Bird Stream

3d, interactive, data visualization

Tags: 

3d, interactive, data visualization

Tools: 

Unity

Year: 

2021

Setting: densely lit urban area located along migratory flyway (maybe make it Chicago)

Game mechanic: virtual birding at night and during the day, interacting with particular species to learn more facts from the study

Sounds: crowdsourced from XenoCanto (next step: connect Unity to live, updated data)

Takeaways:

  • understanding the correlation between nocturnal flight calls and bird collision mortality
  • raising awareness about the ecological need for turning urban lighting off at night

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