Today in Professor Matthew Wilson’s 4th year class, Coasts and Rivers: from Natural Processes to Urban Environments, students got a sneak peek at a project the GRI is doing for the National Hazards Commission. This work looks at how the presentation of virtual reality video impacts understanding of flood events vs using flood maps alone. Students had the chance to try out the experience in UC’s Igloo Immersive Space and with a VR headset.
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This talk will report on results from a 5-year MBIE-funded Endeavour Programme, Mā te Haumaru o te Wai on the development of a semi-automated workflow to consistently model flood hazard and risk over all of Aotearoa for current and future climates, and show results from this work that are being made available on our flood hazard and risk viewing platform to help ensure there is consistent information available.