Some useful websites with VR/AR/XR
A list of tools and websites (some) mentioned above, loosely ordered based on required skill levels.
Content viewing and sharing:
- Look up animals in Google via smartphone, and you might encounter AR versions
- Search or upload 3D models on Sketchfab, easily embedded in course materials: https://sketchfab.com/ (AR in mobile app, VR in desktop app). This is probably the only library you will ever need.
- 3D library Google’s Poly: https://poly.google.com/
- Explore AR and 360° tours with Google Expeditions: https://edu.google.com/products/vr-ar/expeditions/
- Know some HTML and JS? Add custom 3D views to webpages with https://modelviewer.dev/
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Content creation:
- Most mobile camera apps create 360°-ish stereoscopic (3D) panoramas , such as the Google Camera App
- Create your own 360° tours to explore (and guide students via Google Expeditions) with Tour Creator (a wonderful alternative with the option to add questions, yet for now lacking the VR view is H5P’s Virtual Tour: https://h5p.org/virtual-tour-360)
- Create 3D worlds and meet in them with Mozzila Hubs: https://hubs.mozilla.com/
- A little bird told me some type of AR might be coming for H5P, so keep an eye out for that 😉
- VR painting and modelling: https://www.tiltbrush.com/ and https://www.oculus.com/medium/ (or just in browser: https://blog.mozvr.com/a-painter/)
- Not WebXR, but still cool: AR filter creation for Snapchat (https://lensstudio.snapchat.com/creators/) and Facebook (https://sparkar.facebook.com/ar-studio/)
- Free photogrammetry software Meshroom, to make 3D models by taking lots of pictures: https://alicevision.org/#meshroom
- Model, texture, rig, render, export 3D (or 2D) imagery with Blender 3D: https://www.blender.org/ (VR viewing coming soon)
- Know some HTML and JS? Make use of this handy framework called Aframe.io: https://aframe.io/
- Know some next level web development? Throw out the other frameworks and code with this library: https://threejs.org/
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