The Virtual Landscape Theatre (VLT) is a mobile curved screen projection facility, in which people can be 'immersed' in computer models of their environment to explore landscapes of the past, present and future. It is used with communities [1]around the country.
Small groups have the opportunity to experience landscapes by moving through the virtual world, add new content, view realistic representations, or augmented with other information such as flood risk [2], natural heritage designations, wind speed, land ownership, or soil type – and they can provide feedback by means of a voting handset. That way the public can be directly involved in the planning decisions that affect them.
This facility is the first mobile unit of its kind in the United Kingdom, and is used for scientific research as well as engagement with the public on issues of landscape change. The theatre has been funded by the Scottish Government [3] to improve our understanding of the complex issues surrounding land use and rural societies.
The facility, which draws on the Institute's expertise in scenario [4] and landscape modelling and rural land resources [5], has three research aims:
Wang et al. 2015. Visualisation techniques to support public interpretation of future climate change and land-use choices: a case study from N-E Scotland [6], International Journal of Digital Earth.
Wang, C., Hou, J., Miller, D.R., Brown, I. and Jiang, Y. 2019. Flood risk management in sponge cities: the role of integrated simulation and 3D visualization [8]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 39, Article No. 101139.
Miller, D., Morrice, J., McKeen, M., Donaldson-Selby, G., Wang, C. and Munoz-Rojas, J. 2016. Use of digital and 3D technology in planning: research report [9]. FInal Report for Scottish Government [10]. pp109.
For more info about the VLT email us [30].
Links:
[1] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exhibits/vlt/past-events
[2] http://www.knowledgescotland.org/briefings.php?id=366
[3] http://www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/agriculture/
[4] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/themes/realising-lands-potential/scenarios-and-land-use-futures
[5] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/themes/realising-lands-potential/natural-resource-datasets-and-databases
[6] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17538947.2015.1111949?journalCode=tjde20.
[7] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479707003891
[8] https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101139
[9] https://beta.gov.scot/publications/use-of-digital-3d-visualisation-technology-research-report/
[10] http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning
[11] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/projects/green-health
[12] http://www.aquaspace-h2020.eu/
[13] http://www.e-clicproject.eu/en/what-is-e-clic/the-project/
[14] http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Research/About/EBAR/StrategicResearch/future-research-strategy/Themes/Theme3
[15] http://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/images/corporate/pdf/chalara-action-plan-scotland.pdf
[16] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/chalara-ash-dieback-engaging-public
[17] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/departments/information-and-computational-sciences/chalara-ash-die-back-virtual-woodland-environment
[18] https://zenodo.org/record/3906261#.XvT2Imjdt9M
[19] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exhibits/vlt/technical-details
[20] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exhibits/vlt/vlt-publications
[21] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exhibits/vlt/information-notes
[22] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exhibits/vlt/development-theatre
[23] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exhibits/vlt/vlt-team-members
[24] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exhibits/vlt/news
[25] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/image-galleries/gallery-vlt-events-vltaboyne
[26] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/image-galleries/gallery-vlt-events-vltjohn-hope-gateway-rbge
[27] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/image-galleries/gallery-vlt-events-vltfinmill
[28] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/image-galleries/gallery-vlt-events-aberdeen-bay-offshore-windfarm-proposal-vlt
[29] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/image-galleries/gallery-vlt-events-vltballater
[30] mailto:landscapes@hutton.ac.uk
[31] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/david-miller
[32] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/gillian-donaldson-selby
[33] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/chen-wang
[34] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/departments/information-and-computational-sciences
[35] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/moving-forward-ash-dieback
[36] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/green-energy-discovery-weekend
[37] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/projects/green-health