VR Library Tour


About VR Library Tour


This is a virtual library tour content which consists of 360 degree panorama photos in Shimane University Library (Main Library), facilities explanations and each page link.
It is useful when you want to see in the library from a distant place or show there in your class without visiting the library.
There are two ways to see the VR Library Tour.

1 Seeing Basic Route


In the content, clicking on the arrow images will take you to the next page.
Red arrows show the Basic Route and white arrows show other routes. Clicking red arrows if you want to see major facilities from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor.
*The Basic Route is based on library tour course for new students. Some facilities such as a stack on the 3rd floor is excluded.
<Basic Route>
Front Entrance→Entrance Gate→Entrance Hall→Newly Arrived Books→Newspaper and Magazine Corner→Learning Commons→Service Desk→1F Reading Room(Japanese Books, English Books, etc.)→ 1F Study Cubicles→1F Stack(Japanese Periodicals)→2F Stack(Japanese Books, Pocket Books, English Books, etc.)→2F Open Ceiling Space(Pocket Books)→Group Study Room→AV Room→Lounge→ Learning Commons 2→3F Local Collection Room→1F Front Entrance

2 Seeing Freely


White arrows indicate routes other than the Basic Route. You can look around freely without worrying about the color of the arrow.
You can also see the 4th floor or more upper floors, though an application is necessary when you enter into real place.(Only Shimane University Member can enter the real 4th floor or more upper.)
Choosing each floor from an elevator page when you want to see the 4th floor or higher.
The guide image on top page would help you to know what the content display describes.

Used Things


This VR Library Tour and related pages have used the following device and Open Source Software.
The Library Blog provides more information.Blog1 2

RICOH THETA SC
*"RICOH" and "THETA" are trademarks or registered trademarks of RICOH Company, Ltd. and RICOH Japan Co. This is not related to "VR Library Tour" or related web pages.

A-Frame Copyright © 2015-2017 A-Frame authors.
Official Site
GitHub
Released under the MIT license
https://github.com/aframevr/aframe/blob/master/LICENSE

superframe Copyright (c) 2016 Kevin Ngo
GitHub
Especially used is aframe-event-set-component
Released under the MIT license
https://github.com/supermedium/superframe/blob/master/LICENSE

A-Frame HTML Shader Copyright (c) 2015 Mayo Tobita
GitHub
Released under the MIT license
https://github.com/mayognaise/aframe-html-shader/blob/master/LICENSE

jQery Copyright OpenJS Foundation and other contributors, https://openjsf.org/
Official Site
GitHub
Released under the MIT license
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/master/LICENSE.txt

jQuery RWD Image Maps Copyright (c) 2016 Matt Stow
GitHub
Released under the MIT license
https://github.com/stowball/jQuery-rwdImageMaps/blob/master/LICENSE