Virtual Reality Enhances Sea Level Rise Planning and Community Engagement

City of Santa Cruz — 2021-05-06T05:49:01-0700

Researchers from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Lemann Center at Stanford University, in a partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the City of Santa Cruz, and Virtual Planet Technologies announced today the publication of a groundbreaking study about the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in sea level rise planning and community engagement. The study is part of the special issue of Water, a peer-reviewed journal on water science and technology, dedicated to “Adaptation to Coastal Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise” which will be released on May 13, 2021.

Using Virtual Reality in Sea Level Rise Planning and Community Engagement

City of Santa Cruz, and Virtual Reality Study Authors — 2021-05-05T07:52:47-0700

As coastal communities around the globe contend with the impacts of climate change including coastal hazards such as sea level rise and more frequent coastal storms, educating stakeholders and the general public has become essential in order to adapt to and mitigate these risks.