Sim City a Presentation to the Sim City a Presentation to the Firth of Clyde ForumFirth of Clyde Forum

City and regional planning, affordable visualisation and modelling

Mic Starbuck BSc MSc FRSA

Clyde Heritage Trust

2nd June 2004

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Key Concepts• affordable immersive visualisations that permit social

and economic inclusion by third parties • strategic planning, e-learning, environmental justice,

sustainable development and heritage conservation• exploring past realities and developing future scenarios• wider roles for visualisations in heritage and cultural

experiential learning, planning, management and democracy

• innovative 4D products, visual portals and intuitive, intelligent imaging

Introduction

• Clyde Heritage Trust, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust & Firth of Clyde Forum

• SCRAN Glasgow 2000 CD Rom• EVA Glasgow 2001, RTPI 2002 and EVA London

2003• Glasgow City Plan and Clyde Valley Structure

Plan• Scottish Executive, Mitchell Library, Multimap,

OS Maps and city revenues

River Clyde: Sim City 3 World Edition

Sim City by Maxis for Electronic Arts

• Real time strategic play (A God Game)• “Isometric” or “pseudo 4D”• Collaborative virtual urban design game• Addictive: trying to satisfy multiple incompatible

priorities • Massive sales in US, Europe and Far East• Very large worldwide online community• High proportion of female users• Used in teaching.

Glasgow City Centre a Starting Point

Glasgow Accessing Artificial Intelligence and Feedback

SIM City 3

• Models– Glasgow (10km x 10km)– Unlimited– Green

• Scenarios– Completion of M74– Sustainable power supplies– 4 Out of town shopping centres

VR Tourism: The Clyde 360 PanoTM

Planning: Cowcaddens a former Bus Garage

Cowcaddens New flats from architect’s visualisation

Discussion

• Education: “edutainment” and e-learning• Creating virtual learning experiences

– "What I hear, I forget; – what I see, I remember; – what I do, I understand.“

• Virtual cities and communities • Democracy, decision making and strategic

planning• Visual Portals and Intelligent Images

VR Glasgow by ABACUS

VR Paris: culture and language free

4D Garden Design for all

“Would a Sim City online game allow individuals to simulate a

participatory democracy?”

Bart StewartGames Reviewer

EDVEC Edinburgh University 2D images generating 3D models with animation

IC-CAVE University of Abertay, Dundee. Animated 3D reconstruction using computer games technologies

Proposals

• Project Development 0f 100km x 100km– SC4 and Pano’s for Glasgow and Clyde Valley

• PR and recruitment– Volunteers and funding partners

• Fundraising– RIAS, Local authorities, Govt Agencies, EU etc

• More Interactive displays – For students, voluntary groups and conferences

SIM City 4 West of Scotland

SC4 Ferry at Gourock

SC4 Container Port Inverclyde

Future Developments

• 3D imaging from satellite and digital data

• Data input from other models eg Social and Economic, Hydrology, Environmental, Transport etc (eg ME plan)

• Strategic overview for the Clyde Valley Structure Plan

• Scottish Model