Interactive
media platform ThingLink has launched its first virtual reality
content app called VR Lessons. The app is designed for elementary
school students, their teachers and parents.
Palo
Alto, CA, USA -- Interactive media platform ThingLink
(http://www.thinglink.com)
has launched its first virtual reality content app called VR
Lessons. The app is designed for elementary school
students, their teachers and parents.
VR
Lessons by ThingLink is a collection of high quality, interactive,
360° image and video journeys on a variety of topics including
science, language, and arts. The first stories take students to visit
different kinds of ecosystems from the French Alps to a jungle in the
archipelago of northern Australia. As students turn their heads to
look around, they can spot details and unlock additional information
of each habitat in a narrated virtual reality environment.
"Virtual
reality can take students to places they could only dream of
visiting, but it is also an open canvas for students to imagine and
build new worlds and experiences. We are making it possible for
schools to use virtual reality as an engaging learning platform,"
says ThingLink's founder and CEO Ulla Engestrom.
VR
Lessons by ThingLink utilizes three key feature additions to
ThingLink's core product, the image editor: audio annotations,
background audio for 360° images, and the ability to connect several
360° images or videos into a one immersive story.
"Audio
annotations work wonderfully in a mobile VR environment, adding depth
to the overall experience of the space. For example, in VR Lessons we
added the sound of the wind in the background of an image from the
Norwegian tundra, and an owl howling in the image of a cold winter
forest in Finland. In annotations we are using both human and
computer voiced files, and students can vote which voice they like
the best," says Engestrom.
The
first VR lessons have been created by ThingLink's own content team
using the company's new VR editor. Later, educators from around the
world will be able to publish their virtual reality lessons in
ThingLink's VR Lessons app.
About
ThingLink
ThingLink,
founded in 2010, is an interactive media platform that empowers
online publishers to create more engaging content by adding rich
media links to photos, videos and virtual reality. With over 3
million content creators, ThingLink has become the most popular
cross-platform solution and creative community for interactive images
and videos. For more information, visit http://www.thinglink.com.
Media
Contact:
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Media & Marketing
415-259-5638
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