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Virtual-reality lab puts ASU meteorology students into the eye of a hurricane

The "Hurricane Heroes" virtual-reality lab experience uses real-life hurricane data.
Posted over 1 year ago  in ASU News.

Students at Arizona State University have developed a virtual-reality experience for a meteorology course that uses real-world sound and data to put users into the middle of a hurricane.

The ASU Online class Meteorology 101, open to students in any major, has a lab that includes the immersive module, called “Hurricane Heroes.” Students can choose to use a headset, which is mailed to them, for a three-dimensional experience, or watch a two-dimensional version on their computer screens.

The VR experience is presented in three acts as a story with interactive questions throughout

 

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