Episode 63: Being there: effectiveness of a 360-degree virtual tour for increasing understanding of forest treatments for fire hazard reduction in California, USA

In this episode of Fire Ecology Chats, Fire Ecology editor Bob Keane speaks with Alan Taylor and Eric Knapp about 360-degree photography can help people immersively explore areas previous to fire exclusion. Virtual Reality tour of the ‘Variable Density Thinning’ study on the Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest https://chorophronesis.geog.psu.edu/virtualexperiences/StanislausWebsite/indexSummer2022.html 360-degree imagery from Beaver Creek Pinery, CA https://ishiwildfire.geog.psu.edu/360-degree imagery from Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Mexico https://sspm.geog.psu.edu/Full journal article can be found at https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00345-0