The initiative has taken the form of an annual, custom-built intensive incubator for selected global teams in early development. At the 2023 incubator, together with advisors from Unity, MIT and thought leaders from around the world, we mapped out the emergence of a new field —

one that harnesses 3D game engines for community-based, cross-disciplinary approaches to both imaginative and tangible climate futures.

WORLDING is a research and development initiative founded at the MIT Co-Creation Studio. The initiative explores how artists, technologists, climate scientists and land-use planners collaborate on interdisciplinary climate story projects that use game engines and Extended Reality [XR] technologies while being deeply rooted in local communities.