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RISCOREV: COastal RISks and Virtual REality

The aim of this project is to offer a training tool on two coastal threats (erosion and submersion) using virtual environments (Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality) for elected representatives and residents, in order to initiate discussions on limiting future vulnerability to coastal risks.

Original Features of the Project

  • Better understanding of coastal risks, whether erosion or flooding
  • Exploring virtual and augmented reality with specialists from ENIB’s European Centre for Virtual Reality (CERV)
  • Meeting local managers to build scenarios together
  • Thinking about how to carry out an acculturation project for a wide range of audiences
  • Working in a multidisciplinary approach

Results

  • 3 years of workshops between students from the ‘Environmental Expertise and Management’ Master’s programme and final-year ENIB engineering school students;
  • 2 towns selected in Brittany, France (Plougonvelin and Guisseny) for their exposure to the risks of erosion and flooding;
  • 4 different scenarios designed to meet the needs of the municipality and the target audience for the virtual reality experiment;
  • 1 presentation of the project to the Guisseny town council;
  • 1 mixed reality prototype produced in Guisseny;

Demonstration of the project’s mixed reality system

Multidisciplinary Team

The project is coordinated by Pauline Letortu (teacher-researcher, UBO, LETG), supported by a multidisciplinary team composed of:

Press Review

January 2023: Broadcast on Radio Évasion – “La réalité virtuelle pour sensibiliser aux risques côtiers en Finistère avec RISCOREV“

December 2022: Ouest-France article – “Guissény. Un plein d’infos environnementales pour le conseil“