›

DISCUSS - 3D Virtual Cities (VNRR)

kennykenny 1,024 Posts
edited January 2007 in Strut Central
Three-Dimensional Models of Virtual Cities[/b]A variety of virtual reality (VR) technologies are being used to create three-dimensional models of virtual cities on the Web that people can go into and walk around.[/b] These objects can be any scale, from models of molecules to buildings and cities. !!!pic & text taken from: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/martin/virtual_cities.htmlhttp://www.planet9.com/earth/tokyo/index.htm------------------------------This is some shit! I mean, is this like saying you could do record shopping online, but no more webpages?! YYou get to actually WALK around to the stores and DIG ONLINE ?!Wow, perhaps I'm just waay too for this shit...that is insane!

  Comments

  • highschemehighscheme 784 Posts
    they need to integrate this stuff with google earth and keep constantly upping the ante on the level of detail.

    the 3d GPS systems they have in cars here in Japan don't look too far off from that picture you posted
  • snosno 332 Posts
    How come I get the feeling that you are sonning my line of work?
    Nevertheless, the Tokyo thing is next level, makes me realise how disconnected the people in my office thinking how they are with their flythrough.

    highscheme:
    it is somehow possible to keep up to the level of detail as shown in Kenny's post if the municipal department has a comprehensively integrated GIS datatbase with data on terrain levels, building levels, builtform shape/polygon, road alignments etc.
  • crossingscrossings 946 Posts
    that article is 10 years old, dude... but the concept is cool.
Sign In or Register to comment.