virtual worlds and nws operations
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A talk given to the National Weather Service RITT Forum.TRANSCRIPT
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Virtual Worlds and NWS Operations
Eric HackathornRITT Forum Presentation
February 16, 2011
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what are virtual worlds?
3-D Visualizations
• Immersive storytelling
• Bringing NOAA’s data and research to life
Social Interaction
• Communication• Collaboration• Community
Global Audience
• Scalable experiences
• Untapped market
an extension of the traditional 2-D web
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http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gsd/tob/virtualworlds.html
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http://bit.ly/vgov
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mitigating societal impacts
forecasting a virtual hurricanesituational awareness
understanding the effects of droughts
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virtual forecasting office
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http://bit.ly/secondearth
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Imagine a vast virtual work area….http://im-tel.org/
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Populated with millions of data objects…
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Analyzed by thousands of people…
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http://bit.ly/folditgame
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“The integration of human visual problem-solving and strategy development capabilities with traditional computational algorithms through interactive multiplayer games is a powerful new approach to solving computationally-limited scientific problems.”
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7307/full/nature09304.html
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•Interactive learning potential•Leveraging the crowds in games and simulations•Competition awards successful “players”•Creates repeat customers hungry for NOAA’s data
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http://bit.ly/oilplatform
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cloud-based visualizations of large data sets
http://fim.noaa.gov/
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data viz examples
http://dougmccune.com/blog/2010/06/05/if-san-francisco-crime-was-elevation/
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http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/News/Stories/cooler_path/
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virtual forecasting office
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• Contact me!• Join a virtual world and create an avatar• Ask your kids about virtual worlds• Attend the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds:
http://www.ndu.edu/iCollege/fcvw/index.htm• Bookmark several virtual world news sites• Check out:
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gsd/tob/virtualworlds.html
An Executive Guide forKeeping Up with Virtual Worlds