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Virtual Dresden in Google Earth

By Google Earth

A notable 150,000 buildings have been added to Google Earth in the shape of Dresden in Germany. While not part of the default Google 3D Buildings layer it is available for download as a networked KMZ file.

Of note is the ‘LandXplorer’ logo in the bottom left of the overlay interface – our Virtual London model is now held within LandXplorer and we will be providing a full write up and review of the application in the next few weeks.

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The model was released yesterday but due to heavy server load it has taken until today to view the model – thus the slight lag in our post compared with say the report on The Google Earth Blog.

View Dresden in Google Earth.

Jul 10
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Virtual Dresden in Google Earth

By Google Earth

A notable 150,000 buildings have been added to Google Earth in the shape of Dresden in Germany. While not part of the default Google 3D Buildings layer it is available for download as a networked KMZ file.

Of note is the ‘LandXplorer’ logo in the bottom left of the overlay interface – our Virtual London model is now held within LandXplorer and we will be providing a full write up and review of the application in the next few weeks.

Music by the Tartan Rascals

The model was released yesterday but due to heavy server load it has taken until today to view the model – thus the slight lag in our post compared with say the report on The Google Earth Blog.

View Dresden in Google Earth.

Jul 10
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Second Life ‘Step Inside Panorama’ – Chapel of St Peter and St Paul by Christopher Wren

By Second Life

Taking our slightly belated first steps into building in Second Life the natural thing to do was to portray the work of the architect Christopher Wren in the virtual world.

Using a combination of a 360×180 degree panorama and a hollow sphere it is possible to quickly and easily import such scenes into Second Life – as the movie below illustrates:

The Chapel was designed by Christopher Wren and Thomas Ripley although it is not in its original form as in 1779, fire gutted the building. After the fire it was redesigned by “Athenian” Stuart and William Newton creating the building we see today.

Notable features in the Chapel are the painting above the altar entitled ‘The Preservation of St Paul after Shipwreck at Malta’ by American painter Benjamin West. The Chapel has an open service every Sunday at 11am and is well worth a visit, it is also open to the general public during the week and over the weekend.

Thanks go to Ann, an old friend from our 30 Days in ActiveWorlds days for taking us through our first build in Second Life.

View the Quicktime panorama of The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul , London (2.4mb).

See also ‘Step Inside Spheres – Oblivion’,‘Google Earth Panoramic Spheres’ and ‘High Definition Panoramic Movies’.

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Project Gotham Racing 4 – St Petersburg

By Cities in Games

The Project Gotham series of games has arguably led the way in the construction of digital cities on consoles. Take a look at our previous article on Metropolis Street Racer on the Sega Dreamcast for a look at how far the series has come.

The movie above provides a glimpse of St Petersburg in Project Gotham Racing 4, it’ll be interesting to see how far the city modelling has evolved in this latest version.

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