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AEVE
AEVE: Applied Engineering in Virtual Environments
MojaveDesert.NET Initiative emphasizing its use in a historical-technical context:
AEVE represents the development of research-driven virtual environments designed to model, explore, and interpret the Mojave Desert's natural and cultural landscape.
Purpose:
To simulate key historical, geological, ecological, and anthropological features of the Mojave Desert using layered virtual tools-enabling applied exploration without disrupting the physical landscape.
Use Cases:
Historical Reconstruction: Explore 19th-century wagon routes, mining districts, and Indigenous trails.
Geological Simulation: Visualize tectonic faults, ancient lakebeds, or volcanic formations in interactive 3D.
Ecological Training: Model species habitats, migration corridors, or wildfire scenarios for land management education.
Field Proxy:Serve as a remote field tool for students, researchers, and the public unable to access desert sites directly.
Technical Foundation:
AEVE environments integrate spatial data, archival maps, historical narratives, and topographic overlays. The goal is not just to display information-but to let users "move through it," as if on a virtual expedition through the Mojave itself.
"Preserving the past, exploring the present, and preparing for the future-virtually."
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