TY - GEN
T1 - Visualizing ecological data in virtual reality
AU - Huang, Jiawei
AU - Lucash, Melissa S.
AU - Scheller, Robert M.
AU - Klippel, Alexander
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant #1617396.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Visualizing complex scientific data and models in 2D can be challenging. The result can be hard to interpret and understand for the general audience, and the model accuracy hard to evaluate even for the experts. To address these problems, we created a workflow that translates data of an ecological model, LANDIS-II, into a high-fidelity 3D model in virtual reality (VR). We combined ecological modeling, analytical modeling, procedural modeling, and VR, to allow users to experience a forest in northern Wisconsin (WI), United States, under two climate scenarios. Users can explore and interact with the forest under different climate scenarios, explore the impacts of climate change on different tree species, and retrieve information from a 3D tree database. The VR application can be used as an educational tool for the general public, and as a model checking tool by researchers.
AB - Visualizing complex scientific data and models in 2D can be challenging. The result can be hard to interpret and understand for the general audience, and the model accuracy hard to evaluate even for the experts. To address these problems, we created a workflow that translates data of an ecological model, LANDIS-II, into a high-fidelity 3D model in virtual reality (VR). We combined ecological modeling, analytical modeling, procedural modeling, and VR, to allow users to experience a forest in northern Wisconsin (WI), United States, under two climate scenarios. Users can explore and interact with the forest under different climate scenarios, explore the impacts of climate change on different tree species, and retrieve information from a 3D tree database. The VR application can be used as an educational tool for the general public, and as a model checking tool by researchers.
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U2 - 10.1109/VR.2019.8797771
DO - 10.1109/VR.2019.8797771
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85071841653
T3 - 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings
SP - 1311
EP - 1312
BT - 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019
Y2 - 23 March 2019 through 27 March 2019
ER -
