Improving Climate Change Awareness through Immersive Virtual Reality Communication: A Case Study
Yétindranathsingh Dhunnoo,
Adrian Carter,
Daniel O’Hare
et al.
Abstract:The gradual pace of climate change means that its awareness plays a particularly important role in encouraging support for its amelioration or adopting adaptive behavior. This case study involves an action research project that engages twelve urban planning-related professionals in the experience of immersive virtual reality (IVR) as a tool to improve awareness of the effects of climate change. Mobile LiDAR technology was used to digitally recreate urban models in which the participants could navigate a simula… Show more
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