Flood Action VR by Yusuf Sermet

Sermet, Yusuf

Graduate Student

Electrical and Computer Engineering
IFC — Iowa Flood Center

Disaster Visualization

2018-03-15

2020 submissions

Iowa City, IA

Flood Action VR is a virtual reality framework that utilizes real-time and historical weather, disaster, and geographic data to construct a 3D gaming environment to increase public awareness for extreme events. It provides an immersive and interactive environment for training and education on disaster preparedness and response. It integrates a voice-enabled intelligent assistant (i.e. The Flood Expert) that is capable of comprehending and responding to complex environmental queries in natural language (NL) due to its integration with an information-centric flood ontology. The main focus of the game is to let users achieve several tasks (e.g. escaping from the flood zone, rescuing those in need, and transporting medicine and emergency supplies) within a limited time during an extreme disaster scenario while simulating intense weather conditions. The scenarios can be based upon real events and forecasts as well as custom setups. In-game navigation is done by flying a rescue drone. Interactions with the system can be made in different forms including voice-based natural language commands and default input methods (e.g. gesture, controller, touchpad) of the client device. When users are interacting with the system or other players using their voice, the system is equipped with functionality to analyze voice trends to detect emotional and psychological state.

Ibrahim Demir

virtual reality
serious gaming
disaster management

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University of Iowa. College of Engineering. NEXUS Program
University of Iowa. Lichtenberger Engineering Library
Virgil M. Hancher Auditorium

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