360 video from Talking Dog

Recently at Talking Dog we've been trying our hand at making 360 degree videos. Here's one of our first attempts, going for a walk in one of our nicest local parks. Trust us, this is going to be beautiful by a month from now, but in early May the groundskeepers are hard at work prepping the soil and the trees are only just starting to sprout their leaves. Also of interest in this video, you'll see the Saskatchewan Legislative Building, which currently has a large box covering its dome as workers do restoration work.

 

The above window may show a mostly black screen for a while, if so please give it a minute to load the content. Once it's loaded and playing, you'll be able to scroll around and zoom your view in and out. There's also some options that come up when you click on one of circular icons in the bottom right of the viewing window, if you want to see something really unusual select "Little Planet View". These options also come up if you right click on the viewing window.

Where this gets even more interesting is when you view this on a gyro-enabled mobile device, because then you can view all parts of the video depending upon the angle at which you have your iPhone (or what have you) positioned. And for us, the most promising implications of this become apparent if you view this with Google Cardboard, but to do that you'll have to download the 360Heros app to your iPhone or Android, search for "Saskatchewan" in the app, and then view this video in Google Cardboard mode.  

We also have a longer version you can check out on YouTube. If you view this in the Chrome browser on your desktop, you can rotate your view left, right, up, down, and all around by clicking on the arrows in the top left of the window.
A direct link to the above YouTube movie is at youtube.com/watch?v=JD1k7o5Spp8

Want to know more about the exciting stuff happening at the Dog? Go to talkingdogstudios.com, and check out our twitter feed at twitter.com/talkingdogar.

Check Out ScavengAR Hunt's Website

Thanks to the popularity of our Augmented Reality mobile game, ScavengAR Hunt, being played all over the world in places like Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States (to name a few), we've been receiving lots of feedback and comments about how fun it is. However, something has been missing...a website!! So the technology geniuses at Talking Dog Studios "got off their duffs" and created one. To check it out, go to www.scavengarhunt.com and see what it's all about!

The website gives instructions on how to start playing, how to check your stats to see how you compare to players all over the globe, and how to contact us should you want to tell us how awesome you are (or if you have any questions or comments)!

But wait, there's more! We've also created a ScavengAR Hunt Facebook Fan site! We'll be frequently posting updates and videos, so that our fans will know what's new, what's changed, or just what's really cool!

And speaking of cool (nice segue!), check out the video below to see a glimpse of what ScavengAR Hunt is all about.

So what are you waiting for? Get off your duff and collect some stuff!!

The Talking Dog AR Team