ClassVR – ThingLink Blog https://www.thinglink.com/blog The easiest and fastest immersive content creation suite! Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:32:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4 https://www.thinglink.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-App-32x32.png ClassVR – ThingLink Blog https://www.thinglink.com/blog 32 32 How to Create Stellar 360° Images: Become an Immersive Learning Pro https://www.thinglink.com/blog/how-to-create-stellar-360-images-become-an-immersive-learning-pro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-create-stellar-360-images-become-an-immersive-learning-pro Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:37:04 +0000 http://blog.tlsrv.net/?p=8521 Unlock the Secrets to Crafting Mesmerizing 360° Visuals for a Game-Changing Learning Experience!

The future of immersive learning is not just about consuming content—it’s about creating it. Finding a school or team-friendly yet powerful solution for creating with AI can be challenging. Enter ThingLink’s integration with Skybox AI. Here’s why educators and students alike are raving about this dynamic duo, here’s some helpful ideas to making the most of it!

About Blockade Labs Skybox AI

Blockade Labs specializes in AI-assisted 360-degree image generation technology. With Skybox AI, Blockade Labs aims to make the world of 360-degree imaging more dynamic, interactive, and accessible to all using simple text prompts.

Activate Skybox AI through ThingLink

If you’d like to learn more about ThingLink and Skybox AI together for a whole school, campus or team, please click below to go to our dedicated page.

10 Key Pointers for Skybox AI 360 Generation Prompts

  1. Keep it simple for effective results.
  2. 3-4 phrase prompts are ideal; too long can override style.
  3. If prompts are too short, they may lack coherence; add descriptive phrases.
  4. Specify location context: “indoors” or “outdoors”.
  5. Adjust camera altitude with tags like “aerial view” or “street view”.
  6. For night time scenes, use words like “moonlit” or “bioluminescent”.
  7. Emphasize context in prompts.
  8. Clean up messy images using negative prompts with words like “blurry” or “broken”. (Negative prompts available only in SkyBox AI Interface currently)
  9. Explore presets for cleaner images,
  10. For sky presets, describe clouds and aim for flat horizons.

Even Better with Enhanced Prompts!

Using Enhanced Prompts is now available in the ThingLink Create with Sky Box Interface. Here’s an example with Enhanced Prompts

Helpful Tip for Teachers! Learners can copy paste the Enhanced Prompts into a ThingLink Info Tag to create vocabulary lists and further research. Original prompt simply ‘George Orwell 1984’. Enhanced Prompt – VR360: Ominous Big Brother billboards, giant telescreens in dystopian cityscape. Style: gritty realism, industrial bleakness, high-contrast light. VR360: Dead trees, gloomy skyscape, towering brutalist architecture.

Another Helpful Tip for Teachers – View in VR! Imagine learners and educators being able to create 360 worlds and view with your VR Headsets.

Click to download the PDF.

Common tips and tricks to getting the most out of your Skybox AI generations!

Free Demonstration

If you’d like to learn more about what ThingLink can offer to your school, organization or company, you are welcome to schedule an online meeting with one of our experts by clicking below.

More Ideas to Follow

Join our ThingLink and Skybox webinar or watch the replay! Sign up here We’ll be collating ideas for games based learning, storytelling and sharing all!

Connect and Collaborate

For more ideas, use cases and inspiration on content creation, join our communities on social media! Twitter / X ThingLink Education and Blockade Labs Skybox AI LinkedIn Community and ThingLink Education Facebook Group. Discord Blockade Labs Community.

]]> Discover Impactful Ways to Create Immersive Learning with ThingLink + Skybox! https://www.thinglink.com/blog/discover-impactful-ways-to-create-immersive-learning-with-thinglink-skybox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=discover-impactful-ways-to-create-immersive-learning-with-thinglink-skybox Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:16:46 +0000 http://blog.tlsrv.net/?p=8438 ThingLink and Blockade Labs Skybox AI 360 Image Generation = Infinite Uses!

Now On-Demand!
Watch anytime in comfort! Register to receive all the replay links.

We’re excited to extend an invitation to watch our special webinar that aims to bring new dimensions to interactive and immersive learning. Join us as ThingLink collaborates with Blockade Labs to introduce you to the transformative potential of Skybox AI technology.

Special Guests: 

– Marguerite deCourcelle, CEO of Blockade Labs

– Co-Hosts: Louise Jones, ThingLink & Dan Fitzpatrick, The AI Educator

Couldn’t Make It?

Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Sign up anyway for the action replay!

Webinar Outcomes

  1. Immersive Learning: Discover how text-to-360-image generation can be used to craft interactive learning materials that transcend traditional teaching tools.
  2. The Gamification Factor: Learn how to incorporate elements of gamified experiences or games design into your curriculum to boost student engagement and enhance learning.
  3. Ease of Technology: Learn how this is all pretty uncomplicated! We’ve simplified the tech aspects so that educators of all tech skill levels can integrate these new tools into their teaching methods effortlessly.
  4. Deep Dive into AI: We’ll be discussing the role of AI in educational technology and going through some compelling examples.

