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An aerial photograph of London with areas highlighted in blue to represent potential flooding in the year 2150, including much of the Southbank

Immersive Environments Depicting Future Impacts of Rising Sea Levels

Uncover an alternative way to capture the scale and urgency of sea level rise. Bringing geographic and flood data to life inside video game engines, this project seeks to overcome the limitations of 2D maps, creating immersive visualisations and simulations that more effectively convey the consequences of rising sea levels on the landscapes and communities of the past, present and future.

Initiated by artist and researcher Louis Nixon at Norwich University of the Arts in 2022.

Research team: Toby Hills, Will Hurt, Prof. Louis Nixon, Prof. Ben Stopher, Fran Wall and Liam Wells in collaboration with Sony Europe.

An AI generated photograph of London mapping flooding across the city
Norwich University of the Arts
View larger image 1 of 2. An AI generated photograph of London mapping flooding across the city
A circular screen inside a drum, projecting an image of a flooded field with a man standing inside the doorway looking at it, there is a projector in the ceiling and a lighting bar above the projection space
Norwich University of the Arts
View larger image 2 of 2. A circular screen inside a drum, projecting an image of a flooded field with a man standing inside the doorway looking at it, there is a projector in the ceiling and a lighting bar above the projection space