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I've started encouraging my kids to think about VR from a creation perspective, and found a great starting point is 360° photography. Encouraging them to find a way to tell stories using multiple photo spheres has been very rewarding.
How would you add to this?
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I think this is a great idea! I also love programs that introduce children to programming, and hardware building. My brother is getting his technically inclined 13 year old son a build your own PC kit. I believe it's a Linux based system, I don't think he got or is getting him a Raspberry PI, BUT something very similar. :) He figures they can work on it together as a bonding experience as well as the child will learn about hardware builds and basic programming. His daughter (11) makes YouTube videos. I LOVE stuff like this!
Maybe have them play with Minecraft VR and create scenes in it to explore?
Unity adding their in-VR tools will make it a bigger thing to design VR and AR content. I have a hard time working on 3D stuff in 2D. I can't wait for the big update.
I like this idea. My son isn't quite there yet, at 5 years old, but he is very intelligent and interested in STEM type stuff, so it'll come eventually.
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The heck with the kids. :encouragement: How about all the rest of us. This sounds like a great hobby.
Got more info on the raspberry pi project my brother and nephew are doing. Apparently they are going to try to build a "retro" arcade console powered by the pi. Sounds like fun!
I would suggest 360 camera or perhaps a minecraft vr walking experience as said above. Ask them though they come up with some creative stuff sometimes just need a little help. Also awesome to hear building a arcade console, someone everyone wants to atleast take one turn on. Reminds me of my uncle's man cave when i was a kid had couple of them, star wars collectibles, and pool table lol.
I have considered getting a 360 camera and shooting some vids for you guys!
It's a lot of fun to play with. Where do you think you'd start?
Was thinking along the lines of a man on the streets kind of thing, out and about, me visiting places, museums, parks, the beach, etc
Sounds like a cool father and son project. They plan to include a mix of old school arcade games with retro Nintendo/Sega games?
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I have a 360 camera and want to do this, too. I have been plagued with self-doubt about it, though. I guess I have just been having a hard time deciding what locations would be good when my city is so drab in the winter. I feel like a drab dude in a drab city. :p
i just want them to launch Mindshow already so I can start making movies with my kids! Other than that, though, games like Fantastic Contraption, Minecraft and of course all the different painting / modeling tools in VR are great places to start.
I'm more of the mind that the modelling is the way to go. Designing, 3D printing, programming. Many different ways to get kids tech happy!
I think some companies are releasing software to do that, with a very simple code, just a few commands but as a start.
For VR video (actually 360 video) I guess just by doing it and thinking about it, things like "maybe holding the camera higher it won't catch the glare" and giving them (the children) some awareness of how their actions affect the result and what can be better or worse is more than enough.
I want to buy a 360 camera to do some test until finding the right space to filming and the right way to do it too, but well, not as easy here as in other countries.
I don't have any kid, I use to teach kids about nature, animals and ecology while I was working with INPARQUES (National Parks Institute), not in my plans to have children actually.