XR Future Forest Lab – virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality applications for forest and environmental sciences

Project summary

The XR Future Forest Lab aims to to develop cutting-edge virtual, augmented, and mixed reality applications for forest science, including research on advanced data acquisition, analysis, and the creation of digital twins of real forests. These digital twins will allow for the detailed modelling and visualization of forest growth, management processes, and environmental changes across multiple research sites. The lab brings together expertise from the department of Forest Operations, the Department of Forest Growth and Dendroecology, and the Department for Sensor-Based Geoinformatics to enhance research capabilities. By integrating extensive forest datasets with innovative XR technologies, the lab will enable simulations of natural changes and human interventions, revolutionizing both research and education in forest science.