State of the Metaverse 2008
Gary Hayes of http://www.personalizemedia.com has produced an insightful short film entitled The 'Social Virtual' World's A Stage. The film takes a look at over 50 virtual world systems that…
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iPhone 3G, InstaMapper App and Google Earth: Tracking the Thames Clipper
A year ago we ran a post on tracking a train using the Nokia N95 and Sports Tracker . The iPhone 3G is perhaps playing…
Mapping for the Masses: Accessing Web 2.0 through Crowdsourcing
Our latest working paper is now available for download - entitled Mapping for the Masses: Accessing Web 2.0 through…
Exotic Urbanism: Monu Issue 9
MONU - a magazine on urbanism - is a unique bi-annual international forum for artists, writers and designers that are…
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We are just back in the office after taking a week off out of the city. The big news while we have been away is the…
Clay Rendering
Rendering 3D models can be over complicated, our favorite technique is the quick and easy 'Clay' render using 3DMax…
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…