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

[David Gross]

This popped up today in my feed.
https://www.upworthy.com/marine-biologist-offers-virtual-deep-dives

On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 5:29 PM David Gross <david.j.gross144 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI)
>>
>> 1-345-948-1094 (Office)
>>
>> 1-345-324-9320 (Cell)
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> 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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