CISESS Interns Damian Figueroa and Samuel Wiggins took home awards for their creative work at the Georgia Tech’s ImmerseGT XR Hackathon, XR stands for Extended Reality, which encompasses immersive technologies including Virtual Reality. Damian and Samuel are excited to bring their new ideas and skills back to the CISESS Virtual Proving Ground & Training Center (VPGTC), where they contribute to the development of XR-based geoscience educational games.

At the 2025 Red-Green-Blue (RGBs) Experts and Developers Workshop (1–3 April), CISESS Scientist and Satellite Liaison to the NWS Weather Prediction Center (WPC) and Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), Christopher Smith, presented a talk on “RGBs in testbeds for U.S . Weather Offices.”