Serious gaming can complement traditional scientific communication methods, helping to engage wider audiences in marine sciences. OceanViz was originally developed to connect non-experts with Marine Ecosystem Models, but its underlying technologies have since become outdated. With support from the EU-funded project MarinePlan, Ecopath International Initiative is modernizing the OceanViz 3D underwater visualization engine by transferring it to Unity. The new implementation is packed with clever features to optimize performance, we can't wait to explain it all.
Here’s a brief preview of our progress so far! A scientific publication detailing the new implementation will be released soon, and OceanViz will be made available as an open-source toolkit on GitHub. Stay tuned for more updates!
The Marine Plan deliverable of OceanViz can be found here: https://zenodo.org/records/14608310
Modernizing the OceanViz 3D Underwater Visualization Engine
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Link to the video: https://youtu.be/hamL5BlhVPY
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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-12 under grant agreement No 101059407 and by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee grant numbers 10038951 & 10050537. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or UK Research and Innovation. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.