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Managing a Crisis in Virtual Reality - Tackling a Wildfire

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Hugo Lino,

Rui Nóbrega,

Fernando Birra, and

Nuno CorreiaAuthors Info & Claims

VRST '21: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

December 2021

Article No.: 83, Pages 1 - 3

https://doi.org/10.1145/3489849.3489957

Published: 08 December 2021 Publication History

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In this paper we present a virtual reality application, where multiple users can observe and interact with a portion of geo-referenced terrain where a real wildfire took place. The application presents a layout with two maps, one is a three-dimensional view with terrain elevation and the other is a conventional two-dimensional view. The VR users can control different layers (roads, waterways, etc), control the wildfire’s playback, command vehicles to change positions and paint the terrain conveying information to one-another. This work explores how users interact with map visualizations and plan for a crisis management scenario within a virtual environment.

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Cortes CThurow SOng ASharples JBednarz TStevens GFavero D(2024)Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They Up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics10.1109/TVCG.2023.325844030:7(4285-4303)Online publication date: Jul-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2023.3258440

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VRST '21: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

December 2021

563 pages

ISBN:9781450390927

DOI:10.1145/3489849

Editors:
Yuichi Itoh
Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
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Kazuki Takashima
Tohoku University, Japan
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Parinya Punpongsanon
Osaka University, Japan
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Misha Sra
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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Kazuyuki Fujita
Tohoku University, Japan
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Shigeo Yoshida
The University of Tokyo, Japan
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University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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Cortes CThurow SOng ASharples JBednarz TStevens GFavero D(2024)Analysis of Wildfire Visualization Systems for Research and Training: Are They Up for the Challenge of the Current State of Wildfires?IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics10.1109/TVCG.2023.325844030:7(4285-4303)Online publication date: Jul-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2023.3258440

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