VFIRE: Virtual Fire in Realistic Environments A Framework for Wildfire Visualization in Immersive Environments

Wildfire spread model output is used to make important and oftentimes expensive decisions. This thesis presents “VFire Virtual Fire in Realistic Environment” an application and more importantly a framework for visualizing wildfire simulations in immersive environments. VFire will allow its users to visualize wildfires from perspectives and positions, which are normally too dangerous. Recent developments in graphics and virtual reality technology allow us to achieve this goal. It has recently become possible to visualize wildfire simulations in more realistic and immersive ways than has ever been achieved. To this end, VFire is an immersive visualization application that aids in wildfire training and data analysis endeavors and also a framework with which future wildfire applications can be developed.