The Project

As a group of friends passionate about making a positive impact in the world, we decided to embark on a pet project that could contribute, no matter how small. We set our sights on the issue of deforestation, and aimed to create something that would increase visibility of it and promote efforts to reduce it. To achieve our goal, we split into two small teams. One team utilized deep learning techniques to label various images of the rainforest and determine the level of deforestation in each image, while the other team used web and graphics technologies to visualize the predictions generated from the deep learning model. As the lead for the web-based team, I was responsible for guiding the team in creating an immersive web experience that would utilize a 3D model of an area of the rainforest to showcase the different levels and causes of deforestation in that area. Drawing on extensive research, we developed a web experience that provided users with extensive information on deforestation, its causes, and its impact on the environment. Using our 3D model, users were able to explore the effects of deforestation in real-time and gain a deeper understanding of the issue.