Resource for Creating 3D Plots in VR for Teaching, Outreach, etc.

[Smith, Joseph R.]

Hello,


I wanted to share a new framework developed by Prof Chris Orban, Dr. Chris Porter and myself (in collaboration with Jim Fowler and Bart Snapp in the Math department and Jon Brown in the CBE department) for plotting parametric surfaces, curves, and vector fields on smartphones in virtual reality.


Once you've made a plotting script (https://buckeyevr.osu.edu/plot/), just open our app and scan the QR code to view it in stereoscopic VR with a Google cardboard viewer, or just by rotating the phone like a 360° video. I've attached screenshots of a couple examples demonstrating a potential with an unstable equilibrium point, and a lattice structure, but I'm sure there are many other areas where it could be used!


If you think this might be useful for teaching, research, learning, or outreach activities, look for "BuckeyeVR 3D Plot Viewer" on Android<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.Buckeyevr.osu.BuckeyeVR_3D_Plot_Viewer> and iOS<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/buckeyevr-3d-plot-viewer/id1280551694?mt=8>. If you'd like help getting started (make your own scripts here: https://buckeyevr.osu.edu/plot/), or have any questions, feel free to reach out to us!


Thank you for your time,

Joseph


P.S. If you like the app, please consider giving it a positive review, that really helps other people find it.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/physics-staff-df/attachments/20171024/7f6f7cbf/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Potential.png
Type: image/png
Size: 436657 bytes
Desc: Potential.png
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/physics-staff-df/attachments/20171024/7f6f7cbf/attachment.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: BCC.png
Type: image/png
Size: 128136 bytes
Desc: BCC.png
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/physics-staff-df/attachments/20171024/7f6f7cbf/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Potential_QR.png
Type: image/png
Size: 2905 bytes
Desc: Potential_QR.png
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/physics-staff-df/attachments/20171024/7f6f7cbf/attachment-0002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: BCC_QR.png
Type: image/png
Size: 2194 bytes
Desc: BCC_QR.png
URL: <http://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/physics-staff-df/attachments/20171024/7f6f7cbf/attachment-0003.png>