{"id":1829,"date":"2019-10-19T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T15:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2019-10-19T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T15:59:54","slug":"the-geranium-project-rd-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/the-geranium-project-rd-17\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geranium Project (R&#038;D) 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Following on last Friday I&#8217;ve got a group of students coming this week. Monday was spent cleaning up the current file as much as possible. I&#8217;ve kept a copy for my visitors to see on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1823\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1823\" data-attachment-id=\"1823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/the-geranium-project-rd-17\/student-visit-one-blog\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-one-blog.jpg?fit=668%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"668,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COL-L29&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571228543&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.95&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"student visit one blog\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Presentation to Students from Barnsley College 16\/10\/2019&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Presentation to Students from Barnsley College 16\/10\/2019&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-one-blog.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1823\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-one-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-one-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-one-blog.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-one-blog.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-one-blog.jpg?w=668&amp;ssl=1 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presentation to Students from Barnsley College 16\/10\/2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The visits start with a brief presentation that covers the studio (axisweb, insurances, precarity, etc.,) and then the ACE project and it&#8217;s gestation. This is followed up with a chance to try the VR and look at the installation. I then get people to feedback on the big boards.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1824\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1824\" data-attachment-id=\"1824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/the-geranium-project-rd-17\/student-visit-three-blog\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-three-blog.jpg?fit=668%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"668,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COL-L29&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571229918&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.95&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"student visit three blog\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Student feedback 16\/10\/2019&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Student feedback 16\/10\/2019&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-three-blog.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1824\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-three-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-three-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-three-blog.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-three-blog.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student-visit-three-blog.jpg?w=668&amp;ssl=1 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student feedback 16\/10\/2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The students were generally positive about the work but there were a range of views about the validity of VR as an art form, how well the installation worked and whether the two elements worked together. So far I&#8217;m pleased that the feedback reflects my own feelings about the next steps for the work. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;ve got a couple of videos of students using the space so I can get information about how it is used.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1829-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student_try_out_1610_blog_one.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student_try_out_1610_blog_one.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student_try_out_1610_blog_one.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1829-2\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student_try_out_1610_blog_two.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student_try_out_1610_blog_two.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/student_try_out_1610_blog_two.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">At the moment I still need someone to instruct the &#8216;player&#8217; as they negotiate the space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Do I insert instructions into the space, and if so should they be written or spoken?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">After Wednesday I spent some time working on the new version of the garden, finally resolving (as best I can) the splashes into 3d models<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 584px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1829-3\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/desktop_18_10_19_blog.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/desktop_18_10_19_blog.mp4\">https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/desktop_18_10_19_blog.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The video shows importing, scaling and positioning some of the new models. There is still a good amount of work to do.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on last Friday I&#8217;ve got a group of students coming this week. Monday was spent cleaning up the current file as much as possible. I&#8217;ve kept a copy for my visitors to see on Wednesday. The visits start with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/the-geranium-project-rd-17\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,25],"tags":[10,45,6,38,15,30,20,36,42,8,37,16,32,48,47,35,34],"class_list":["post-1829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geranium","category-work-2","tag-3d","tag-ace-funded","tag-art","tag-axisweb","tag-creative","tag-garden","tag-gardens","tag-geranium","tag-installation","tag-sculpture","tag-studio","tag-tech","tag-thinking","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr","tag-wip","tag-workinprogress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2me3G-tv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}