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Manly Virtual Library A new way to discover online content Northern Beaches Council

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Manly Virtual Library

Manly Virtual LibraryA new way to discover online contentNorthernBeachesCouncil

What is Virtual RealityImage source: www.flickr.com/photos/jirka_matousek/8377291071

Virtual reality is accessible and cheap!

www.google.com/get/cardboard/manufacturers

and this will help drive uptake

What is VR being used for?

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Our initial idea: A virtual home for online content

unity: cross-platform game enginePro: over $100k per year 4.5 million: registered developers600 million: users

Interacting with content using a headset

Some things are better in 2D

Manly Cemetery

Inscribed Bricks

Google maps are doing something similar

Google business view programa quick and easy way to create 3D content?

Google maps are doing something similar

Google Project Tangoa quick and easy way to create 3D models?Image credit: Google

Google maps are doing something similar

Autodesk 123DUse your smartphone to create a 3D model

Grave U.359: The Nicols

The 3D Model

Google maps are doing something similar

The Nicols, photos and information

Manly Cemetery: find the person

Manly Cemetery: then find the plot

Visit the library for more information

An alternative way to organise digital content

If its in VR you cant break it!Source: https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1068/533214999_a23cd48a33_b.jpg

Tailor content to the participant

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The reference service in Virtual RealitySource: www.vrspies.com/tag/vrchat/

The future is always just around the corner