National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

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Environment

Developing a Virtual Reality Video Game to Simulate Rip Currents

Jase Bernhardt¹, Gregory Dusek², Arielle Hesse³, William Santos⁴, Thomas Jennings⁴, Alexander Smiros⁴, Antoinette Montes¹

¹Department of Geology, Environment and Sustainability, Hofstra University, ²National Ocean Service, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, ³Department of Sociology, Drexel University, ⁴EdTech, Hofstra University

Rip currents are among the deadliest meteorological hazards in the United States. In order to demonstrate the proper actions to take when caught in a rip current in a memorable and engaging way, a virtual reality video game is developed.