Australia makes use of drones and virtual reality to aid in safeguarding koala habitat

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology have made use of a combination of aerial thermal-imaging, land surveys, and virtual reality to construct a model that can gauge the location of koalas and can hence safeguard their habitat.

The research has been published in PLoS ONE. For the study, researchers based at the Queensland University of Technology and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Front....