And! A Special Bonus: Stay tuned until the end for a chance to win in our exclusive giveaway!

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is tailored for educators, course creators, games-design enthusiasts and learning technologists interested in adopting new approaches to learning and teaching. Whether you’re new to tech tools or have years of experience, this session is for you!

Key Takeaways:

  1. Create learning assets with 360° interactive images for immersive experiences
  2. Unlock strategies for boosting student engagement through gamification.
  3. Gain insights into integrating user-friendly technology into your classroom.

Find out more about ThingLInk + Skybox Integration

If you’d like to learn more about the recent partnership announcement and how you can activate ThingLink + Skybox AI for your school please click below!

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore new horizons in educational approaches.

We look forward to seeing you there!

In Action: Case Studies

Sign up for our Exclusive Webinar!

Connect and Collaborate

For more ideas, use cases and inspiration on content creation, join our communities on social media! Twitter / X ThingLink Education and Blockade Labs Skybox AI LinkedIn Community and ThingLink Education Facebook Group. Discord Blockade Labs Community.

]]> Elevate Learning: Unlock Skybox’s 360° Features on ThingLink Today! https://www.thinglink.com/blog/elevate-learning-with-skybox-and-thinglink/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elevate-learning-with-skybox-and-thinglink Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:18:18 +0000 http://blog.tlsrv.net/?p=8420 Unleash imagination to design unique environments inspired by literature, mythology, historical periods, and more. With Skybox AI and ThingLink, you’re not just creating stylised spaces – you’re building captivating experiences.

What is Skybox AI?

Skybox AI by Blockade Labs is a groundbreaking AI tool which empowers anyone to generate unique, high-quality and detailed 360 visuals from simple plain text prompts and a vast selection of styles. Creators can construct 360-degree immersive visuals ready for annotating in seconds, no coding required.

Why Choose Skybox AI and ThingLink? Benefits include:

  1. Secure and Supported Learning: Introduce educators and students to the dynamic world of text-to-image generation in a secure and supported manner. ThingLink account management is all that is required, no additional Skybox accounts are created. The ability to craft prompts and continuously annotate creations not only adds depth to the learning experience but also serves as an invaluable step toward digital fluency.
  2. User-Friendly Design: Creating interactive 360-degree worlds with ThingLink and Skybox is incredibly accessible, even for beginners. Kickstart your projects with  straightforward text prompts; no coding skills required.
  3. Scalability: Whether you’re crafting a single immersive scene or constructing an expansive, interconnected world, ThingLink and Skybox offer infinite possibilities in terms of size and complexity.
  4. Versatile Styling: Tailor the look and feel of your projects with a selection of styles—from “Whimsical World” and “Realistic,” to “Dreamlike,” and more.
  5. Make use of VR Headsets: ThingLink has long been the go-to solution for creating content for VR Headsets such as ClassVR, as well as creating real-life contexts, this package enables educators and students to create VR ready experiences from worlds yet to be imagined.

Creating Powerful Moments of Insight – To Kill a Mocking Bird

Next Steps

Complete the form below! Schools, universities and businesses with a ThingLink organization account can purchase Skybox AI as an add-on service for all their users. The entry-level package, priced at $1,000, includes 15,000 image generations per year. If you are an individual Teacher or Professional Individual ThingLink account holder, please go direct to Blockade Labs for a free trial and account.

Activate for your School or Organization!

In Action: Case Studies of ThingLink and SkyBox AI Together

How to Create Extraordinary 360 Spaces With Blockade Labs’ Text to Image AI Tool

How to Unlock the Awesome Power of AI in Education

Connect and Collaborate

For more ideas, use cases and inspiration on content creation, join our communities on social media! Twitter / X ThingLink Education and Blockade Labs Skybox AI LinkedIn Community and ThingLink Education Facebook Group. Discord Blockade Labs Community.

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]]> New! Updated and Improved ThingLink Education Bundle for 23/24 with FOUR Amazing New Features! https://www.thinglink.com/blog/new-updated-and-improved-thinglink-education-bundle-for-23-24-with-three-amazing-new-features/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-updated-and-improved-thinglink-education-bundle-for-23-24-with-three-amazing-new-features Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:55:15 +0000 http://blog.tlsrv.net/?p=7830 Unlimited seats on this plan mean that everyone in your school or organization can have access to our much-loved multimedia editor and ThingLink Scenario Builder with unlimited learner assessment capture in your LMS.

In addition, the ThingLink Unlimited Bundle for Education 2023-2024 will be updated and improved with FOUR incredible new features for easy Extended Reality (XR) learning approaches.

  1. NEW ThingLink Pano to 360!
  2. NEW ThingLink Augmented Reality AR App 
  3. AI Assistance to create your first tags with tag suggestions
  4. ThingLink Guided Tours – Hand-hold views through virtual school tours or field trips. 

If your organization is already on the Unlimited Bundle plan you will automatically see the new products and features in your ThingLink account page when they are released. 

Contact Us Today!

