Mississippi State University’s Geosystems Research Institute is developing a tool called “VERTEX” to allow 3d immersion in Weather simulations for training & forecasting.
Institute deputy director Robert Moorhead, an endowed professor in the Bagley College of Engineering, said the ability to examine time-varying data in 3-D enables scientists to spot storm patterns that otherwise might be difficult to discern from a single computer screen image.
“It’s like those pictures from your recent vacation that just don’t seem to excite others like you were excited when you were there,” Moorhead said, with a smile. With VERTEX, researchers can enter “an immersive environment where the experience is more realistic.”
via Starkville Daily News – MSU uses technology to examine hurricanes.
