British Antarctic Survey
Initial contacts:
Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley <beatrix@bas.ac.uk>
Dave Connor <dacon@bas.ac.uk>
Technical contact: "Polaine, Matthew J." <maine@bas.ac.uk>
Draft design brief:
The Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctic is growing a massive chasm, that may lead to an area the size of Wales breaking off. Your task is to work with British Antarctic Survey to make a 3D immersive visualisation of this growing chasm, allowing viewers to descend into it in the way that BBC’s Peter Gibbs did on camera, but using machine learning methods to extrapolate the growth of the chasm over time and into the future. You will have access to many sources of aerial scans, ground-based and water data collected by BAS. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36197657
Earlier idea:
Antartica at Full Resolution
Many people would like to visit Antarctica, but satellite imagery for most of the continent is rather disappointing. British Antarctic Survey have laser scan data, video recordings from drones, and lots of other environmental and audio data. Your task is to create a realistic experience, combining different data formats, that allows viewers to pilot a virtual remote drone from altitude right down to close-up flight at ground level, integrating data from different resolutions to provide the best possible experience of being there. You are welcome to build on and enhance standard viewers or game engines, and we hope to arrange loan of high-end graphics cards and VR headsets.
