SciGirls II 2016 Day 7

Can you believe it's already day 7?!?! Today was a day full of media with both the Florida Center for Interactive Media and WFSU! We started the morning at FCIM. We were all so excited to find out that we were going to create and work with virtual reality! Once we got there, the girls were split into 3 rotating stations. At one station we used a program called MagicaVoxel to create 3D shapes. Those shapes will be viewed on the link below! At another station we downloaded Google Cardboard apps and took photos of ourselves, also while learning about 360 video and experiencing it! The last station was for decorating the cardboard VR glasses and the girls got the chance to draw with HTC Vive and actually step into their drawings. It was absolutely amazing! To see the VR/3D images the girls made and more, please visit http://fcim.org/scigirls/ After lunch, we visited WFSU, one of SciGirls sponsors! We first received a tour of the facility and girls got to see the types of phones and radios used in the "old days!" We're not sure the girls would know what to do without any buttons and touch screens to play with! :) After our tour, we split into two groups - a radio group and a television group. The radio group put on a radio broadcast with Kim Kelling about their SciGirls experience thus far. The broadcast will be played on WFSU, so keep a listen to hear our girls. The television girls learned all about newscasting, both in front and behind the camera. Girls were interviewed on screen about their favorite SciGirl experiences and about why SciGirls is the best camp ever! Duh! :) This newscast will be played at the reception on Friday night at the MagLab. SciGirls give a huge thank you to the staff at FCIM and the staff at WFSU for a great day! Tomorrow is bound to be another wonderful day with EGS/Atkins in the morning for engineering and a tour of the National Weather Service in the afternoon.