It is hoped that the ongoing climate challenges and the recent energy crisis will accelerate the adoption of renewable energy sources across Europe. While citizens often express general support for the green transition, this support does not always extend to projects located in "their own backyard."

On the one hand, there is a lack of early and meaningful integration of citizens into development and planning processes. On the other hand, researchers and project developers frequently hesitate to adopt co-creation processes where citizens actively participate from start to finish, citing concerns about expertise and time constraints.

We propose an interdisciplinary approach in which the social sciences bridge the gap between technical sciences and the public by providing virtual reality (VR) experiences of socially necessary disruptive innovations. This approach enables citizens to engage with and interact through 360-degree visualizations of innovations in development.

Explore the freeware version here: https://hyperfarm.eu/virtual-reality/