Monthly Archives: May 2015

Today was nearly an all-Google discussion.

Google Cardboard

Today we had two fully assembled virtual reality kits to use to try out various Google Cardboard apps. We found the images weren’t always in stereo and the kits themselves a bit flimsy. Some of the apps we tried out:

• Cardboard
• Vrse
• Roller Coaster VR (crashy)

We also found some libraries that have purchased Google Cardboard headsets for various purposes:

• San Diego State University has them on hand in the BuildIT lab
• Eastern Kentucky University got them for a Technology Showcase this spring
• Yale University‘s library IT unit provided some to staff for an emerging technologies discussion

Google Photospheres

The Google Camera app does a nice job of making photospheres:

• atrium viewed from the 2nd floor
• 5th floor stacks
• a “random” office on the 5th floor

Google+ Page for the Library

We took a look at the Google+ page for the library and the reviews that visitors have left.

Google Tone

We learned about a new experimental extension for the Google Chrome browser called Google Tone that lets you share a URL in your browser with nearby computers using an audible tone broadcast from your computer’s speaker.

Digital Measures

We talked about the strengths and weaknesses of Digital Measures.