[Coral-List] Re. Underwater 360 imagery/VR dives

[David Gross]

Hey Geoff,

While with Via Aquarium I set up a couple of Liquid Galaxy displays so that
guest could virtually visit coral reefs around the world.

Google Earth has lots of underwater street views.
https://www.underwater.earth/google-underwater-street-view

Caitlin also has a collection:
https://www.catlinseaviewsurvey.com/

Enjoy!
David

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 12:49 PM Katie Ebanks via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Good Morning Geoffery and Coral-List,
>
> My name is Katie Ebanks and I wanted to respond to your message over
> NOAA's Coral-list server concerning obtaining imagery to create virtual
> experiences for your students. I am the Education Manager at the Central
> Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) based primarily out of the Little Cayman
> Research Centre, a non-profit in the Cayman Islands; While we do not have
> any 360 imagery to provide you with, I did want to bring your attention to
> one of our most popular and FREE education projects which is similar and
> may be of interest to you, called Reefs Go Live.
>
> Reefs Go Live is a Virtual Live Experience (VLE), where one of our
> researchers or educators teaches a marine science lesson, in real time from
> the coral reefs of Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. These broadcasts are
> delivered 4-6 times annually each Spring, with all lessons following the
> standards set in place by the Cayman Islands National Science Curriculum,
> which is based off curriculums from the UK and USA. All lessons include a
> full lesson plan for educators, an activity sheet for students, a
> vocabulary sheet and 'test', as well as additional resources on the topic
> delivered. These broadcasts are recorded and saved on both our website and
> YouTube channel for educators to use at a later time, should they not be
> able to join us live. Since the project's inception in 2018, Reefs Go Live
> has produced over 25 broadcasts in over 35 different countries to thousands
> of students and educators. It is truly a remarkable project with generous
> funding both locally from within the Cayman Islands and internationally.
> Check out the Reefs Go Live portion of our website here:
> https://reefresearch.org/what-we-do/education/reefs-go-live/
>
> If you (or anyone else on Coral-List!) have any questions about Reefs Go
> Live or any of our other education programmes, please don't hesitate to
> contact me directly...as I LOVE to talk about this amazing project!
> Best, Katie
>
> Katie Ebanks (She/her)
>
> Education Manager
>
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>
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> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 19:06:00 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Geoff Cook <geoffreymcook at yahoo.com>
> To: Coral List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Subject: [Coral-List] Underwater 360 imagery/VR dives
> Message-ID: <2132354246.3984326.1664996760655 at mail.yahoo.com>
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> Greetings Listers,
> I hope this note finds you well.
> I'm writing to ask if anyone out there has experience obtaining underwater
> 360 imagery. I am interested in using this kind of imagery to create
> "virtual dives" that can be experienced via Oculus2 headsets for the
> purpose of teaching students about the marine environment.?
> While taking students underwater on SCUBA would be preferable, that option
> is not possible at my institution so I am trying to determine if a virtual
> approach would be feasible.
> My sincere thanks in advance for any tips you are willing to offer?about
> relevant equipment, app building, etc.
> Wishing you all the very best.Geoff?
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