Simulating Weather For A Mixed Reality Platform

Complex systems are inherently difficult to teach in a traditional classroom setting. The We’re In This Together (WIT) project aims to provide a different teaching strategy by using AR/VR headsets to situate the students directly inside the system. WIT’s first game attempts to tackle common weather concepts including precipitation and fronts; however, the most recent version fails to demonstrate and model the concepts in an accurate and comprehensible way. This project focuses on developing a brand-new simulation layer for the game that better captures the causes behind common weather phenomena. The new simulation uses a particle-based approach to model the movement of air in the atmosphere and creates a more thorough and interactive experience to help students explore the various aspects of weather.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Ni, Hao

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Klopfer, Eric

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
• Copyright retained by author(s)

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• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/159089

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/159089