Sunday, July 10, 2016

The Weather Channel Is Using Augmented Reality to Show the True Danger of Storms [feedly]

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The Weather Channel Is Using Augmented Reality to Show the True Danger of Storms
// WonderHowTo

The Weather Channel, by virtue of its name, has always been tasked with the difficult problem of making the weather interesting. As Mashable notes, they've turned to augmented reality for a solution and can now render a 3D storm in their studio, as well as help us understand how bad a storm might be with 3D forecasts. Video: . Don't Miss: AR Could Help Helicopters See Through Clouds—& Avoid Danger According to their video above, they are very proud of what they've accomplished. Despite the boasting, however, they've managed to create a very vivid and useful educational tool that makes the... more

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