{"id":3346,"date":"2019-04-25T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T01:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tlsrv.net\/thinglinks-new-audio-image-format-makes-shared-vr-scalable\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T09:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:11:15","slug":"thinglinks-new-audio-image-format-makes-shared-vr-scalable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/thinglinks-new-audio-image-format-makes-shared-vr-scalable\/","title":{"rendered":"New feature: Introducing narrated VR images with sequential hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"

360-degree images and videos can help learners develop understanding of real-world environments outside their physical learning space, but trying to successfully setup over twenty headsets for a shared VR experience is not easy. For a while, we have been thinking of an alternative solution, based on the following three assumptions<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. A learner benefits from an expert introduction: a teacher guiding a VR tour helps a student pay attention to relevant things.<\/li>\n
  2. Shared VR does not have to be live VR. Asynchronous viewing improves accessibility and flexibility.<\/li>\n
  3. Students should be able to revisit the experience and explore at their own pace.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Our solution: A narrated VR tour with sequential hotspots<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The solution we came up with lets anyone record their introduction to a topic and save it in the background of a virtual tour. This also includes being able to define a sequence for informational hotspots that matches with the narration and guides viewers\u2019 attention during a tour.<\/p>\n

    This new format came from the marriage of two existing ThingLink editor features: background audio and video editing. For lack of a better term, we will refer to it as a narrated VR tour with sequential hotspots. <\/em>See an example here<\/a>.<\/p>\n