Conference Proceedings - IAD

Outlook
39th IAD Conference, August 2012, Szentendre, Hungary
The major problems and the step stones are the proper modelling of species and
the complexity of programming the camera of the 3D engine in the virtual
landscape. In a later stage of development it shall be possible to switch the
water surface reflexion on/off during the walk through the virtual landscape. This
simulates the usage of polarized sun glasses and helps trainees to get used to
the difficulties of field survey situations where reflexions cannot be avoided at all
time. The validation of the program will include test runs with students as well as
with established experts to get feedback for adaptation and improvement of the
plants and habitat representation. As a final step this virtual reality tutorial game
should become a part of a standardized training method ensemble. It will be
available on the homepage (www.biogis.net) in a later stage, which should
include download and also the use on tablets running with Android or iOS.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks and acknowledgement to the students of the TGM, Christina Friedl,
Carina Pratsch, Milutin Tomic and Lukas Spiegl for their time in programming and trying
out ideas, which finally resulted in such good results and to DI Grete Kugler, Head of the
TGM for her substantial administrative support. Reviewers are thanked for their effort in
improving the language quality.
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