vr journalism workshop at journalism interactive
TRANSCRIPT
VR Storytelling
2016 Journalism Interactive ConferenceGainesville, Florida
Dan PachecoSI Newhouse School of Public
Communications Chair & Professor of Journalism Innovation@pachecod
[email protected]/newhousevr
VSTORYTELLING.ORGEverything I go over today can be found there, including handouts, video tutorials and even tips shared by students.
Here’s a special post just for this session:bitly.com/newhousevr
VR JOURNALISM IN CONTEXT
• 1436: Gutenberg Press• 1919: Radio broadcast and the spoken word• 1937: Television broadcast, images, live video
Chapter 1One-Way Communication
• 1988: CD-ROM, words, images, audio – we interact with content
• 1994: Internet. Find what you want, interact with people • 1999: Internet capable phone – anytime, anywhere access
Chapter 2Interactive Communication
• Jump inside a story• Transport your consciousness, feel physically present• Manipulate data as if it’s real
Chapter 3?experiential media
NOT JUST AN ADD-ONTHIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW MEDIUM, LIKE WHEN CONSUMERS FIRST GOT ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
HOW I GOT INTO THIS
2013 – NONNY DE LA PEÑA
2014 – HARVEST OF CHANGE Gannett Digital
ConsultantDes Moines
Register2015 recipient of Murrow Award for innovative use of
video.
2015 – TEACHING1. Interactive Unity scenes for Oculus
Rift
2. 360 Videos for GearVR and Cardboard
2016 – DOUBLED ENROLLMENTTrained another prof (Ken Harper)
who is more focused on video.35 students in 2 sections doing
stuff like this.Some are already being
approached as seniors to jobs at big-name VR production studios.
FOR 360, WE STARTED WITH ONE OF THESE
NOW WE HAVE 9 (THANK YOU, DEAN BRANHAM!)
See eamples of what students are producing here: http://bitly.com/newhousevr
APPROXIMATE COST PER RIG:
$3,700
SOFTWARE:$427 per seat
AutoPanopro Video + Giga Bundle
CGI, video, stills and audio that exports to multiple platforms.
Note: most can be done with free version.
FREE, $500 for pro (academic pricing, on a
sliding scale)
NO STITCH SOLUTIONS
FOCUS IS ON OPTICS
Ricoh Theta S
GIROPTIC, SHIPS IN APRIL
NIKON KEYMISSION 360
You probably already have
some of these.
WARNING – DO NOT BECOME AN EXPERT IN
HOW THINGS WORK TODAY!
Focus on the content and storytelling techniques
Now let’s make some stuff together
Links to everything yo need can be found here:
bitly.com/newhousevr