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Screenshot from 'Deep-sea Extreme Environment Pilot'
A screenshot from "Deep-sea Extreme Environment Pilot" (DEEP), by Daniel Rohrlick, Eric Simms, Cheryl Peach and Debi Kilb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California (UC), San Diego; and Charina Cain, Birch Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
"DEEP" is an educational game that allows users to pilot a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to explore the deep ocean. Game features include exploring hydrothermal vent environments, maintaining an ocean observatory, and examining strange and unique organisms that survive in the harsh, deep-sea habitat. Educators at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography developed the interactive game to inspire middle-school pupils but acknowledge that its appeal is not limited to schoolchildren. To play the game, go to the 2013 winners page on the Vizzies Special Report website and search for "Deep-sea" and click "Play the Game."
This image won honorable mention in the games & apps category of the 2013 Visualization Challenge, now called the Vizzies, a long-running, annual competition co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Popular Science magazine. [The competition was formerly named the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge (SciVis) and was previously co-sponsored with AAAS' journal Science.] The competition aims to recognize some of the most beautiful visualizations from the worlds of science and engineering and awards prizes in five categories: photography, video, illustration, posters & graphics and interactives.
To learn more about the competition and view all the winning entries, past and present, see the NSF Special Report The VIZZIES: Visualization Challenge.
[Note: This research was funded by UC-San Diego as part of their institutional contribution to the Ocean Observatories Initiative program (supported under NSF grant OCE 1005697).] (Date of Image: November 2008)
Credit: Daniel Rohrlick, Eric Simms, Cheryl Peach and Debi Kilb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; and Charina Cain, Birch Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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