This is the overview presentation from class 1 of the Fall 2016 offering of Virtual Reality Storytelling at S.I. Newhouse at Syracuse University.

1. VR Storytelling

2. Dan Pacheco
SI Newhouse School of Public Communications
Chair & Professor of Journalism Innovation
@pachecod

3. Before here…
Journalist, focused on technnology
Washingtonpost.com launch team
America online, product manager, community & social media
Startup founder (in the eBook space)
And I still work as a consultant, lately in VR

4. Your Turn. Three questions:
1. Who you are & why are you here?
2. If you could transport your consciousness into
the head of any person on earth alive today or in
the past, who would you choose and why?
3. “It would be cool to experience ________ in VR.”

5. links to save

6. 1. vrstorytelling.org/login > You’ve been invited, now login!
2. twitter.com/hashtag/vrstorytelling > Share! You are graded on this!
3. facebook.com/groups/newhousevrstorytelling > Join!
4. Connect to g.syr.edu > Huge amount of free storage
5. gravatar.com to make your photo appear with your posts

7. download these apps

8. 1. DiscoveryVR
2. NYT VR
3. Within (formerly VRSE)
4. RYOT
5. Littlstar
6. Google Cardboard
7. YouTube (but only if you have an Android phone)

9. overview of class

10. 1. Syllabus
2. Expectations
3. Projects & Assignments

11. 1. Assignment 1, Pt 1: Complete the class survey
2. Assignment 1, Pt 2: Blog post related to your experience in VR
this week.
3. Individual Presentation: Find another VR experience and be
prepared to share it. You’ll only need to present during the week you
will be assigned. http://www.vrstorytelling.org/vr-experience-
research-presentation/
Week One

12. A history of disruptive media
in three chapters

13. • 1436: Gutenberg Press
• 1919: Radio broadcast and the spoken word
• 1937: Television broadcast, images, live video
Chapter 1
One-Way Communication

14. • 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 2
Interactive Communication

15. • Jump inside a story
• Transport your consciousness, feel physically present in a story
Chapter 3?
experiential communication

16. basics of VR
immersive experiences

17. Virtual reality is the ultimate
empathy machine.
VRSEWorks
Chris Milk

18. A consensual hallucination
experienced daily by billions…”
Neuromancer, pg 69
William Gibson

19. Emblematic Group
Immersive Journalism
http://bit.ly/1RTkO9n

20. Up next: “Mixed Reality”

21. Microsoft hololens

22. 360 video tools

23. freedom360

24. hero360

27. audio is at least 1/2 the experience!

28. Binaural recordings are reproductions of
sound the way human ears hear it.”
kallbinauralaudio.com

30. CGI & Post-Production

31. for creating immersive interactive
mashups of CGI, video, stills and audio
that exports to multiple platforms.

32. video stitching software

33. AutoPanopro Video
A video-stitching app that lets you assemble
multiple videos into a single one that covers
up to 360×180°

34. I. Browser
II. Tablet and Phone Apps standalone
III. Google Cardboard type set w/phone
IV. Samsung Gear VR
V. Video walls or projectors
VI. Oculus Rift
VII. HTC Vive
progressively enhanced experiences

39. Touch
controllers –
see your
hands

40. HTC Vive, hand
controllers

41. Sundance
New Frontier
at Newhouse
Nov. 3-5

42. Talking about virtual reality is like
dancing about architecture”
interactive visual storyteller
Chris Milk

43. Let’s try it…

44. 1. Web browser: bit.ly/nyt-vr
2. Phone : NYT VR App > watch same
video, non-cardboard
3. Cardboard : NYT VR App > watch
same video, cardboard stereoscopic

45. On Thursday
Meet at the Alan Gerry Innovation Lab
Second floor Newhouse 2