# \[CIG-ALL\] 3D printing and AR: EGU2020 session EOS4.3 and special journal issue

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Dear colleagues,

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  If you are interested in 3D printing / AR / VR, whether this is

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for research purposes, outreach or teaching, please read on!

**1) EGU session**

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  Please consider submitting an abstract to our session EOS4.3 at

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the EGU General Assembly in Vienna (3-8th May 2020):

\*\*\* EOS4.3: 3D toys in Earth Science: 3D-printing, AR (Augmented  
Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) for outreach and pedagogy\*\*\*

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    3D representation technology is a fast developing field, made

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possible by progress in computing and reflected by the gaming  
and video industries. Notably, 3D-printing provides a  
cost-effective and tactile way to illustrate research concepts,  
while Augmented Reality (AR) or Virtual Reality (VR) allow to  
grasp complex processes and geometries using common smartphones  
or handheld devices. Using these technologies, 3-dimensional  
objects and datasets are developed that are well suited for  
outreach, teaching and wider public engagement.

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    The design of 3D models of the Earth on different scales based

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on photogrammetry, mapping and imagery, modelling and inverse  
modelling is a challenging task. Before 3D data sets (physically  
real or virtual) can be explored in outreach activities or  
teaching settings, several steps have to be taken which all come  
with their own issues: how to export data into the objects  
formats used in the 3D engineering community; how to feed  
objects into software to allow 3D-printing; how to manipulate  
virtual objects easily using handheld devices.

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    We welcome contributions that are focused on technical aspects

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of real or virtual realisations, as well as their use in  
pedagogy, outreach or public communication of Earth Sciences  
research topics.

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Submit your abstracts here before the abstract deadline of 15th

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January 2020 (13:00 CET):  
[https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/34772](https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/34772)

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    Note that submitting to EOS programme sessions does not count

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towards the one-regular-abstract-rule; you can thus still also  
submit an abstract to other programme group sessions.

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    Please get in touch with us if you have any questions related to

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the session.

\*\*2) Special journal issue