City 17, the location of Half Life 2, represents one of the most immersive digital city architectures currently available – see our Architecture of City 17 Movie for more info. The designer of City 17, Viktor Antonov, is now involved in the forthcoming release ‘The Crossing’. The movie below illustrates the first preview of Antonov’s take on the digital city:
In todays digital world architects are the designers of the latest gaming environments. Some may sit in wonder at real world architects and their latest buildings, yet in the real world architects are limited to single landmarks or skysrapers. In the digital domain architects can build cities…The Crossing will be interesting to explore.