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Article

Improving Climate Change Awareness through Immersive Virtual Reality Communication: A Case Study

by
Yétindranathsingh Dhunnoo
,
Adrian Carter
,
Daniel O’Hare
,
James Birt
and
Martin Skitmore
*
Faculty of Society & Design, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4226, Australia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2023, 15(17), 12969; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712969
Submission received: 4 April 2023 / Revised: 4 June 2023 / Accepted: 23 August 2023 / Published: 28 August 2023
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The gradual pace of climate change means that its awareness plays a particularly important role in encouraging support for its amelioration or adopting adaptive behavior. This case study involves an action research project that engages twelve urban planning-related professionals in the experience of immersive virtual reality (IVR) as a tool to improve awareness of the effects of climate change. Mobile LiDAR technology was used to digitally recreate urban models in which the participants could navigate a simulated inundated urban environment and interact with the virtual objects involved. Feedback from the participants indicated the IVR technology to be a potentially useful educational tool for both professionals and the community, offering unparalleled immersion and interaction for climate change awareness which, based on its unique attributes, could offer insights and understanding of the necessity for building resiliency into our living environments.
Keywords: climate change; virtual reality; urban planning; LiDAR; risk management climate change; virtual reality; urban planning; LiDAR; risk management

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Dhunnoo, Y.; Carter, A.; O’Hare, D.; Birt, J.; Skitmore, M. Improving Climate Change Awareness through Immersive Virtual Reality Communication: A Case Study. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12969. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712969

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Dhunnoo Y, Carter A, O’Hare D, Birt J, Skitmore M. Improving Climate Change Awareness through Immersive Virtual Reality Communication: A Case Study. Sustainability. 2023; 15(17):12969. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712969

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Dhunnoo, Yétindranathsingh, Adrian Carter, Daniel O’Hare, James Birt, and Martin Skitmore. 2023. "Improving Climate Change Awareness through Immersive Virtual Reality Communication: A Case Study" Sustainability 15, no. 17: 12969. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712969

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Dhunnoo, Y., Carter, A., O’Hare, D., Birt, J., & Skitmore, M. (2023). Improving Climate Change Awareness through Immersive Virtual Reality Communication: A Case Study. Sustainability, 15(17), 12969. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712969

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