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Virtual Field Geology is a collaboration between researchers the University of Washington's Earth & Space Science (E.S.S.) department and U.W.'s Reality Lab Incubator.
Mattathias "Max" D. Needle, creative lead, Ph.D. candidate, E.S.S., [CV]: contact: mneedle[at]uw.edu Jacky Mooc, Software Engineer, Reality Lab Incubator John Akers, Director of Research and Education, Reality Lab Incubator Juliet Crider, Science Advisor, P.I. on U.W. Research Royalty Fund grant, E.S.S. |
Thanks to the following organizations, who have sponsored various aspects of this work:
Peer-reviewed publications related to this work:
Needle, M. D., Mooc, J., Akers, J. F., & Crider, J. G., The Structural Geology Query Toolkit for digital 3D models: Design custom immersive virtual field experiences, 2022: Journal of Structural Geology, 163, 104710. [link]
Needle, M. D., Crider, J. G., Mooc, J., & Akers, J. F., Virtual field experiences in a web-based video game environment: open-ended examples of existing and fictional field sites, 2022: Geoscience Communication, 5(3), 251-260. [link]
Conference abstracts related to this work:
Needle, M. D., Mooc, J., Akers, A. F., Crider, J. G., The Structural Geology Query Toolkit for digital 3D models: design your own virtual field experience, 2021: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, no. 6.
Needle, M. D., Mooc, J., Wang, A. W., Akers, A. F., Crider, J. G., Virtual field work at the Whaleback Anticline: Measuring fold geometry in a WebGL-based game, 2020: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 52, no. 6.
Needle, M. D., Crider, J. G., Developing a virtual tour of the Whaleback Anticline for mobile devices, 2018: American Geophysical Union Fall 2018 Abstracts.
Needle, M. D., Mooc, J., Akers, J. F., & Crider, J. G., The Structural Geology Query Toolkit for digital 3D models: Design custom immersive virtual field experiences, 2022: Journal of Structural Geology, 163, 104710. [link]
Needle, M. D., Crider, J. G., Mooc, J., & Akers, J. F., Virtual field experiences in a web-based video game environment: open-ended examples of existing and fictional field sites, 2022: Geoscience Communication, 5(3), 251-260. [link]
Conference abstracts related to this work:
Needle, M. D., Mooc, J., Akers, A. F., Crider, J. G., The Structural Geology Query Toolkit for digital 3D models: design your own virtual field experience, 2021: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, no. 6.
Needle, M. D., Mooc, J., Wang, A. W., Akers, A. F., Crider, J. G., Virtual field work at the Whaleback Anticline: Measuring fold geometry in a WebGL-based game, 2020: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 52, no. 6.
Needle, M. D., Crider, J. G., Developing a virtual tour of the Whaleback Anticline for mobile devices, 2018: American Geophysical Union Fall 2018 Abstracts.