Imagine being fully immersed inside the video you are watching; looking in all directions and seeing everything that’s going on around you. Utilizing 360° video and Oculus technology, eTV is currently developing and demoing this next wave of video production.

Take a sneak peek at a work-in-progress 360° production. Click and drag on the video with your mouse, or, on a mobile device, swipe with your finger to look in all directions as the video plays:

Check out this video to see the making of:

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Welcome to the start of an exciting new year. Here in eTV/Learning Technologies we’re off to a busy start in 2015 with several productions, streaming events, and project starts already underway. This year we look forward to exploring and implementing some cool teaching and learning technologies including 3D video, 360 degree video panoramas, interactive app. development, immersive reality (Oculus) as well as enhanced lecture capture and video streaming services. For some real fun stuff, take a look into the world of Microbiology (with time lapse video) and see what happens when you inoculate TSI (Triple Sugar Iron) agar with Citrobacter freundii and a funky sound track.

The video below shows an inoculated sample on the right and a uninoculated sample on the left over a 24 period.

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In case you had any doubt about this quote from George Orwell’s Animal Farm check out the “all knowing” nod from the sow 48.seconds into this video. It’s all a part of eTV’s/TLTC’s work with Apprentice Manitoba and Assiniboine Community College to create unique immersive educational products. The interactive panoramas that are being created will be completed early in the New Year but in the mean time we thought you might enjoy this romp through one of the pig barns at the University of Manitoba’s Farm and Food Discovery Centre.

Happy Holidays from the eTV gang!

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eTV is currently piloting a teaching and learning technology that allows students to experience spaces without ever having to physically travel there. The eTV pilot offers a 360° panorama of our Studio A – Paramedicine classroom. Incorporating images, video, and interactive activities, users can explore the classroom, travel to one of our rural sites in Portage, and learn about the streaming process. As we continue to develop this pilot, we are looking into 3D imaging as well as 360° 3D video with Oculus technology to offer users a fully immersive experience.

Click below to learn about streaming in our Studio A – Paramedicine classroom without ever having to walk through our front door!

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What do Pigs, Panoramas, and Paramedics have in common? They’re all part of exciting new virtual reality initiatives eTV/TLTC will be exploring in the new year. In addition to our video streaming and production activities, we’ll also be piloting My Mediasite (lecture capture) for accessibility and on-demand requirements. As always, we invite anyone with questions or interest to drop by and meet with us.

Follow this blog for updates and have a great year!

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Business/Technology students at Red River College held a Mystery Skype with Kalogera Primary School in Larnaca, Cyprus. As part of the ICT and Multimedia class, the inquiry-based exercise consisted of the students guessing the location of the other classroom. eTV shot footage of the Mystery Skype as students reflected on the benefits of student-centered learning and global collaboration.

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The Manitoba Association for Distributed Learning & Training (MADLaT) Conference was held at Red River College on May 1st and 2nd 2014. The conference addressed the blend of information communication technologies with the wisdom of educators and trainers in learning environments. eTV live streamed a number of presentations including Dr. Richard Van Eck’s keynote speech, the Passport to Learning panel discussion, and four technology in education sessions.

Click on the links below to the view each presentation:

Thursday May 1st

“Passport to Learning”
Panel Discussion with invited guests
Presenters: Dr. Dave Neale, Dr. Jeff Taylor, Ray Karasevich
Greetings from Honourable James Allum

Friday May 2nd

Keynote
Presenter: Richard Van Eck

How education works
Implementation
Presenter: Jon Dron

Curtailing copyright complications using Creative Commons
Implementation
Presenter: Rodger Graham

Gamification of learning in math and science
Technology
Presenter: Richard Van Eck

Open Badges: Making Learning Visible
Research
Presenter: Don Presant

The presentations are also available on-demand on the eTV Blog – Streaming Page under Events.

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eTV is working in conjunction with TLTC to produce exploratory panoramas as part of the Apprenticeship Project. This project is being undertaken with the goal of bringing the trades to high school students. The panoramas will enable students to explore different trade areas through 360° digital imaging. The panoramas are shot with a Gigapan panoramic camera head and then the images taken are stitched together to create a 360° view of the space. Hotspots can be added to create a content-rich, interactive environment. eTV is currently working with a number of different trades, including hairstyling, carpentry, and electrical, to create panoramas of their areas.

To view an example of a carpentry area panorama that is currently being developed, click on the image below:

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2013 has been a very successful year of streaming, productions and initiatives in eTV. We have had the pleasure of working with excellent staff and faculty throughout the year on a variety of diverse projects.

In 2014, we look forward to continued growth in education, innovation, and communication as well as establishing new partnerships and opportunities within the College community.

From all of us at eTV, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! See you in 2014!

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On June 11th, eTV was home to Winnispeed, an exciting event featuring Joe Justice of Team Wikispeed building a car right inside our studio! The 100+ mile-per-gallon prototype car that Team Wikispeed created in just three months was built from scratch in a single day. eTV filmed the process as participants worked directly with Joe Justice to build the car and learn about Extreme Manufacturing, and how they could apply the same concepts and methodologies to their own context.

For a sample of the footage shot, click on the video below:

Check out some pictures of the event and the finished product!

For more information about Winnispeed, click here.

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