Welcome to OSCR VR Annex


OSCR Staff at Staff Days, January, 2009 Click and drag anywhere in the above VR capture Use shift and control keys to zoom in and out	The Virtual Reality Annex is one of OSCR's Multimedia Labs. You can check out VR Gear-To-Go and request VR content for any academic endeavor that would benefit from this technology. We can show you how to create both object and panorama VR movies or, in some cases, we will do the work for you. And it's all free to any Student, Faculty or Staff at the U of A. Here's how it works: Object movies are created when objects are photographically captured and turned into interactive computer objects that can be experienced three-dimensionally and shared without the original objects actually being handled. Several UA classes have used these objects so that students and researchers can gain "virtual" access to precious or fragile items that they would normally never be able to physically access. Panorama movies are created when real world spaces are captured photographically and turned into worlds that can be navigated and explored on a computer. Panoramas are invaluable to students and researchers who wish to "virtually" visit locations that would normally be impractical or impossible to visit in person. Interested? Call or email us, or send a request through the request form. We'll be happy to help you out with all things VR related! You need QuickTime Player to view the VR Captures Click here to download the free version of QuickTime Player for a Mac Click here to download the free version of QuickTime Player for Windows (XP and Vista)

OSCR Staff at Staff Days, January, 2009

Click and drag anywhere in the above VR capture
Use shift and control keys to zoom in and out

The Virtual Reality Annex is one of OSCR's Multimedia Labs. You can check out VR Gear-To-Go and request VR content for any academic endeavor that would benefit from this technology. We can show you how to create both object and panorama VR movies or, in some cases, we will do the work for you. And it's all free to any Student, Faculty or Staff at the U of A.

Here's how it works:
Object movies are created when objects are photographically captured and turned into interactive computer objects that can be experienced three-dimensionally and shared without the original objects actually being handled. Several UA classes have used these objects so that students and researchers can gain "virtual" access to precious or fragile items that they would normally never be able to physically access. Panorama movies are created when real world spaces are captured photographically and turned into worlds that can be navigated and explored on a computer. Panoramas are invaluable to students and researchers who wish to "virtually" visit locations that would normally be impractical or impossible to visit in person.

Interested? Call or email us, or send a request through the request form. We'll be happy to help you out with all things VR related!

You need QuickTime Player to view the VR Captures
Click here to download the free version of QuickTime Player for a Mac
Click here to download the free version of QuickTime Player for Windows (XP and Vista)