Hot Stuff: Using Web3D to Examine Fire from the Inside

Sandy Ressler, NIST - EPICentre Sept 2019

Highlighting work of Matt Hoehler (fire engineer)

Disclaimer: Mention of any commercial products does not imply endorsement by NIST or the author.

https://slides.com/sressler/hotstuff

Ye' Ole' Agenda

Web
How to put a camera in a fire
Data overlay
Making the burn interactive

Web

It's still the web, stupid
Distribution
My kingdom for an URL

https://www.nist.gov/featured-stories/eye-fire

BOB - Burn Observation Bubble

Matt Hoehler

"In the Eye of the Fire"

https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/684682/uiconf_id/31013851/entry_id/0_u1ad9idu/embed/dynamic

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/watch-a-raging-forest-fire-surround-you-in-360-degrees/

and you think your demo is hot!

360 degree fire

Crown Fire

Matthew Hoehler/NIST

360-Degree Video in Fire Research

Interacting with 360 Video

Authoring
Data display
Interaction

Making Burn Interactive

Toolchain
VR Hardware (Oculus Rift)
Software WebVR/XR - a-frame
- WEB WEB WEB
Development also via glitch

(shockingly is not a toy!)

Making Burn Interactive (2)

Tasks
Data Wrangling
Prototype data display
Synchronize data and video
- video "currentTime" is main magic
Set up locations of temperature sensors in video (by hand using specialized tool)
Link locations with data (also by hand coding)
Added video zoom and rotation capabilities..primary user will be on desktop
Mouse for desktop / Controllers for VR

Desktop Burn Demo

Desktop Burn Demo VR (2)

Desktop Burn Demo VR with Controllers

PRICE fire - comparison with simulation

Kevin McGrattan and Glenn Forney /NIST FDS/Smokeview simulation

Matt Hoehler/NIST

Smithsonian Institution Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergencies (PRICE)

What do you mean the talk is supposed to be longer???

Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

in WebVR

Original Physical Book

Most cited resource in NIST's first 100 Years

M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun (Eds.) (1964) Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C..