What if you could step into the future of your farm?
The AWESM Lab, Nebraska State Climate Office, Schmidt Lab, and partners are teaming up with the UNL School of Computing to launch a new Virtual Reality (VR) project that brings land management and conservation planning to life.
Built with producers—not just for them—this tool will let farmers walk through a digital version of their own land and “test-drive” practices like prairie strips, filter strips, and soil health improvements. Farmers will be able to see how these practices affect resilience to extreme weather and make confident enrollment decisions tailored to their property.
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Prototypes will be produced during the 2025–2026 school year—stay tuned for updates! Together with producers, we’re building the farms of the future: feeding and fueling a growing world while sustaining resilient landscapes for generations to come.
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ALT AI-generated image of a farmer standing in a field holding a tablet that shows what the field would look like with a prairie strip in it. Text reads: New research project. Virtual reality for conservation planning. This tool will let farmers walk through a digital version of their own land and test drive practices like prairie strips, filter strips, and soil health improvements. Partners are AWESM Lab, Schmidt Lab, Nebraska State Climate Office, and UNL School of Computing. This project is a collaboration with the UNL School of Computing's senior design program that will build a prototype of the VR tool.