Virtual Globes and Digital Domes for Immersive

Virtual Globes and Digital Domes for Immersive Geospatial Imaging

Prof. Declan G. De Paor Old Dominion University and Pretlow Planetarium ©2015 Google, Stellarium

Google Earth for Onsite 
 and Distance Education

NSF DUE 1323419

Published 2005

Launched 2005

Published 2005

© 2005

The World is Almost Round! But lacks a local sense of scale in space or time

The ancient Greeks determined that Earth is round—without the benefit of this view! Pythagoras

NASA

By De Paor and Whitmeyer for Blij et al., Physical Geography, Oxford University Press

Model from SketchUp 3D Warehouse

COLLADA Models

Made in SketchUp (launched in 2006) From SketchUp 3D Warehouse

How big can a COLLADA model be?

Google Earth Models can be huge, But cannot be seen underground…

From De Paor & Pinan-Llama 2006

Emergent Models

Re-purposed the Google Earth time slider

Virtual Specimen:Vredefort Pseudotachylite

Specimen supplied by Carol Simpson. Model Created with NextEngine.

Virtual Specimen: 
 Acasta Gneiss

Specimen supplied by Sam Bowring. Model Created with 123D Catch

Virtual Specimen: 
 Salt Lake Crater, HI

Specimen supplied by Mike Bizmis. Model Created with 123D Catch

Geological Mapping Challenge

Team: Mladen Dordevic, Steve Whitmeyer, Paul Karabinos, Barb Tewksbury

Change of View

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From looking down on the globe…

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to looking up at the dome…

Opto-Mechanical Planetarium e.g. 
 Zeiss Starball

http://fineartamerica.com/

Digital Full Dome Projection

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ravIPo24miQ

Earth Projected onto Dome

celestia.com

Virtual globe under the digital dome US patent 8646918 B2 to De Paor and ODU Feb 11, 2014

http://www.optecgroup.com

BEYOND THE PHYSICAL DOME

REMEMBER VIEWMASTER? 3D SPLIT SCREEN

E V O LV E D I N T O H A S B R O M Y 3 D

COMING SOON?: 
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GOOGLE CARDBOARD

W W W. N E T T F U N D E R . C O M

YOU CAN YOUR OWN 3D/4D SPLIT SCREEN IMAGES/VIDEO WITH POPPY3D

VIEW WITH MY3D, POPPY3D, O C U L U S R I F T, G O O G L E C A R D B O A R D , M AT T E L

3D SPLIT SCREEN VIDEO

3D SPLIT SCREEN

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3D SPLIT SCREEN

H T T P S : / / W W W. Y O U T U B E . C O M / W AT C H ? V = P I X O S 3 7 R _ J 0

SAMSUNG GEAR VR

ZEISS VR ONE • Traditional: microscopes, planetarium star balls • Future: headworn VR powered by iPhone / Galaxy

ODU’S HELEN CROMPTON IS SCUBA DIVING IN HER OFFICE WITH ZEISS VR 1!

FROM VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) TO AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)

MOBILE FIELD LEARNING

W W W. P L AY F R E S H A I R . C O M T E A M : H E L E N C R O M P T O N , M AT T D U N L E A V Y

Class Management in the field?

Site 4 Identify this structure

CAN DELIVER FIELD ASSIGNMENTS V I A T E X T, S T I L L I M A G E S , AUDIO, VIDEO, OR QUIZZES

WEARABLE COMPUTERS

GOOGLE GLASS FOR BYOD CLASSROOM RESPONSE

WEARABLE COMPUTERS

MICROSOFT HOLOLENS

WEARABLES MEET HOLOGRAPHY

THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR TEACHING

http://blog.allstream.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wearable_computer-475x330.jpg

B E Y O N D T H E D E S K T O P… B E Y O N D T H E L A P T O P… BEYOND THE HANDHELD…

GOPRO

GOOGLE GLASS

B E Y O N D T H E D E S K T O P… B E Y O N D T H E L A P T O P… BEYOND THE HANDHELD… AS WE LEARN TO WEAR OUR COMPUTERS, WILL WE SHARE EYES AND EARS ACROSS THE PHYSICAL GLOBE OF THE EARTH AND THE PHYSICAL DOME OF THE SKY?

BEYOND GOOGLE EARTH…

• A virtual globe of 4D geological place-time? • Paleo-Street View? • Real-time AV anywhere on Earth through any

(participating) person’s eyes and ears?

• Integrated globes and domes?