Center for Spatial Studies

We address the concept of embodied digital twins of real-world forest environments to support research, education, communication, and decision-making. We discuss approaches to generate these kinds of immersive experiences and how to link them to ecological models. We then present the prototype of an iVR embodied digital twin intended as an interactive workbench for analyzing remotely sensed forest data. Lastly, we discuss challenges for future work in this area.