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3D London: Google Earth

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With recent developments here in CASA we somehow managed to miss the addition of automated 3D models into Google Earth for London. The mix of hand made and we presume LiDAR derived models is stunning with resolution down to modelling the chimneys on many buildings:


The quad at University College London is notably impressive, as is Trafalgar Square. The model is far from complete but we assume other areas are on their way.

Music: London Town by Rod Kinny on unsigned.

Urban Trees: London

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A short yet somehow eye opening clip that should make anyone living in London wondering why this is not already part of our infrastructure:

Created by Hixon Design, a company providing green solutions for awkward spaces, we can see a few practical issues but overall it would make many London streets slightly nicer, and that can only be a good thing…

Audi Urban Future and a Smile

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The Audi Urban Future Summit focused on the question of energies and forces that will shape future cities. Visionary ideas and research by experts on the development of new forms of urban mobility were in the center of the discussions. All well and good but why is the movie included here, simply it made us smile:



The animation explains the implications of three types of energies that were examined on the summit: ‘Energies of Data’, ‘Energies of Social Relations’ and ‘Energies of Resources’. The complex interrelations and abstract visions are narrated by means of simple scenes and playful elements.

Creative and Art direction, Illustration and Design: onlab
Motion Design, Audio Editing: Sebastian Lange vimeo.com/​sebastianlange

Paper Tools in Softimage: Skoda – Curriculum

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Here at digital urban we are picky, we like the best and this is why we are especially pleased to of found ‘Skoda – Curriculum’ by weareflink. Although not the most stand out title for a short 3D movie, it is amazing:

One of the greatest challenge was to create animations where pages of paper should fold to different geometrical objects. So they developed some “PaperTools” in Softimage ICE. Head over to Christian Schnellhammer . TD Blog for full details.

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