BUILD IT
The Nature Conservancy, UVA, and Azure Worldwide are building a Texas watershed simulation to demonstrate how community stakeholders can work together to pursue innovative solutions.
PLAY IT
GE Power and Water organized gameplay for top suppliers and customers to demonstrate how the visualization of information and stakeholder collaboration can support business innovation.
collaborators >
BUILD IT
Philippe Cousteau and Azure Worldwide collaborate with UVA in developing the UVA Bay Game to create a computer-based interactive multi-media game for serious applications.
collaborate >
PLAY IT
UVA Bay Game's platform, friendly user interface, and rich databases allow young students to explore decision-making and stakeholder interaction.
details >
BIG DATA
UVA Computing for Sustainable Water, one of three water projects chosen for IBM's World Community Grid, is a large-scale simulation that conducted 19M experiments in management practices for watershed conservation.
PLAY IT
NOAA featured the UVA Bay Game at its first multi-agency games summit.
details >
WHAT'S HAPPENING...
SXSW Eco 2013 | gameplay & press conference
The University of Virginia and Philippe Cousteau's Azure Worldwide announce a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy to develop a large-scale simulation game based on a major Texas watershed. The Texas Water Game will highlight water issues unique to Texas including water conservation and water sharing with participants taking on the roles of regional stakeholders. details >
Prototype watershead simulation
The UVA Bay Game demonstrates the potential for these innovative tools to change policy-making and enviromental educaton through visualization of the interaction of human behavior and ecosystem processes. details >