{"id":11770,"date":"2016-02-01T23:06:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T04:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/?p=11770"},"modified":"2021-06-21T08:24:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:24:23","slug":"vr-bubbles-are-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2016\/02\/01\/vr-bubbles-are-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"VR Bubbles are Cool!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/on.bubb.li\/387389ak07bwcsuu5rnglqp\" width=\"600px\" height=\"450px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ontario artist and educator <strong>Colleen Rose<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ColleenKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ColleenKR<\/a>, on Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/on.bubb.li\/387238acsd2k1p094djgqx4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared a unique view of her art classroom<\/a>\u00a0this morning, and\u00a0the image far surpassed what one would usually get with a standard photo.<\/p>\n<p>Created with the iPhone app <strong>Bubbli<\/strong>, the <em>fully spherical view<\/em> of the room immediately had me seeking out the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/bubbli\/id720480745?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source app on the iOS App store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_logo_@2x.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11772\" src=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_logo_@2x.png\" alt=\"bubbli_logo_@2x\" width=\"230\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_icon@2x.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11773\" src=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_icon@2x.png\" alt=\"bubbli_icon@2x\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_icon@2x.png 160w, https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_icon@2x-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hours later, as the afternoon sun streamed through my classroom windows and reminded me of the need to take advantage of available light, I packed up my bags and headed outside. A\u00a0few minutes later I was standing in the back yard of the school <em>waving my phone around in the air<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The &#8220;bubble&#8221; image above is the result.<\/strong> \u00a0The app, in conjunction with a powerful upstream\u00a0stitching application, allowed me to easily create the VR bubble within only a couple of minutes. \u00a0If you have an accelerometer-supported smart phone, view the image bubble using that, and you will see the image move around you as you tilt and pan your phone. Within a web browser on a computer, use your mouse to view up, down, left, and right.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to making the image shared at the top of this post, I experimented further away from the play equipment, and you can see the results of my <a href=\"http:\/\/on.bubb.li\/387389ax4d2tnkosp35ko45\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/on.bubb.li\/387389agwoe2k7dq3crehjn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/on.bubb.li\/387389a8fwz30zkggvox1gs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third<\/a> attempts on the <a href=\"http:\/\/on.bubb.li\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on.bubb.li <\/a>\u00a0site. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know that my &#8220;painting technique&#8221; (their metaphor) improved all that much from first through fourth &#8212; the stitching algorithm does a fantastic job of removing the overlaps. If anything, my composition improved as I learned how well the app\/server were able to handle objects close to the camera \u00a0&#8212; something I was initially concerned about having seen previous phone based \u00a0&#8220;pano&#8221; apps distort objects in the foreground.<\/p>\n<p>The built-in getting started\u00a0tutorials provide a quick and clear introduction to the app and the process, and the interface of the app is so simple to use, I&#8217;m going to see tomorrow if a child can do it. I&#8217;m sure they will be able to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_playground.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11777 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bubbli_playground.gif\" alt=\"bubbli_playground\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BONUS: If you email yourself a link to the bubble, you also get a nice little animated GIF thumbnail in your email, and you can suss out the URL\u00a0if you view the source of the email.<br \/>\nThe animated GIF itself is a nice bonus!<\/p>\n<h3>Time for another iPhone Photo Project?<\/h3>\n<p>The fun in playing with a new iOS camera app today reminds me that it&#8217;s been a while since I scoured the iOS app store for new and interesting camera\/image apps. In 2011, a number of folks joined me in the <a href=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2011\/03\/31\/april-iphone-photo-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2011 iPhone Photo Project \u00a0iPPP<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (<a href=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/category\/iphone-photo-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archives here<\/a>), and again the subsequent year for the <a href=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2012\/03\/01\/march-2012-iphone-photo-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2012 iPhone Photo Project iPPP2<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 (<a href=\"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/category\/march-2012-iphone-photo-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archives here<\/a>). Given that 2013, 2014, and 2015 have passed\u00a0by unrecognized, I&#8217;m thinking that today&#8217;s app play will herald in a 2016 re-incarnation, the <strong>February 2016 iPhone Photo Project iPPP3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Who&#8217;s in?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll formally announce it with an <strong>iPPP3 &#8211; Day 2<\/strong> app tomorrow. Consider <strong>Bubbli<\/strong> as the app for use for <strong>iPPP3 &#8211; Day 1<\/strong>. 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