Virtual Forest Yields Clues to Climate at Duke University

Duke University Graduate Student Gil Bohrer has created a virtual forest to study how forest canopies interact with the atmosphere. Using the 3-D rendering technology in the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment, Bohrer can display a square kilometer forest within the ten-foot cube DiVE chamber. He says visualizing data in this way helps him see patterns and communicate his research to colleagues. Learn more at http://vis.duke.edu.

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[4albradley]

Great to see someone combine the human and computer interface to further knowledge of forest manangement.

[masako1978]

excelente muy bueno.

[nikeswooshguy]

I played super breakout on that thing and had to say it was awesome!

[superwoofer2007]

just imagine how much fun video games will be in 50 years....there won't be a difference between the game and reality!!

[jaggermeister]

Gil; keep up the great work. I'm sure it has been a long time coming.

[ComputerGeekJoe]

this is cooler!

[SweIceman91]

Cool! I dont get it! ;D

[BlackVikingFilms]

Way to go Gil!! Very kool. I am happy to see that your efforts show how important interdisciplinary activities are so important to understanding how our world works. Keep up the great work!! UNC-95

[soylencer]

First things first :)

[JoeKasprzyk]

You get more resolution and ability to interpret data by using the data instead of pictures. The pictures are a good idea, though.

I stood in this thing! It's pretty cool.