If you’d like to receive a quote for your school, district or campus to access our ThingLink Unlimited Bundle for Education, contact us and we’ll be in touch without delay.

New! ThingLink Pano to 360

Our groundbreaking new feature available now!

Take panoramic images on any mobile device and transform into 360 photospheres. Our dedicated landing page is here.

ThingLink Guided Tours

Easily create structured introductions to any physical space using 360 images. Virtual visits and field trips continue to be highly popular and the ThingLink Guided Tours creator allows you to focus the viewer’s attention on one single point at a time. An extremely versatile alternative to free-form exploration within an immersive learning environment.

Here’s our webinar link where we first launched Guided Tours, watch the replay!

ThingLink Augmented Reality App (Coming Soon)

AI Assistant to create your first tags with suggestions (Coming Soon)

More info here. Through our recent webinar series we’ve created a dialogue with our creators on suggestions for improvements. We’re making it even easier to get going with ThingLink with a handy suggested tags feature and help with branching scenarios!

To see more examples of ThingLink in use, join one of our social media communities like the ThingLink Education Group on Facebook or our ThingLink LinkedIn Community.

]]> Mixed reality authoring tool ThingLink and affordable VR lessons platform ClassVR announce a partnership https://www.thinglink.com/blog/thinglink-and-classvr-announce-a-partnership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thinglink-and-classvr-announce-a-partnership Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:58:54 +0000 http://blog.tlsrv.net/thinglink-and-classvr-announce-a-partnership/ PRESS RELEASE 

Two award winning European education and media technology companies, ThingLink and ClassVR announce a strategic partnership to support VR creation in classrooms. Both companies already work with thousands of schools and share several customers and resellers alike. A new integration makes it possible for educators to curate and share their own ThingLink experiences directly onto the ClassVR headsets.

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Encouraging collaborative VR creation

Since VR started to become popular in classrooms, teachers have been interested in easy authoring tools for creating their own VR experiences with students.

ThingLink was the first company globally to launch a simple virtual tour creation experience for schools in 2016, and since then millions of students have learned digital storytelling skills by viewing and creating 360 degree presentations, tours, reports, and documentaries. These experiences can now be shared through the ClassVR portal and viewed directly on the ClassVR headsets.

ClassVR has built a simple way to discover and deliver engaging virtual reality content and lessons within the classroom. It provides full control and management of multiple headsets in the classroom from a simple web page.

The partnership with ThingLink brings ClassVR users two key benefits. First, ClassVR users will get free access to ThingLink image and video database that contains millions of interactive images and videos that can be edited in ThingLink and copied to the playlist in the ClassVR portal. Second, it gives ClassVR users a new option to easily create and view their own real-world VR experiences during the same lesson.

“The partnership with ThingLink opens up a wealth of new content and creative possibilities for our customers. The ability for teachers and students to build 360 degree tours and immersive presentations and then deliver them seamlessly through the ClassVR platform, brings a whole new dimension of creativity when implementing VR in the classroom”, says Huw Williams, sales and marketing director of Avantis Education, the parent company of ClassVR. 

Use case example: School tours created by students

ESMS in Scotland is the first school globally to be inspired by the new partnership. The school has embedded immersive learning in their curriculum with ClassVR already but are excited about the addition of ThingLink as an opportunity to create a whole new level of experiences. Students led by eLearning Coordinator Simon Luxford-Moore are collaborating to co-create virtual tours of the school, including the friendly school ghost. They plan to share this with their family of former pupils, many of whom are over 80 and have grandchildren in the school. It will be an intergenerational project, triggering valuable memories of the school in days gone by. The tours will be accessed on the ClassVR headsets with the octogenarians and via the school’s website. This is only the start they say with walking tours of Edinburgh planned too.

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Simon Luxford Moore Stewart Melvilles College

Image: Simon Luxford-Moore uses ThingLink and ClassVR with his students at the Stewart’s Melville College

“It is always a special moment when students can see their own work and hear their own voice in VR. They are excited and proud of themselves, knowing that they have just learned a new future skill that not everybody else knows, including their own parents”, says ThingLink founder and CEO Ulla-Maaria Koivula. “This partnership with ClassVR makes it possible for us to offer a flexible and affordable visual learning solution for schools and workplaces around the world. It is very inspiring to work with another edtech company whose product and approach to learning is so complementary and well-aligned with ours.”

More about ThingLink

Founded in Finland in 2010, ThingLink is a pioneer in interactive media and user generated mixed reality. Millions of educators, students and professional content creators use ThingLink for creating visual learning experiences for classrooms, workplaces, or the web. ThingLink offers affordable annual subscriptions for public and private sector organizations.  The basic version of ThingLink education subscription is free for teachers. ThingLink is available online at thinglink.com or via Microsoft Cloud Service Providers on Azure marketplace.

 
ThingLink and ClassVR at BETT, London
ClassVR and ThingLink will be celebrating the partnership at BETT 2020 London in January, please do come and visit us on the ClassVR stand to explore creating your own experiences and viewing them with ClassVR. More information, please contact Louise Jones at louise@thinglink.com.

 

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