Using immersive virtual reality to study oceanographic and atmospheric models and in-situ data

The ImmersaDesk is an interactive and immersive visualization tool emerging as an important component of the scientific process  because it provides unprecedented power to explore data sets and to communicate what we learn in very new ways (see figure). The Interactive, animated, 3D stereographic visualizations include tsunami modeling, bio-physical modeling in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, hydrothermal vents modeling, and El Niño demonstrations utilizing near real-time data from the tropical Pacific. A discussion will be given of the techniques involved to utilize this technology to view oceanographic and atmospheric data sets on the desktop and with the Immersadesk.