid
technologies to create new user experiences.

70. Images by Chris Demmons and Chad Mairn

71. Field Trips

72. Reviewing VR Games
Source: https://goo.gl/D2EjCE

73. 3D design/printing should be in “3D”

74. Invite Local Developers to Share Prototypes

75. Rhonda B. Trueman
(Abbey Zenith in Second Life, President of
Community Virtual Library)
In real life: Acquisitions & Access Services Librarian
at Northwest Florida State College.
abbeyzen@gmail.com

76. AltspaceVR – experience the web, from anywhere, with anyone, through
virtual reality.
http://altvr.com

77. VARLibraries is a national network of libraries implementing Virtual and Augmented
technology into their communities. Virtual reality stations have been implemented at more
than 90 libraries throughout California, through a partnership between the California State
Library, VR developer Oculus, and nonprofit library consortium Califa.
http://www.varlibraries.com

78. https://libraries.ou.edu/content/virtual-reality

79. https://cospaces.io/edu

80. Read more: https://goo.gl/CofJnp

81. Godot Engine Now Has OpenVR and AR Support!
Source: https://goo.gl/eFqLw6
Download at https://godotengine.org

82. Unity VR Samples for Google Cardboard
Video: https://youtu.be/RnAEO-QlqSg

83. Import Blender Animation to UDK for Oculus Rift in Virtual Reality!
Video: https://youtu.be/m9vyu9iaLAI

84. http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn
@cmairn

85. Contact me!