Smart Cities, Data, Modelling and Visualisation from The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London
We are obviously suckers for city games here at Digital Urban and since the sad decline in the SimCity series there has been a bit of a desert in urban gaming as of late. Until that is City Story came along, free for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad it…
The time-lapse below by The RockstarHQ covers 15 days in Grand Theft Autos Liberty City: We really like the concept of taking a time-lapse inside of the game engine, it gives it a unique sense of life and presence.
Loosely based on the computer game Half Life 2, “City 17” by Daniel Eggert tells the story of a guy who finds himself in a city that isn’t what it used be: City 17 from Daniel Eggert on Vimeo. For those who are not familiar with the architecture of…
The following exhibition space is a proof of concept, looking at the ability to share and display city datasets and simulations within an interactive game engine. Available for download on both the PC and Mac (intel) platforms the space is the result of a few days work with the Unity…
With 8 city routes to race Fastlane Street Racing is the first 3D city based game we have seen on the iPhone. Its an impressive rendition of a city and while its no Burnout on the PSP the iPhone is quick becoming a jack of all trades. From Timelapse photography…
Heli Tours (GTA IV) from VIP3Rz on Vimeo. Grand Theft Auto IV (abbreviated to GTA IV) is a sandbox-style action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Typical of the franchise it features some of the best free roaming city visualisations around, creating a…
Sandbox games such as RollerCoaster Tycoon provide a powerful set of tools to create 3D environment – in the case of RollerCoaster Tycoon normally a theme park. An enthusiast known simply as ‘Steven’ and uploading to YouTube as alloria has used the game engine to create a city. The end…
Mirror’s Edge is a first person adventure game currently under development by DICE, set for release in 2008 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC its shows innovative use of the cityscape: The story is based around a city… where information is heavily monitored, agile couriers called Runners transport sensitive data…
In a second post on Prototype – a forthcoming game from Radical Entertainment – we feature an interesting insight into their modelling of New York. The movie below provides various concept drawings and views of the model imported into the game: Its interesting how well New York has been recreated…
Introversion, the guys behind Darwinia and Defcon are currently working on ‘Subversion’ which features an in-game city generator. Currently running at over 70,000 buildings generated in approximately one minute the generator is the latest in a series of developments in ‘automatic architecture’ in games. The YouTube movie embedded below provides…
Streaming Urban Data – YouTube Live
Particles – 3dsMax and Lumion/Unity
The Making of the CASA Oculus Rift Urban Roller Coaster
Linking a 1940’s Radio to the Internet of Things
Introducing the MSc and MRes Smart Cities at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
IFTTT, Netatmo & Philips Hue: Linking Data to Lighting