Monday 25 June 2018

Trying Google Cardboard

This is my Google Cardboard:


With it I found a way not only to do new kind of experiment,
but a new way to go away from my reality.

It's a pleasure to understand how it works: first of all I had to
unpack everything and mount each component in a way to
start the use of my cardboard.

Once I extracted the instrument I opened the box and followed the instructions.

It was very simple to open that strange "wings",
try to make a match between the different parts.




I was very excited while I was building this
binocular, each little part was unravelled
and now it was in front of me ready to make me
curious to explore another kind of reality.










Nearly like a "Transformer" it was turning from a simple box to a useless thing able to carry me
to another world.


And now it was there!
Just like a fiction helmet, only the main piece was missing: my mobile to inserted in the front.











 Ok, the mobile was positioned in the exact housing:
remained to be done only the choice of the movie or the
video suitable for the cardboard.
 Do you see how is perfect the case for the mobile?
The carton is not so fragile as we can think, in the contrary it is very resistant.







Take the opportunity to try something new.















Obviously we cannot choose a normal format video: we have to try a movie composed of two images one for the left eye and one for the right.



In this way we can start our adventures.
I suggest to use the app "Cardboard" for your first experiments:
Then you can find more videos simply going on YouTube searching by "Google Cardboard video" (or similar words).

During my experience I had the opportunity see imaginary world and to see the Aurora!! Exciting!!

Good adventure!

Saturday 23 June 2018

My Day

What am I doing today?
  • Weather station:
    • buying electric box (going to the shop in Lecce by bike);
  • Studying Deep Learning;
  • Experimenting with the VR (using the Google's Cardboard);
  • Reading something about History: Vikings (on the National Geographic supplement: STORICA);
  • Reading a little bit of the book FACTFULLNESS (knowing our world by the use of the facts [Hans Rosling]);
  • Using Duolingo for the study of three of the following languages: 
    • Swedish;
    • Norwegian (Bokmal);
    • Danish;
    • German.
(Of course I didn't mentioned the contour things: cooking, washing, etc...)

That's all...