The World Resources Simulation Center
INTRODUCTION
The World Resources Simulation Center (WRSC) will be a non-profit visualization facility where you can literally "see" the critical trends of global and regional issues, the relationships between issues, and the consequences of different strategies.
For detailed information, begin by downloading the proposal documents to learn more about the specifics of the project. Next, explore several quick demonstrations of new technologies and how data and mapping information can be utilized in powerful new ways.
Then, we invite you to register your interest, and we'll keep you updated on our progress. We are actively seeking partners, expertise and investment for the project.
THE WORLD RESOURCES SIMULATION CENTER
A
large format, immersive visualization and simulation facility, the WRSC will compile
an inventory of world resources, analyze and assess historical and projected trends,
and study best practices and solutions to current and anticipated problems.
The WRSC will provide global leaders from business, governments, education and NGOs a resource for cooperation and collaboration to make informed and sustainable choices for humanity as a whole in the shortest possible time. In our world of multiple crises, this kind of visualization tool is critical for thoughtful decision-making.
The WRSC will take advantage of current and evolving technologies which allow us to gather and turn data into accessible information, layered and displayed as 4-D map projections, to conduct geospatial analysis, to explore, visualize and create sophisticated optimal predictions that add insight and certainty to decision making. This visualization and simulation infrastructure provides access to in-depth, networked, globally distributed data on world resources, global trends and conditions.
VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY
As a proof of concept, the GENI Global Visualization was designed to show the potential uses of layered global environmental data. By choosing just two sets of data to overlay visually, relationships between them begin to emerge. The Flash Version of the visualization allows for a quick demonstration of the concept, while the WMS (Web Map Service) Version is a more powerful and complex tool. Follow either link to explore the project.
 | Flash
Version | WMS
Version |
|---|
EXPLORE OTHER VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES ON THE WEB
There is no scarcity
of thoughtful, knowledgeable, committed people working to make the world a better
place. Below are a few demonstrations using visualization to explain environmental
issues and trends. The WRSC will provide a large scale format to examine these
and other issues, beyond the confines of a small computer screen.
 | Climate
Time Machine |
 | GENI
Renewable Energy Resource Maps Here you will find renewable energy resource maps (global/ continent wide/ country) with definitions, information and links to current articles as well as related web resources. |
 | Gapminder
Explore this changing world using the best statistics on health, income, environment and much more. |
NEW TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS
Cutting edge touch screens,
immersive environments and mapping software are combining to give never before
possible interactions between people and information. The WRSC will utilize these
and other advancing technologies, allowing users to discover solutions in ways
never before imagined.
This video shows researchers working on a
100-Megapixel
LambdaVision wall using Scalable
Adaptive Graphics Environment.
Duke University Graduate Student Gil Bohrer has
created
a virtual forest to study how forest canopies
interact with the atmosphere.
Autodesk Design on Jeff Han's Perceptive Pixel
Multi-Touch
Screen.
Using Google Earth on a Multi-Touch Screen.
WRSC Thirty Second Promo
The WRSC is a project of:
Global Energy Network Institute - GENI
4420 Rainier Avenue, Suite 308
San Diego, California 92120
Tel:
619-595-0139 Fax: 619-595-0403
www.geni.org
info (at) geni.org
Proposal Download
UPDATES & interest
Contact information
The
philosophical foundation
for The WRSC is in its
founding premise
stated
as a question posed in
R. Buckminster Fuller's
World
Game™ simulation:
“How do we make the world
work for 100% of humanity
in the shortest possible time
through
spontaneous
cooperation without
ecological damage or
disadvantage
to anyone?”