Clay Rendering
Rendering 3D models can be over complicated, our favorite technique is the quick and easy 'Clay' render using 3DMax .The image above was created in SketchUp and then simply imported into Max using…
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The Tube Panorama
The average speed of a Tube train in London is 33 km per hour (20.5mph) - including station stops. This makes capturing…
Imagining the Recursive City: Explorations in Urban Simulacra
IMAGINING THE RECURSIVE CITY: EXPLORATIONS IN URBAN SIMULACRA by Prof Mike Batty and Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith Cities are…
Digital Urban Gear
Are you a fan of Digital Urban? Do you wish you had a unique urban logo on your messenger bag or on your hoodie ? Well…
30 Days in ActiveWorlds: The Story
30 Days in ActiveWorlds was a project aimed at documenting the development of a virtual environment from the beginning…
Steampunk City - Maya
Details are slightly sparse on this one apart from it was modelled and rendered in Maya and features a city designed…
Flooding London
With a 3D model it is possible to visualise the impact of sea level change. South London is built on marsh land and is…
Union Square San Francisco 'Cut out and Keep'
After almost 1000 posts its time to head out of the city for a week and have a bit of a break. We are planning on…
LivePlace: Cities in The Cloud - Remote Rendering
The movie below would be easy to dismiss as vaporware if it were not for the link to Brad Greenspan, co-founder of…
Cloud Gate Chicago Flash Panorama
Above is a 360x180 degree panorama of Cloud Gate, Chicago. Click load to view - click and drag to look around. To view…
Air Pollution in the City Visualisation: Nitrogen Dioxide, London
Air Pollution Visualisation: Nitrogen Dioxide, London from digitalurban on Vimeo . Nitrogen dioxide (NO2): NO2 is…
Banksy Chambermaid Camden Town: Panorama
The panorama above was captured in front of the Chambermaid stencil by the artist Banksy, created in May 2006, on the…
Indexing Reality: Creating a Mine of Geospatial Information
What if we had an accessible and accurate digital replica of the world? What could we make from it and what new…