VFire: Virtual Fire in Realistic Environments

Author

Hoang, Roger V. ; Mahsman, Joseph D. ; Brown, David T. ; Penick, Michael A. ; Harris, Frederick C., Jr. ; Brown, Timothy J.

Author_Institution

Nevada Univ., Reno

fYear

2008

fDate

8-12 March 2008

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

262

Abstract

The destructive capacity of wildfires and the dangers and limitations associated with observing actual wildfires has led researchers to develop mathematical models in order to better understand their behavior; unfortunately, current two-dimensional visualization techniques make discerning driving forces of a fire difficult and restrict comprehension to the trained eye. VFire is an immersive wildfire visualization application that aims to ameliorate these problems. We discuss several recent enhancements made to VFire in order to not only increase the amount of meaningfully visualized data and visual fidelity but also improve user interaction.

Keywords

fires; mathematical analysis; virtual reality; restrict comprehension; two-dimensional visualization technique; virtual fire; visual fidelity; wildfire visualization; Analytical models; Buffer storage; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Data visualization; Fires; Mathematical model; Rendering (computer graphics); Vegetation mapping; Virtual reality; Applied Virtual Reality; I.3.7 [Computing Methodologies]: Computer GraphicsÂ¿Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism; I.3.8 [Computing Methodologies]: Computer GraphicsÂ¿Applications; I.6.6 [Computing Methodologies]: Simulation and ModelingÂ¿ Simulation Output Analysis; Wildfire Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Conference, 2008. VR '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Reno, NE

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1971-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1972-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2008.4480791

Filename

4480791