Gaming The Future introduces how an emerging cluster of social entrepreneurs, academic institutions and public agencies in Asheville, North Carolina are utilizing powerful interactive visualization technologies and decision-support techniques to explore new ways of imagining, planning and building a climate adaptive workforce and climate resilient society…for an economically and environmentally sustainable future.

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Video montage of the public open house for the Swannanoa Flood Risk Management Project hosted by RENCI at UNC Asheville on February 24, 2011. For HD resolution, click on the resolution setting at the bottom of the screen (default is 360p) and change to 720p.

Take a virtual guided tour of the RENCI at UNC Asheville Engagement Site, located in Suite 116 of the historic Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. For HD resolution, click on the resolution setting at the bottom of the screen (default is 360p) and change to 720p.

A GIS animation of archived Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) data from the Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI). The records in SWDI come from a variety of sources in the archive of NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center.

Home to the National Climatic Data Center, NOAA, the Renaissance Computing Institute, and others, Asheville and Western North Carolina are an epicenter for climate analysis, education, and decision support technology. Learn about some of the opportunities available to entrepreneurs, designers, and storytellers. This short film was produced by the Asheville Hub, a RENCI partner.