10.3389/fmars.2019.00644.s003
Noah L. Walcutt
Noah L.
Walcutt
Benjamin Knörlein
Benjamin
Knörlein
Tom Sgouros
Tom
Sgouros
Ivona Cetinić
Ivona
Cetinić
Melissa M. Omand
Melissa M.
Omand
Video_3_Virtual Reality and Oceanography: Overview, Applications, and Perspective.MP4
Frontiers
2019
virtual reality
VR
oceanography
data visualization
digital holographic microscopy
2019-10-17 04:22:58
Media
https://frontiersin.figshare.com/articles/media/Video_3_Virtual_Reality_and_Oceanography_Overview_Applications_and_Perspective_MP4/9993122
<p>With the ongoing, exponential increase in ocean data from autonomous platforms, satellites, models, and in particular, the growing field of quantitative imaging, there arises a need for scalable and cost-efficient visualization tools to interpret these large volumes of data. With the recent proliferation of consumer grade head-mounted displays, the emerging field of virtual reality (VR) has demonstrated its benefit in numerous disciplines, ranging from medicine to archeology. However, these benefits have not received as much attention in the ocean sciences. Here, we summarize some of the ways that virtual reality has been applied to this field. We highlight a few examples in which we (the authors) demonstrate the utility of VR as a tool for ocean scientists. For oceanic datasets that are well-suited for three-dimensional visualization, virtual reality has the potential to enhance the practice of ocean science.</p>