The Immersive Technology Conference at Hamilton College was an amazing experience that allowed me to connect and learn from a plethora of talented students and staff members from Hamilton, Gettysburg, and Colgate College! I must admit that I was a bit nervous to speak and interact with such an experienced and older group but after I soon learned how friendly, open, and genuine everyone was my interactions with them became more articulate and immersive. On the first day of the conference I demonstrated the proper functions and controls of operating a small unmanned aircraft vehicle and the crowd loved it! I received much praise on my presentation with the drone which made me feel very proud with my project regarding the fact that the compliments came from individuals who I truly look up to!
My demonstration of operating an unmanned aircraft vehicle to the staff, professors, and students at the Immersive Technology conference.
I learned about various projects students and faculty have worked on including a bird ecology lab, empathy projects, GIS DEM mapping, and architectural construction of a library in virtual reality! It amazes me to see how all of the projects have come along including my own! This week I sent my orchard models to Tyler back in Gettysburg. Director Remy helped me edit my models in Meshmixer so that they would have a solid foundation stand before they were sent to the 3D printer. Tyler has informed us that the Orchard 3 model printed out very nicely.
Various types of 360° cameras such as the Freedom 360, Kolar Abyss, and the Samsung Gear 360.
Mr.Doug Higgens from Hamilton College and I even spoke about me helping him with a photogrammetry project in the future to compare and contrast different programs to reveal their strengths and weaknesses. I am very excited about this opportunity as well as having the chance to continue working with photogrammetry!
Flying the Mavic Pro drone after a heavy thunderstorm.
I was also extremely impressed and fascinated by Adam Silcott’s virtual reality program demonstrating flood levels from a hurricane in San Juan. Never would I have imagined to see GIS and virtual reality combined and integrated together so flawlessly. I also noticed that Adam used a program called City Engine for city design and planning which I was curious about. I wonder if there is an online demo for this program that I could possibly try? That may be very useful in my future endeavors with GIS and computer science.
Overall, my experience at the Hamilton conference was extremely positive and inspiring. I was even able to try on Hollow Lenses which incorporates augmented reality into creating games and such. I was so amazed! This week I worked on editing my previous three orchard models from Gettysburg as well as creating four new models from Hamilton College. Next week after my final presentation I will use my leftover time to create another model of the steepest terrain from Hamilton. I am very excited for what is to come!
The Hamilton College Campus – photo taken with the Mavic Pro drone.
This Week’s Models – Gettysburg, PA
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Hamilton College, NY
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The Photogrammetry Process…Broken Down!
Points of view of residence and terrain in ortrhomosaic, aerial point of view (top left) and digital surface model, DSM, (top right). Map view of photos taken including geolocated coordiantes (bottom left) and rayCloud view of drone path and angles used to create model (bottom right).
